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UNIT OPERATIONS LABORATORYCM4110

COURSE HANDBOOKandSYLLABUS

Department of Chemical EngineeringMichigan Technological University

Houghton, Michigan

August 2006

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Preface................................................................................................................................iii

Introduction..........................................................................................................................1

Course Objectives ..........................................................................................................1

Procedures, Policies, and Rules...........................................................................................2

I. Laboratory Safety Program.............................................................................2

II. Engineering Teams.........................................................................................2

III. Laboratory Experiments..................................................................................3

IV. Experiment Portfolios.....................................................................................4

V. Pre-Laboratory Preparations...........................................................................5

VI. Laboratory Procedures....................................................................................9

VII. Executive Summary Report..........................................................................10

VIII. Attendance Rules..........................................................................................12

IX. Grading Policies............................................................................................13

X. Miscellaneous...............................................................................................14

XI. Required Text................................................................................................15XII. Teaching and Support Staff..........................................................................16

List of Appendices

Appendix A Report Writing Guidelines for CM4110....................................................17

Appendix B Course Calendar Fall 2005 .......................................................................19

Appendix C Grade Reporting Form ...............................................................................21

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UNIT OPERATIONS LABORATORYCM4110

INTRODUCTIONThe purpose of the Unit Operations Laboratory course is to help you gain a deeper understandingof the concepts learned in the first three years of your education. You will apply the principles ofheat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, and thermal and massbalances through the operation of pilot plant-scale equipment. This experience should give you abetter understanding of response time, steady-state and non-steady state operations, accuracy andreliability of measurements, and the effect of changes in ambient conditions. Your goal in thiscourse should be to gain this deeper insight.

This syllabus presents the policies and procedures that apply to students in the Unit OperationsLaboratory course. This information has been carefully compiled and is formally presented toalleviate problems and to avoid confusion. You are responsible for the material contained inthis document . If some situation arises that is not covered by the policies described, it will beresolved by the best judgment of the instructors usually with substantial input from the affectedstudents.

We have developed a web site for CM4110. It is found at the CM department web pages (CMDept => Current Students => Course Pages => CM 4110) or at the address below:http://www.chem.mtu.edu/chem_eng/current/new_courses/CM4110/CM4110.htm . Use this website for any standard course forms, short descriptions and photos of the experiments, etc.

COURSE OBJECTIVESThe students in this course are expected to achieve the following objectives:

Develop a constant awareness of safety in the laboratory so that all laboratory work iscarried out in a safe manner.Develop the ability to carry out experimental investigations of pilot-scale processesincluding:

Creating equipment diagrams and comprehensive safe operating procedures forvarious unit operations.Determining a specific set of experimental objectives when presented with a vaguelydefined problem.Planning an experimental strategy for collecting the appropriate data.Obtaining the experimental data required to satisfy the objectives.Gaining competency in analyzing experimental data and in comparing the results todata and theories in the literature.Reporting the results of the experiment in a concise, well-written, well-documentedwritten report.Presenting the results in a professional, oral presentation using current technology.

Develop the ability to work in a team by:Actively participating as a member of a professional group.

Leading a peer group of professional chemical engineers.Managing conflicts within the team as they arise.Develop confidence through the application of previously acquired knowledge of unitoperations, chemical reactions, process safety, and process control.Learn to apply software tools typically used by Chemical Engineering professionals.

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PROCEDURES, POLICIES, AND RULES

I. LABORATORY SAFETY PROGRAM

The goal of our safety program is to prevent incidents and accidents, and to promote safetyawareness. Our laboratory safety program is designed to encourage safety consciousness and todevelop hazards recognition skills. There are four parts to this program:

A. At the beginning of the course, we will discuss general lab safety, chemical safety, andthe applicable federal and state safety regulations. We will learn about specific UO Labhazards, the hazardous substances used in the laboratory, the location and contents of thematerial safety data sheets (MSDS), and the available safety equipment.

