Course

2306101 INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 1 (1-0-2) 
INTRO CHEM ENG
Introduction to chemical engineering; careers in chemical engineer; curriculum and discipline; chemical engineering skill; environmental aspects in chemical engineering; Stress management; chemical engineering ethics; chemical engineering safety; chemical engineering law; introduction to chemical engineering knowledge; industrial plant trip.

2306203 MATERIALS AND ENERGY BALANCES 4(3-3-6) 
MAT ENERGY BAL
Principles in mathematics, chemistry and physics applied to solve chemical industry problem; physical and chemical properties of liquid and solid; relation in stoichiometry and mixture; ideal gas behavior, vapor pressure and humidity; methods and techniques to apply material and energy balances to chemical process industries.

2306205 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS 4(3-0-12) 
CHEM ENG THERMO
Thermodynamic properties and thermodynamic laws; properties relations and mathematics of the properties; thermodynamics of energy conversion; thermodynamic of multicomponent phase equilibrium; equilibrium in chemical reacting systems.

2306250 PHYSICOCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS I 1(0-0-3) 
PHY CHEM MEAS I
Principles and techniques of chemical, optical, potentiometric, conductimetric, and electrical measurements; application of these mesurements to the laboratory studies of phase equilibrium, thermodynamics and physical properties of fluids.

2306306 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING KINETICS 3(3-0-6) 
CHEM ENG KINETICS
Kinetics of homogeneous reactions; introduction to catalysis; interpretation of batch reactor data,fundamentals of reactor design, single ideal reactors, design for single reactions; and design, for multiple reactions; temperature and pressure effects on chemical kinetics.

2306313 STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS 3(3-0-6) 
STR/PROP MAT
Preliminary principle of production process; structural and properties of engineering materials; metals, polymers, ceramics and composite materials; atomic diffusion in solid phase; electrical processes; material degradation; material selection for utilization; stress and strain analysis; phase diagrams and interpretation.

2306320 EQUILIBRIUM-STAGED SEPARATIONS 3(3-0-6) 
EQUILISTAGED SEP
Vapor-liquid equilibrium; flash distillation; concept of column distillation; column distillation; internal stage-by-stage balances; advanced binary distillation: McCabe analyses; multicomponent distillation; exact calculation procedures for multicomponent distillation; approximate short cut methods for multicomponent distillation; staged column design; absorption.

2306321 PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY 3(3-0-9) 
PETROLEUM TECH
Origin, classification and description of crude oil; composition of petroleum and petroleum products; chemistry and physics of petroleum, distillation; refining by chemical and physical methods; cracking of petroleum oil; thermodynamics of hydrocarbons; petroleum gases; gasoline and other motor fuels; diesel engine fuels; domestic fuels; industrial fuels; lubrication and lubricants; petroleum asphalts.

2306322 COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY 3(3-0-9) 
COMBUSTION TECH

2306326 FUEL TECHNOLOGY 3(3-0-9) 
FUEL TECHNOLOGY
Natural gas in Thailand; natural gas processing and production of chemical feedstocks; natural gas as a fuel; coal and lignite conversion processes and their industrial utilization as primary fuels; energy from biomass, biomass technology.

2306331 MOMENTUM TRANSFER 3(3-0-6) 
MOMENTUM TRANSFER
Theory of transport phenomena associated with chemical industrial processes; fluid behavior; overall and differential balances of fluid flow; dimensional analysis and applications in fluid dynamics; filtration, fluidization, and mixing.

2306332 HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER 4(4-0-8) 
HEAT MASS TRANS
Fundamentals of heat and mass transfer; similarities of heat, mass, and momentum transfer and their interrelation; heat conduction, convection, and radiation; heat exchanger design; diffusion; mass transfer coefficients; mass transfer with and without chemical reaction.

2306333 APPLIED MATHEMATICS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING I 2(1-3-2) 
APP MATH CH ENG I
Treatment of chemical engineering data; mathematical modeling of macroscopic mass energy and momentum balances; and analytical and numerical solutions.

