2023 Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Graduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
Introduction to Chemical Engineering (Basics)
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Takeo Yamaguchi
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Mon (J2-203 (J221))
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CAP.I407
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2023
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
[Summary of the lecture] This course covers the fundamentals of chemical engineering, and is offered for students whose major are not chemical engineering. For students at the other graduate majors, this course provides opportunity to learn about frontier researches in the fields of chemical engineering.
[Aim of the lecture] The concept of chemical engineering is essential for the chemical industry, and nowadays applied to various fields such as environment, energy, biomaterials and medical devices. This course introduces the concept of mass and energy balances, transport phenomena, fluid dynamics, and thermal engineering.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to
1) Understand mass and heat balances and solve basic problems related to mass and heat balances.
2) Understand transport phenomena of mass, heat and momentum and solve basic problems related to transport phenomena.
3) Understand the basis of fluid dynamics and thermal engineering and solve basic problems related to fluid dynamics and thermal engineering.
Keywords
Chemical engineering, Mass balances, Energy balances, Transport phenomena, Fluid dynamics, Thermal Engineering
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
In every classes, students are given exercise problems related to what is taught on that day.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Fundamentals of chemical engineering: Mass and energy balances, Transport phenomena | Understand and derive mass and heat balances.Explain analogy of transport phenomena of mass, heat and momentum. |
| Class 2 | Fundamentals of fluid dynamics: Equation of continuity, viscosity, Newton's law of viscosity, Reynolds number | Understand viscosity and explain Newton's low of viscosity. Understand Reynolds number and determine laminar or turbulent flow. |
| Class 3 | Fundamentals of fluid dynamics: Laminar flow in tube, flow in the particle bed, Bernoulli's principle | Explain Hagen-Poiseuille equation and Bernoulli's principle. |
| Class 4 | Exercise of fluid dynamics | Solve basic problems related to fluid dynamics. |
| Class 5 | Fundamentals of thermal engineering: Heat transfer, Fourier's law | Understand the fundamental modes of heat transfer, and explain Fourier's low. |
| Class 6 | Fundamentals of thermal engineering: Convection, radiation, heat exchanger | Understand convection and radiation of heat, and explain heat exchanger. |
| Class 7 | Exercise of thermal engineering | Solve basic problems related to thermal engineering. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Edited by The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan. "Jitsurei de Manabu Kagaku Kogaku". Maruzen-shuppan. ISBN-978-4-621-30704-5. (Japanese)
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None required.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students will be assessed on their understanding of mass and heat balances, transport phenomena, fluid dynamics, and thermal engineering based on exercise problems in each class (50%) and in the 4th and 7th classes (50%).
Related courses
- CAP.I417 ： Introduction to Chemical Engineering (Unit Operation)
- CAP.C421 ： Advanced Energy Transfer Operation
- CAP.C441 ： Transport Phenomena and Operation
- CAP.I537 ： Systematic Material Design Methodology
Prerequisites
This class is for students who do not major in chemical engineering at the undergraduate level. Since this class is an introduction to chemical engineering (Basics), we do not recommend taking it for graduate and undergraduate students from Chemical Engineering Focus of Tokyo Tech or the Chemical Engineering department of other universities.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Takeo Yamaguchi: yamag[at]res.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
Contact by e-mail in advance to schedule an appointment.