B. Throughout the course, we will follow our Prevent Accidents With Safety (PAWS)program. This is discussed in detail in the 2006-07 Safety Manual for Use in theChemical Engineering Unit Operations Laboratory CM4110 and Plant Operations

Laboratory CM4120 , August 2006.C . For each cycle of laboratory work, one member from each group will be designated as the

safety coordinator and will serve on the Safety Committee for that cycle. The duties ofthe safety coordinators will include: preparing their group members for the safety aspectsof their assigned experiment; laboratory inspections and follow-ups; conducting theSafety Meeting for that cycle including discussion on PAWS forms and other safety-related issues; and, coordinating the update of the PAWS web page. See the SafetyManual for details.

D. Typically, one lecture meeting per experiment cycle will be devoted to safety. We willdiscuss any incidents that occurred and will participate in the safety committeespresentation.

Everyone is required to attend all safety meetings and must be a Safety Coordinator at least onceduring the semester.

The tenor of all these activities is to promote safety awareness in a positive, non-judgmental way.

The specific safety rules and safety information are provided to you in the 2006-07 Safety Manual for Use in the Unit Operations Laboratory , August 2006. You are responsible for all theinformation contained in that document.

II. ENGINEERING TEAMS

All activities in this course, except some specific assignments, are to be carried out as a teameffort. Engineering teams will follow these guidelines:

A. Three or four-person engineering teams will be formed at the beginning of the course. Itis the responsibility of Dr. Sandell to finalize lab team assignments.

B. All members of the team are expected to contribute to all aspects of the assignment planning, safety, data collection, analysis, oral presentations, report writing, and peerevaluation.

C . One member of the team will serve as team leader and coordinate the activities of theteam. A second team member serving as safety coordinator will take responsibility forsafety issues. These responsibilities will rotate for each experiment. As soon as theteams are formed, members of the team will select the team leaders and safetycoordinators for the semester and submit the names to the Dr. Sandell.

D. As each experiment is completed, every team member submits a peer evaluation formrating the performance of all members of the team and giving comments about the teamactivities.

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III. LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS

A. Experiment Selection and Supervision:1. The semester is divided into 5 experiment cycles. Each engineering team will be

assigned five experiments, one per cycle.2. The experiments are shown in Table 1 below. Everyone will do the Polymer

Extrusion experiment during Cycle 1. (Cycle 1 will only have a final lab report.)3. Each experiment will be supervised by an assigned faculty member and typically

will have an assigned teaching assistant.

Table1: List of Experiments.Experiments Instructor GTA AvailablePolymer Extrusion King both Cycle 1

Cooling Tower Sandell Koers Cycle 2-5CSTR Mullins Lau Cycle 2-5Fixed Bed Reactor Holles Lau Cycle 2-5Fuel Cell Operation and Analysis Keith Koers Cycle 2-5Liquid-Liquid Extraction Nesbitt Koers Cycle 2-5Membrane Separation Sandell Lau Cycle 2-5Non-Newtonian Flow Sandell Koers Cycle 2-5Pumping A Sandell Lau Cycle 2-5Pumping B Torrey Koers Cycle 2-5RSST Crowl ----- Cycle 2-5Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Sandell Lau Cycle 2-5

B. Sequence of Activities:Required activities for a complete laboratory experiment cycle: (Cycles 2, 3, 4, 5)1. Planning

a. Get a 3-ring binder and set of dividers to start a new portfolio. See section IV.b. Obtain the objectives from the instructor, schedule a JSA/Equipment Diagram

review, and schedule a check-in meeting with the instructor. See section V.A.and V.B.c. Begin to prepare the laboratory proposal (see Section V.B.) and the experiment

portfolio (see Section IV). Meet with your laboratory instructor, as necessary, toclarify objectives.

d. Have the JSA and Equipment Diagram approved.e. Complete the proposal and submit the portfolio with the enclosed proposal to

the instructor.f. Attend the check-in meeting and receive approval to begin laboratory work.

