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  • 10 301: Fluid Mechanics

    4.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Introduces the mechanical principles governing fluid flow. Stress in a fluid. Conservation of mass and momentum, using differential and integral balances. Elementary constitutive equations. Hydrostatics. Exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations. Approximate solutions using control volume analysis. Mechanical energy balances and Bernoulli's equation. Dimensional analysis and dynamic similarity. Introduces boundary-layer theory and turbulence. Prerequisite:    Prereq: 18.03, 10.10
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  • 10 302: Transport Processes

    4.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Principles of heat and mass transfer. Steady and transient conduction and diffusion. Radiative heat transfer. Convective transport of heat and mass in both laminar and turbulent flows. Emphasis on the development of a physical understanding of the underlying phenomena and upon the ability to solve real heat and mass transfer problems of engineering significance. Prerequisite:    Prereq: 5.60, 10.301, 10.213; or permission of instructor
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  • 10 32: Separation Processes

    2.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    General principles of separation by equilibrium and rate processes. Staged cascades. Applications to distillation, absorption, adsorption, and membrane processes. Use of material balances, phase equilibria, and diffusion to understand and design separation processes. Prerequisite:    Prereq: 10.213, 10.302
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  • 10 333: Introduction to Modeling and Simulation

    4.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Basic concepts of computer modeling and simulation in science and engineering. Uses techniques and software for simulation, data analysis and visualization. Continuum, mesoscale, atomistic and quantum methods used to study fundamental and applied problems in physics, chemistry, materials science, mechanics, engineering, and biology. Examples drawn from the disciplines above are used to understand or characterize complex structures and materials, and complement experimental observations. Prerequisite:    Prereq: 18.03, 3.016, or permission of instructor
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  • 10 34: Numerical Methods Applied to Chemical Engineering

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Numerical methods for solving problems arising in heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, chemical reaction engineering, and molecular simulation. Topics: numerical linear algebra, solution of nonlinear algebraic equations and ordinary differential equations, solution of partial differential equations (e.g. Navier-Stokes), numerical methods in molecular simulation (dynamics, geometry optimization). All methods are presented within the context of chemical engineering problems. Familiarity with structured programming is assumed. Prerequisite:    Prereq: Permission of instructor
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  • 10 37: Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Applies the concepts of reaction rate, stoichiometry and equilibrium to the analysis of chemical and biological reacting systems. Derivation of rate expressions from reaction mechanisms and equilibrium or steady state assumptions. Design of chemical and biochemical reactors via synthesis of chemical kinetics, transport phenomena, and mass and energy balances. Topics: chemical/biochemical pathways; enzymatic, pathway and cell growth kinetics; batch, plug flow and well-stirred reactors for chemical reactions and cultivations of microorganisms and mammalian cells; heterogeneous and enzymatic catalysis; heat and mass transport in reactors, including diffusion to and within catalyst particles and cells or immoblized enzymes. Prerequisite:    Prereq: 5.60, 10.301
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  • 10 390J: Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion

    4.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Fundamentals of thermodynamics, chemistry, and transport applied to energy systems. Analysis of energy conversion and storage in thermal, mechanical, chemical, and electrochemical processes in power and transportation systems, with emphasis on efficiency, performance, and environmental impact. Applications to fuel reforming and alternative fuels, hydrogen, fuel cells and batteries, combustion, catalysis, combined and hybrid power cycles using fossil, nuclear and renewable resources. CO2 separation and capture. Biomass energy. Meets with 2.62 when offered concurrently; students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Prerequisite:    Prereq: 2.006 or permission of instructor
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  • 10 391J: Sustainable Energy

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Assessment of current and potential future energy systems. Covers resources, extraction, conversion, and end-use technologies, with emphasis on meeting 21st-century regional and global energy needs in a sustainable manner. Examines various energy technologies in each fuel cycle stage for fossil (oil, gas, synthetic), nuclear (fission and fusion) and renewable (solar, biomass, wind, hydro, and geothermal) energy types, along with storage, transmission, and conservation issues. Emphasizes analysis of energy propositions within an engineering, economic and social context. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Prerequisite:    Prereq: Permission of instructor
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  • 10 392J: Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion

    4.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Fundamentals of thermodynamics, chemistry, and transport applied to energy systems. Analysis of energy conversion and storage in thermal, mechanical, chemical, and electrochemical processes in power and transportation systems, with emphasis on efficiency, performance and environmental impact. Applications to fuel reforming and alternative fuels, hydrogen, fuel cells and batteries, combustion, catalysis, combined and hybrid power cycles using fossil, nuclear and renewable resources. CO2 separation and capture. Biomass energy. Meets with 2.60 when offered concurrently; students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Prerequisite:    Prereq: 2.006 or permission of instructor
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  • 10 40: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

    4.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Basic postulates of classical thermodynamics. Application to transient open and closed systems. Criteria of stability and equilibria. Constitutive property models of pure materials and mixtures emphasizing molecular-level effects using the formalism of statistical mechanics. Phase and chemical equilibria of multicomponent systems. Applications emphasized through extensive problem work relating to practical cases. Prerequisite:    Prereq: 5.60, 10.213
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