2306334 APPLIED MATHEMATICS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING II 2(1-0-6) 
APP MATH CH ENG II
Mathematical modeling of chemical processes and unsteady state distributed processes; analytical and numerical solutions for lumped-systems and for system equations.

2306350 UNIT OPERATIONS LABORATORY I 1(0-3-0) 
UNIT OP LAB I
Introduction to the basic principles and general equipment in chemical industries; pressure measurement, flow measurement, flow in pipes and channels, transport and storage of fluids and solids, size reduction; experiments on principles in fluid flow, heat transfer, and mass transfer.

2306351 PHYSICOCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS II 1(0-0-3) 
PHY CHEM MEAS II
Principles and techniques of chromatography and instrumental methods and their application to the laboratory studies of chemical equilibrium, chemical kinetics and separation processes of complex materials.

2306399 PROJECT PROPOSAL 2(2-0-6) 
PROJECT PROPOSAL
Literature research method and data analysis; experimental-planning and design; writing of research proposal.

2306402 CHEMICAL PROCESS AND PLANT DESIGN 3(3-0-6) 
CHEM P P DESIGN
Application of mathematics, economics, chemistry, physics, and engineering sciences to the plant design; presentation and discussion of real processes and plant design with case studies in chemical and petrochemical plants; practices in design under the supervision of the instructor.

2306411 ECONOMICS OF PROCESS INDUSTRY 3(3-0-9) 
ECON PROC INDUST
Time-value of money, interest, consideration of costs and expenses, economic selection of equipment and process, methods of financing, depreciation methods, the economics of production estimating and project feasibility studies.

2306413 PROCESS DYNAMICS AND CONTROL 4(3-3-6) 
PROC DYN/CONTROL
-Principles of automatic process control; description of the dynamics behaviors of processes and equipment by ordinary and partial differential equations; linearization approximation; solution of system equations by the use of Laplace transform; computer simulation; Instrumentation; the feedback control concepts and control tuning; controller design; control system with multiple loops; feedforward and ratio control.

2306416 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY 3(3-0-9) 
MGT SYS TECH
Science of change; system and system management; management technology especially as applied to manufacturing industry; relationships among production staff to factor and decision making including management of research and development; quality assurance; industrial related law.

2306452 UNIT OPERATION LABORATORY II 2(0-6-0) 
UNIT OP LAB II
Basic principles of equipments with simultaneous transfer of momentum, heat and mass; evaporation; distillation; gas absorption; drying; cooling tower; reactor system; stirred tank reactor; boiler control simulation and level control; boiling and condensation; diffusion in liquid; heat transfer in fluidized bed.

2306461 FUEL TESTING LABORATORY 1(0-3-0) 
FUEL TESTING LAB
Analysis techniques and standard methods in testing petroleum products, gaseous and solid fuels.

2306467 CHEMICAL PROCESS SAFETY 3(3-0-9) 

CHEM PROC SAFETY
Toxicology; industrial hygiene; source models and toxic release models; fires and explosions; design to prevent fires and explosions; reliefs; relief sizing; hazard identification; risk assessment; accident investigation.

2306490 SENIOR SEMINAR 1(1-0-2) 
SENIOR SEMINAR
Review of recent papers or reports of interest by students, the seminars are organized to give students practice in clear, precise and critical exposition on technical topics and to give training in public speaking.

2306492 INDUSTRAIL TRAINING 0(0-0-0) 
INDUS TRAINING
Practical training in industry to be arranged and supervised by the department; written report.

2306493 INDUSTRIAL PLANT TRIPS 0(0-0-0) 
INDUS PLANT TRIPS
Weekly visit and inspection of industrial plants with emphasis on chemical industries and related fields; written report must be submitted to the department at the beginning of each inspection.

2306499 SENIOR PROJECT 2(0-6-6) 
SENIOR PROJECT

2306316 COMPUTER APPLICATION FOR CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES 3(2-2-5) 
COMP APPL CHEM IND

Network and computer in industry; computational algorithm components; structured programming; application of spreadsheet program on material and energy balances; application of mathematical software on chemical engineering problem solving; application of chemical process simulation packages for process design.