2. Experimentationa. Complete an on-site safety check. See section VI.A.2.b. Run the experiment see VI, and make calculations. See section VI.C.2.c. Shut down equipment and clean up the area. See section VI.C.5.

3. Analysisa. Complete the data analysis and assemble data into the most meaningful form to

address the objectives.b. Attend data debriefing with faculty advisor. This is an informal discussion with

the faculty advisor to ensure that the calculations and analysis have beenperformed correctly.

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related to the work being performed. These notes must be in ink, initialed, anddated. Order the materials in this section chronologically.

4. The second section will have your laboratory proposal (with instructorscomments) including the complete, detailed JSA. See section V.B.9.

5. The third section will have any data sheets. Include all raw data, calculation sheets,and printed copies of spreadsheet files with formulas indicated. All manuallyacquired data entries must be recorded in ink and must be initialed and dated bythe person making the entry.

6. The fourth section will have a copy of visual aids used in the oral presentation.

7. The fifth section will have your final executive summary report.

8. A peer evaluation form from each member of the group will be submitted with theportfolio when it is turned in for grading at the end of the experiment cycle. Eachform must be in a separate sealed envelope. A blank form is posted on theCM4110 web page at the following address:http://www.chem.mtu.edu/chem_eng/current/new_courses/CM4110/CM4110.htm

C. Submitting Your Portfolio for Evaluation:1. The entire portfolio will be submitted three times.

a. Once for review of the JSA and Equipment Diagramb. Second, for review and grading of the Experiment Proposal.c. And finally, for review and grading of the Final Report.

2. The portfolio is to be submitted directly to the instructor prior to any deadline.

3. Memorandum of Transmittal.a. Write a brief cover memorandum to transmit your report. You may indicate

the single most important result, but the primary purpose is just to transmit the

report.b. Address it to your faculty instructor.c. The team leader should sign or initial this memorandum and clip it to the

outside of the portfolio .

V. PRE-LABORATORY PREPARATIONS (Proposal and Check-In Meeting)The purpose of the laboratory proposal and the check-in meeting is to ensure that eachmember of the team is prepared to complete the experiment safely and successfully.

A. Required pre-Laboratory ActivitiesBefore operating any equipment or mixing any chemicals you must complete thefollowing steps:1. Pick up the objectives for the experiment

The team leader should schedule a meeting with the instructor or TA assigned to theexperiment. The meeting should accomplish the following:a. Receive the experimental objectives.b. Examine the equipment you will use in the lab (bring hard hat, safety glasses,

wear long pants and non-porous shoes).c. Schedule a meeting to review the Equipment Diagram and JSA.d. Establish a due date for the proposal.e. Set up an appointment for the check-in meeting.

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2. Prepare the proposal to meet the objectives. (Section V.B.)All members of the team are expected to participate in all activities related topreparing the proposal, and all are expected to understand all aspects of theproposal.

3. Submit the Equipment Diagram and JSA for approval.These will be in the portfolio under the proposal section. (Sections V.B.8 andV.B.9.) The instructor, a TA, or Tim Gasperich will perform the review. If theEquipment Diagram and JSA have deficiencies, the team must correct the problemsand schedule another review. When the documents are acceptable, the reviewer willsign the appropriate line on the portfolio cover sheet. An approved EquipmentDiagram and JSA are required before you will be allowed to operateequipment in the lab. (The Equipment Diagram and JSA will not be graded at thistime.)

4. Submit the proposal.The portfolio, with the proposal included, is submitted to the instructor before thedeadline established at the initial meeting. (Section IV.C.) The instructor willreview and evaluate the proposal before the check-in meeting.

