Mass Balance Intro

Upon studying this section, you should be familiar with the following:

How to use the Mass Balance Equation for reactive and unreactive chemical processes.
Be able identify a process as either a Batch or Continuous.
Write a Flow Chart with the information given in a problem statement.
Write a Table after writing a flow chart.
Use the principle of Degree's of Freedom to the extent only of writing boundries which will allow you to write the maximum number of equations.

A Material Balance Intro

Explanation:

Chemical processes are often very elaborate with many types of equipment used to obtain a desired product. Chemical engineer's are interested in many of the physical parameter's associated with each process, such as the flow rate of material the enters and leaves a peice of equipment, as well as several other parameters including the temperature and pressure of the material. Learning to keep track of the material and these physical properties in chemical processes is the objective of this course.

Here is an example of a two component process, the boxes represent equipment, and the arrowed lines represent streams of material.

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