2306424 POLLUTION CONTROL FOR CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES 3(3-0-9) 
POLL CTRL CHEM IND

Theory of fundamental calculation of pollution control, Principles of pollution management e.g. water pollution, air pollution, solid waste management, hazardous waste management and noise pollution with emphasis on applications the theory to solve a real problem.

2306525 INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT 3(3-0-9)
IND W S WASTE W TR
Fundamental theory in water, Principles of water properties, Water transportation, Microorganism and water, Water treatment, Wastewater treatment with emphasis on measurement of wastewater flow, preliminary treatment, secondary treatment, tertiary treatment and an applications in solving a real problem.

2306540 ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND FUEL SYSTEMS 2(2-0-6)
ALT ENER FUEL SYS
Energy situation; current petroleum and coal technology; future energy and alternative fuels; bioenergy production systems; ethanol, bioils and biodiesels for transport; hydrogen and fuel cells; cleaner technology and LCA concept; the three E’s concept; energy policy, planning and management.

2306541 CHEMISTRY OF HYDROCARBON FUELS 2(2-0-4)
CHEM HC FUELS
Origin of fuels in nature; diagenesis; catagenesis; natural gas; petroleum; coal; production and use of synthesis gas; alternate fuels from coal; oxygented fuels.

2306596 MEMBRANE SEPARATION 3(3-0-9)
MEMBRANE SEP
Physical chemistry of membrane ; mass trancefer in membrane; membrane preparation; ultrafiltration membrane process; reverse osmosis membrane process; electrodiadialysis membrane process; electrodialysis membrane process; gas separation membrance process; pervaporation membrane process.

2306597 PHOTCHEMICAL CONVERSION PROCESS OF SOLAR ENERGY 2(2-0-6)
PHOCHEM CONV SOLAR
Principle of light absorption and reflection; photophysical processes; photophysical reactions; electrochemical reactions; fundamentals of spectroscopic methods; dynamics of photoinduced electron transfer; photochemistry of semiconductors; photocatalysis and solar energy conversion; photographic processes; selected topics in photoelectrochemistry.

2306514 FLUIDIZATION 3(3-0-9)
FLUIDIZATION
physical aspect of fluidization, fixed bed, and fluidized bed; bubble formation; mixing; transportation; heat transfer in fluidized bed; mass transfer in fluidized bed; application of fluidized bed in chemical, and other process industries.

2306522 APPLIED ELETROCHEMISTRY 3(3-0-9)
APPLIED ELECTROCH
Theory of electrochemical reactions and mechanism; principles of the kinetics of electrocthemical processes e.g. electroplating, fuel cells, batteries, chemical synthesis etc, with emphasis on applications of electrochemical kinetics and industrial applications of electrochemistry.

2306524 POLYMER TECHNOLOGY 3(3-0-9)
POLYMER TECHNOLOGY
Nature and types of polymers and copolymers; condensation, free radical, ionic, and polymerization, structure and properties of polymeric materials, plastics, fibers, elastomers; production, fabrication and testing of plastic materials of industrial importance.

2306532 GENERAL UNIT OPERATION 3(3-0-9)
GEN UNIT OPERATION
Units and dimensional analysis; fluid flows; fluidiation; mixing; heat transfer, heat exchangers; humidification, drying, distillation; extraction; absorption; adsorption; evaporation and crystallization.

2306545 CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED: DESIGN AND OPERATIONS 2(2-0-6)
CIR FLUIDIZED BED
Introduction; regimes of fluidization; hydrodynamics; solids motion and mixing; standpipes and return systems; gas-solid separators; heat transfer in circulating fluidized beds; combustion performance; design considerations for circulating fluidized beds boiler; design of circulating fluidized beds components; recent research on circulating fluidized beds.