5. Attend the check-in meeting.The instructor will quiz the members of the team on various aspects of the plan,make comments on it, and may assign an individual grade to each member of theteam based on the following criteria:a. Theory. Each person should have an understanding of the background and

theory and how the theory relates to the experimental objectives.b. Procedure. All members of the team must be well versed with all of the

procedures to be followed in performing the experiment. Each team membermust be familiar with the experimental strategy, i.e. the flow rate range, tanklevels, start-up procedures, etc.

c. Safety. Each member of the team must be aware of all physical and chemicalhazards that are specific to the experiment and be familiar with the appropriate

course of action in case of an emergency. Everyone on the team is responsiblefor safe operation and proper handling procedures and must know theemergency shutdown procedures.

d. Overall Knowledge of the Experiment. Individuals must be familiar with theirresponsibilities and how they are related to the strategy and objectives of theexperiment. The team should be knowledgeable on the details of the experimentand be prepared to collect accurate and meaningful data and perform samplecalculations needed for their experiment.

6. Have the instructor sign the portfolio cover page.When the team passes the check-in, the instructor will sign the portfolio cover sheetto indicate the team has been approved to work in the laboratory. If the team failsthe check-in, they are required to schedule another meeting after further

preparation.7. Complete the Check-In before the deadline.

The check-in must be completed no later than 4:00 p.m. of the day before thescheduled lab day.

B. Laboratory ProposalA laboratory proposal is a report explaining what you are going to do, why you want todo it, and how you are going to do it. An important part of the laboratory proposal iscomplete documentation. The proposal is being submitted to your instructor for review,

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grading, and approval. The instructor must be convinced that your team is ready tobegin doing the experimental work and that the work will satisfy the objectives of theexperiment. The most convincing evidence of your readiness is the documentation theexperimental plan, references, and calculations that you include to support yourproposal.

The laboratory proposal must include the following sections:1. Proposal Title Page. A single page consisting of descriptive experiment title, the

date the experiment is to be conducted, team number, names of team members withleader and safety officer identified, instructor, and date proposal is submitted.

2. Table of Contents. The table of contents should include a listing of all headings andsubheadings and the appropriate page number for each. The table of contents mustalso include a separate list of figures, a separate list of tables, and a list ofappendices each with appropriate page numbers.

3. Objectives. The proposal must have a clear, concise statement of the objectives ofthe experiment. Do not simply restate the assignment as provided by the instructor.If the instructor assigned specific, detailed tasks, you must condense the objectivesso that the main focus of the experiment is obvious. Do not say how you are doingthe experiment. Leave that for other sections of the proposal. In some cases, theassigned objectives will contain open-ended questions and parts of the assignmentmay be vague. This is done intentionally to give you experience in solving real-world problems.

4. Background. Write a brief summary of the background for the experiment includingthe application or use of the unit operation within the chemical process industries.For example, why and when are cooling towers used? Cite any references you used.This section should typically be a maximum of one page long.

5. Theory/ Sample Calculations/ Calculations Needed to Meet Your Objectives.Include an outline of the theory with appropriate equations and their respectiveunits, but be sure to focus on the particular experiment at hand. Give the referencefor each equation and define all nomenclature including units, immediatelybelow its first occurrence in your report . Handle general information by referringto textbooks. Again, properly reference your work! (Section V.B.10) Show thesample calculations here that were assigned to you for this laboratory proposal.Check the units of all instrumentation used to collect data and be sure to use thesame units in your sample calculations. Also, show how you will do all thecalculations, graphs, etc. needed to meet your objectives. What results do youexpect to get? For example, what do you expect the pump curve to look like(general shape)? Consult your instructor for any questions about what should be inthis section.

6. Experimental Strategy and Error Analysis. This section should include a brief butcomplete discussion of your approach to solving the problem. Where necessary andappropriate, the description of each item should include the rationale as to why aparticular strategy has been proposed.Before writing this section, ask the following questions:a. How will you satisfy the objectives? What strategies will you adopt while

planning variations in key variables? How will you relate these variations tothe goals of the experiment?

