1999: Fall Semester

OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

99f-5	CHEMICAL ENGINEERING FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
	Yushi HIRATA, et al. (Graduate School of Engineering Science)

Objective
Energy and environmental problems have become serious for not only human beings but ecosystem over the world. Chemical engineering has various potentialities to contribute to solving these problems.
This course begins with an introductory lecture of chemical engineering and will attempt to present attractive and novel technologies related to energy and environment in reaction engineering, separation engineering, thermal engineering and biochemical engineering together with introduction to these engineering sciences and a study tour. At the class in the final three weeks, presentation and discussion will be made based upon submitted reports on individual contribution to energy and environmental problems.

Reference Books
No particular textbook is used. Some materials will be distributed in the class.

Lecture Outline

Week 1. Introduction to chemical engineering

Week 2 and 3. Reaction engineering
Scale up from a beaker to a reactor.
How to convert CO₂ into available substance.
How to reduce the amount of SO_x and NO_x emitted from chemical plants.

Week 4 and 5. Separation engineering
How to separate useful or harmful substances from a mixture.
Novel technologies for ultra-separation.
Computer simulations for adsorption and membrane permeation.

Week 6 and 7. Thermal Engineering
Heat and work.
Transformation of chemical energy to available energy.
Effective use of energy.

Week 8 and 9. Biochemical Engineering
Bioreaction and bioseparation.
Biological circulation of carbon, nitrogen etc.
Renewable energy.
Bioremediation for contaminants in surroundings.

Week 10 and 11. R & D for CO₂ problems in chemical engineering
Greenhouse effect and global environmental problems.
Wonder of CO₂ behavior from low pressure to ultra-high pressure.
Storage of CO₂ and exploitation of methane in deep sea.

Week 12. Laboratory tour
Study tour in the Division of Chemical Engineering.

Week 13, 14 and 15. Presentation and Discussion
Presentation of reports and discussion on individual contribution to energy and environmental problems.

Grading
The course grade will be based on class participation (50%) and presentation of reports and discussion in the final three weeks (50%).

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Week 1.	Introduction to chemical engineering
Week 2 and 3.	Reaction engineering Scale up from a beaker to a reactor. How to convert CO₂ into available substance. How to reduce the amount of SO_x and NO_x emitted from chemical plants.
Week 4 and 5.	Separation engineering How to separate useful or harmful substances from a mixture. Novel technologies for ultra-separation. Computer simulations for adsorption and membrane permeation.
Week 6 and 7.	Thermal Engineering Heat and work. Transformation of chemical energy to available energy. Effective use of energy.
Week 8 and 9.	Biochemical Engineering Bioreaction and bioseparation. Biological circulation of carbon, nitrogen etc. Renewable energy. Bioremediation for contaminants in surroundings.
Week 10 and 11.	R & D for CO₂ problems in chemical engineering Greenhouse effect and global environmental problems. Wonder of CO₂ behavior from low pressure to ultra-high pressure. Storage of CO₂ and exploitation of methane in deep sea.
Week 12.	Laboratory tour Study tour in the Division of Chemical Engineering.
Week 13, 14 and 15.	Presentation and Discussion Presentation of reports and discussion on individual contribution to energy and environmental problems.