2306546 FUNDAMENTALS OF FUEL CELLS 2(2-0-6)
FUND FUEL CELLS
Introduction; basic concepts of fuel cell technology and the comparison to others; fundamentals of electrochemistry for fuel cells in thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport phenomena; principles and operations of various types of fuel cells; their applications; Fueling fuel cells; Life cycle analysis of fuel cells; fuel cell comercialization.

2306595 SELECTED TOPICS IN CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY 3(3-0-9)
SELECTED TOPICS CT
Various topics of current interest in chemical technology and fuel technology.

Teaching Laboratory Course

Principles and techniques of chemical, optical, potentiometric, conductimetric, and electrical measurements. Application of these measurements to the laboratory studies of phase equilibrium, thermodynamics and physical properties of fluids.

  • EQUIVATENT CONDUCTANCE AND CONDUCTOMETRIC TITRATION
  • PHASE DIAGRAM AT CONSTANT TEMPERATURE OF THREE SUBSTANCE SYSTEM
  • SOLUBILITY AS A FUNCTION OF TEMPERATURE
  • KINETIC OF REACTION BETWEEN PERSULPHATE AND IODIDE INOS
  • SPECTRUM INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS OF ORGANICS SUBSTANCES BY UV SPECTROPHOTOMETER
  • SOLID-LIQUID PHASE DIAGRAM
  • VISCOSITY BY OSTWALD VISCOMETER
  • HEAT OF NEUTRALIZATION AND SOLUTION
  • METAL REMOVAL BY ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD
  • DETERMINATION OF THE BOILING POINT COMPOSITION CURVE FOR THE BENZENE/METHANOL SYSTEM

Principles and techniques of chemical, optical, potentiometric, conductimetric, and electrical measurements. Application of these measurements to the laboratory studies of phase equilibrium, thermodynamics and physical properties of fluids.

  • DETERMINATION OF SURFACE TENSION OF LIQUIDS BY THE CAPILLARY AND THE DU NOUY METHODS
  • HEAT OF FORMATION OF NAPHTHALENE
  • MATERIAL TESTING
  • GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
  • INVERSION OF SUCROSE USING A POLARIMETER
  • STANDARD METHOD OF CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF WOOD CHARCOAL
  • ANALYSIS OF NITROGEN IN WASTE WATER
  • CHEMICAL COAGULATION OF WATER
  • CLOSED REFLUX, TITRIMETRIC METHOD
  • DETERMINATION OF METAL CORROSION RATE BY ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD

Introduction to the basic principles and general equipment in chemical industries; pressure measurement, flow measurement, flow in pipes and channels, transport and storage of fluids and solids, size reduction and size enlargement. Experiments on principles in fluid flow, heat transfer, and mass transfer with reports.

  • FILTRATION
  • STEAM GENERATOR AND AIR COMPRESSOR
  • REFRIGERATION
  • FLUIDIZATION
  • FLOW MEASUREMENT AND FLOW PATTERN
  • CONVECTION AND RADIATION HEAT TRANSFERS
  • PUMP
  • MECHANICAL HEAT PUMP
  • SOLID HANDLING
  • HEAT EXCHANGER

Introduction to the basic principles and general equipment in chemical industries; pressure measurement, flow measurement, flow in pipes and channels, transport and storage of fluids and solids, size reduction and size enlargement. Experiments on principles in fluid flow, heat transfer, and mass transfer with reports. 

  • LEVEL CONTROL
  • BOILER CONTROL SIMULATOR
  • CSTR AND PLUG FLOW REACTOR
  • EVAPORATOR
  • DRYER
  • COOLING TOWER
  • FRACTIONAL DISTILLATION
  • FLUIDIZED BED HEAT TRANSFER 
  • BOILING AND CONDENSATION
  • EXTRACTION
  • ABSORPTION

Energy conservation in industrial through combustion control, process design and heat recovery, production optimization, steam and compressed air management and other utilities.

  • KINEMATIC VISCOSITY
  • SAYBOLT COLOR OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
  • API GRAVITY
  • ANILINE POINT
  • DISTILLATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
  • HEATING VALUE BY BOMB WASHING METHOD
  • CALORIFIC VALUE BY WATER FLIW CALORIMETER