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b. What is the setup configuration? (ex: placement of thermocouples in thevacuum drying experiment, or the types of plates to use in a batch filtrationexperiment)?

c. Is there anything significant about the startup process that will affect yourresults? (ex: special issues such as preheat stage, preparation of chemicals,etc.)

d. Design of experiment considerations:i. Parameter space Which variables, including their values or range, willbe fixed at each run? Why? (ex: 3 steam pressures at 20 psia, 25 psia, 30

psia.)ii. Raw Data Which variables are monitored? How often they are

measured?iii. Reproducibility How many trials are planned at each point?

e. Schedule What is the timeline? (ex: 1 to 2 hours setup; 4 runs on variousconditions, then another 1 hour for cleanup.)

f. Error Analysis:i. Identify sources of error temperature, pressure, flow rate measurements,

etc. Which sources are significant and which can be ignored? (ex: Iftemperature can be measured accurately to 1 oF, what effect will an errorof 1oF have on the calculated results?)

ii. Select an appropriate method of error analysis will you use 95%confidence intervals? Will it suffice to calculate a mean and standarddeviation? How will you apply propagation of error to estimate the errorof the result?

Perform a complete error analysis on sample data. Do not include an operatingprocedure in this section, as that is part of the JSA.

7. Data Tables. Include all the blank data tables you will use during your run day tomeet your objectives.

8. Equipment Diagram. Prepare a clearly labeled (including valve numbers) schematicdiagram of the equipment to be used. Use standard symbols wherever possible.

Show all the details of the equipment that you will use including the connections tothe building utilities. In some cases, it is important to show the major equipmentorientation and dimensions. You will have this diagram approved by the instructoror TA prior to submitting the completed laboratory proposal.

9. Job Safety Assessment Form. Using an electronic copy of the Job SafetyAssessment Form (JSA) document the detailed experimental procedure that youwill use to obtain the data needed to satisfy the objectives of the experiment.Document the hazards associated with each step, the safety precautions to be taken,and the person responsible for each step. Include in this procedure the start-upprocedure, the runtime procedure, the shutdown procedure, and the emergencyshutdown procedure. An electronic copy of the JSA is available from the courseweb page. The JSA must be completed in great detail. Nothing is to be assumed.

You will have the JSA approved by the instructor or TA prior to submitting thecompleted laboratory proposal.a. Identify all physical and chemical hazards, any required personal protective

equipment (PPE), and locate the nearest safety equipment in the laboratoryrelative to the location of the equipment to be used.

b. List all chemicals used in your experiment and identify any hazards associatedwith those chemicals along with the required PPE.

c. Prepare an emergency shutdown procedure.d. Write the procedure clearly, in a step-by-step fashion, with the idea that a

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the equipment will follow it. Refer to the equipment diagram to clarifyindividual operations. Include a specific course of action if an accident occurs.Be sure to focus on the hazards that are most likely to occur.

e. Include a list of the specific tasks in the procedure assigned to each teammember. Make sure it will be possible for each person to perform theassignment. Check the location of the equipment associated with eachassignment and study the ergonomics.

10. References. All references used in preparing the laboratory proposal should belisted alphabetically by author and cited appropriately where they are used in theproposal.

11. Writing Guidelines. Refer to Appendix A Report Writing Guidelines forCM4110, for report writing style and additional requirements.

VI. LABORATORY PROCEDURES

A. Work Schedule.1. The Safety Coordinators for that cycle must arrive in the lab at 8 a.m. on the runday to complete the Unit Operations laboratory Safety Inspection Checklist (SIC).

2. Laboratory work begins at 9 a.m. All members of the team are required to bepresent in the laboratory on the days scheduled for experimental work (see VIII.Attendance Rules). The team leader must report any absences before starting theexperiment.

3. The experiment will be conducted on the days scheduled for laboratory work asshown in the course calendar (see Appendix B).

4. Experiments may be run at other times if arrangements are made in writing with thefaculty instructor and approved by Tim Gasperich. This will happen only underexceptional circumstances.

