1. Chemical Processes What is Engineering? July 25, 2007

2. Chemical Processes Outline  Motivations  Reactions  Separations  Calculations using Conservation of Mass and Energy  Distillation

3. Chemists vs Chemical Engineers Chemists  Design reaction pathways to produce a chemical from raw materials  Work in the laboratory setting to produce material on the gram to kilogram scale Chemical Engineers  Design a process to scale the chemist’s process to mass produce the product  Work in a chemical plant to produce material in the ton and beyond range

4. Why do we care about Chemical Engineering? Shampoo Soap Toothpaste Dyes Gasoline Decaffeinated Coffee Sugar Chemicals Are All Around Cosmetics Paint Food additives Hydrogen Fertilizer Polymers Pharmaceuticals

5. If that isn’t reason enough  In the United States 170 Major Chemical Companies $400 Billion a year Employs more than a million workers http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/13/pf/college/starting_salaries/index.htm