B. Lab Operations.1. All lab operations will follow the written procedures as stated in the approved JSA.2. The team leader should maintain a running log in the data section of the laboratory

portfolio to verify that sufficient data have been collected. The team leader isresponsible for organizing the work so that the preliminary calculations arecompleted while the experiment is in progress. Arrange your data and calculationsheets or set up your spreadsheets properly and include calculations in the taskassignments. Make calculations using lab data to verify that your data are suitablefor satisfying the objectives of the experiment. Do these calculations beforeshutting down your equipment .

3. After completing the experimental work, and as soon as the calculations arefinished, each team must complete a debriefing session with the instructor. If thecalculations are complete, the debriefing can be scheduled before the end of thesame laboratory session in which the experiments were performed. The debriefingwill review the results of the laboratory work and plan the oral presentation andfinal report.

4. Any equipment breakdowns should be reported to the instructor, Tim Gasperich, orthe teaching assistant immediately.

5. Clean up your area and equipment at the end of each day. The teaching assistantsapproval is required before the team will be dismissed. The portfolio is initialed orstamped by the teaching assistant at the end of the day.

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C. Safe Work Practices.1. All safety rules must be observed at all times. See the 2006-07 Safety Manual for

use in the Chemical Engineering Unit Operations Laboratory CM4110 and PlantOperations Laboratory CM4120 , 2006.

2. Before operating any equipment or preparing chemicals in the lab at 9 a.m. on thefirst run day a team must have an approved Equipment Diagram/JSA, completed thecheck-in, and have passed an on-site safety review by Tim Gasperich or a T/A.

3. Do not bring any coats, backpacks, etc. into the laboratory. To prevent clutter in thelab, each team should have a locker. Lockers are available in the basement-floormens room and in the sub-basement womens room. Use one of these lockersthroughout the year to store your coats and books while you are in the lab. You mayuse your own lock but remove it at the end of the academic year.

4. When in doubt about the consequences of any step in the experimental procedure(such as opening or closing a valve, starting or stopping a pump, etc.), consult theteaching assistant, Tim Gasperich, or instructor.

VII. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY REPORT (The Lab Report)

The team leader is responsible for submitting, on behalf of and with full participation of theteam, an executive summary report. The report will present and interpret key results, discussthe accuracy of the results, and present conclusions and recommendations drawn from theresults.

The purpose of an executive summary is to communicate information clearly and succinctly.A poorly written executive summary will fail to achieve this. Laboratory work doneperfectly with excellent results will be wasted if the report is poorly written. Read andcarefully consider the guidelines and suggestions provided in the section below.

A. General Lab Report Policies1. The final report must be written as a team effort under the direction of the team

leader.

2. All reports must be technically correct. If you have serious technical errors, youcould be asked to rewrite.3. The procedure for submitting reports is as follows:

a. Insert your report into the portfolio behind the Final Report tab.b. Submit your complete portfolio to the assigned instructor.c. The instructor will grade the report and return it to Dr. Sandell to record the

grades.4. The portfolio with the final report must be submitted on or before the established

deadline.5. After the report is submitted and graded, you should keep a copy of the grade

sheet. A sample of the Project Grade Reporting Form is included in Appendix C.6. We will retain the reports on file (304 Chem Sci) for the entire semester. You may

request to review your past reports at any time.

B. Executive Summary Report FormatThe final report for each experiment will be in executive summary report format. Thisis a brief, carefully worded report in which key results are presented, conclusions aredrawn in comparison to theory or expectations, and final recommendations areidentified. The experiment objectives will determine what is included in the executivesummary. The executive summary will be no longer than 2 pages of text plus anytables, figures, and supporting appendices. Include the following sections in yourexecutive summary:

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1. Title Page.a. Prepare a neatly structured cover page for your executive summary.b. Include the title of the experiment, when the laboratory work was performed,

when the report was submitted, the team number, names of the team leader,safety coordinator, other team members, and the instructor.

2. Table of Contents.a. The TOC should have an entry for each heading and subheading.b. Include a list of figures, list of tables, and list of appendices.

3. Executive Summary.a. This section must be written so that it stands alone from any other part of the

portfolio. It should not require that your readers look beyond the executivesummary for specific information in other parts of the portfolio or in thetechnical literature.

b. The executive summary may be as short as one page, but no longer than twopages of text. The executive summary contains three general sections:i. Abstract Prepare a concise narrative summarizing the background of

your work, your experiment objectives, what you did, what the resultswere, and what the results mean. Be specific about your results whensummarizing them. State numerical values along with appropriate errorlimits.

ii. Conclusions Give a brief narrative statement(s) presenting your mainconclusion(s). All conclusions must follow from your discussion andinterpretation of the results and should focus on the objectives.

iii. Recommendations Prepare a brief summary of any recommendationsyou wish to present. These recommendations should be related to theresults and based on your conclusions.

c. Things to remember when writing an executive summary:i. The focus is on the assigned objectives and interpreting the experimental

results. This is where the reader finds out what the results are and whatthe results mean.

ii. The conclusions are the most important part of the executive summary.This is why the reader is reading your report. The conclusions shoulddirectly address the objectives and be in order of significance, from mostsignificant to least significant.

iii. If recommendations are suggested they should come directly from theconclusions and indicate further work or experiment improvement drawnfrom the conclusions. No new issues or material are to be raised in therecommendations.

3. References.Include a list of all references you used when preparing your report.

4. Appendices.a. Appendices contain important, but supplemental, information. Do not put

results items that satisfy the objectives in the appendices. Here you mayinsert background information that was used in preparing the report orauxiliary information such as instrument calibrations, error analysis, andcalculations of intermediate results. The reader should be able to detach theappendices and still understand the report.

b. You must include a complete sample calculation in an appendix. Show all thedetails of the methods you used to obtain the results from raw data, includingyour error analysis and propagation of error.

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c. You must include a table in an appendix showing all the numerical values andraw data you used to plot your graphs, and any other data or results that mighthelp your reader understand your work.

d. Do not include anything in the appendices that was not referred to in thebody of the report.

e. All appendices must be named with a letter and a meaningful title.f. Number the pages in your report consecutively, starting from the title page

and ending with the last page of your appendices.5. Additional resources on report writingAdditional information and suggested resources on report writing are included inAppendix A.

VIII. ATTENDANCE RULES

A. All students are expected to be present all day on all scheduled class days. The teamleader is responsible for reporting any absences to the laboratory supervisor.

B. Attendance at all scheduled lectures is mandatory. This is when we will have oursafety meetings, lectures on special topics, quizzes, and so forth.

C . On class days scheduled for operating equipment, all team members should be in thelaboratory at all times (starting at 9 a.m.) except for pre-arranged lunch. Thoseresponsible for the SIC will arrive at 8:00 a.m. to inspect the lab.

D. On class days not scheduled for operating equipment, the team may work in roomsB006, B010, 204, or 211 (if it is not being used for other classes), the J.R. Van PeltLibrary, or the Memorial Union building. The class day is the best time to have yourteam meetings because everyone should have that time available.

E . A log sheet will be kept in the office of the laboratory. Any time you are in thelaboratory sign yourself in on the log sheet. Sign out when you leave the lab, even iffor a short period of time. In the event of a laboratory emergency it is imperative that

we know the location of all students, faculty, and staff.F . Excused absences will be granted for serious reasons, such as illness or a death in the

family. A written request (use email to jfsandel !tu"edu ) for an excused absence,must be submitted to Dr. Sandell, in advance if possible, but no later than the firstacademic day that the student returns to school. Brief absences during a scheduled labrun day for on-campus interviews or for a class conflict may be granted verbally bythe team leader.

G . An excused absence for a plant visit requires an advanced written request to allmembers of the team and to Dr. Sandell.

H . Each unexcused absence may result in the loss of one letter grade from the studentsfinal grade.

I . If the team leader is absent on a scheduled class day, the remaining members willselect a substitute leader and proceed with the work scheduled for that day. Allmembers of the team are expected to be familiar enough with the planned work toremain on schedule.

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IX. GRADING POLICIES

A. Assignments and WeightingThis class will involve individual and team grades. Semester grades will be calculatedas follows:

#afet$ 10 %&o!e'or( )2 *o!+ined, 10 %-ui..es )4 *o!+ined, 20 %C$*le 1 )e truder, 6 %C$*le 2 )no oral report, 10 %C$*le 3 )'it oral, 16 %C$*le 4 )'it oral, 16 %C$*le 5 )no oral report, 12 %

100 %

1. Homework (likely 2 assignments) and Cycles 1-5 grades may include bothindividual and team grades. ate o!e'or( re*eives a 0 rade"

2. Quizzes (closed book, closed note) are individual grades and will be given onFriday at the 9 a.m.-10 a.m. lecture.

3. You are responsible for reading material, homework, and lecture material. Youmay be tested on any of these materials.

4. The following grading scale will be used throughout this course: 92 100

88 91"9 82 87"9C 78 81"9 C 72 77"9C 68 71"9 62 67"9 F 0 61"9

B. Team Issues and GradesSome of the grades are team-based but Dr. Sandell retains the right to adjust thesegrades based on information in the peer evaluations, observations made by Julie King,Dave Caspary, John Sandell, Dan Crowl, Joe Holles, Jason Keith, Tim Gasperich, theTAs, etc. All peer evaluations will be sealed and included in the final portfolio. Dr.Sandell will hold these peer evaluations in his files as confidential information. Wewant to encourage all team members to solve their problems internally (yourself).Sometimes this is not possible, and Dr. Sandell will step in to impose a resolution tothe problem. The resolution might include adjustments to grades on team projects.

C. Late Work and Requests for Regrading1. All work is due on the day stated on the handout. Late work will receive a 0.2. If you believe your paper was graded incorrectly, then you must make a request

in writing to Dr. Sandell within 1 week of the date that the paper was returned.3. If you know you will miss a quiz date, then inform Dr. Sandell immediately (via

email) about when and why (plant trip, MTU sport or club travel, etc.) andarrangements will be made. If you are ill (dont show up with 102 oF fever,

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chills, etc.), then email Dr. Sandell and your team members so we know what isgoing on.

D. Calculation ProcedureThe procedure used to solve a problem must be shown on all quizzes, exams, andhomework. If only the answer is given, it will be marked as wrong. Always show theunits associated with your answer!

X. MISCELLANEOUS

A. Professional BehaviorIn this class professional behavior is required of each student. You are expected to beresponsible for yourself, your teammates, and your classmates as you would in aprofessional job environment.1. Missing class, team meetings, or not having your share of the work done on time

is not acceptable.2. When you have questions for an instructor, set up a meeting with the instructor

as if it were your supervisor. Prepare for the meeting by knowing what you wantto accomplish and consolidate all your questions in a short time period.

B. Peer EvaluationA completed copy of the peer evaluation form must be submitted by each member ofthe team and included in a separate sealed envelop in the portfolio when the finalportfolio is submitted. A blank copy is on the web at the following address:http://www.chem.mtu.edu/chem_eng/current/new_courses/CM4110/peer_evaluation_form.doc The purpose of this form is to indicate to the instructors whether or not anengineering team is functioning as it should. The information on the form isconfidential. If it becomes apparent that the workload is being unfairly distributedamong team members, an appropriate adjustment will be made in the gradingprocedures for the remaining experiments so that members are credited with the work

for which they are responsible. A team having this type of problem will be notified of any adjustments to the evaluation procedure. Each case will be dealt with on anindividual basis.

C. Cheating, including PlagiarismYou are in training to be an engineer. Engineers are ethical, so we expect you to beethical. Cheating of any form (plagiarism, falsifying data, etc.) and copyrightviolation will not be tolerated. Any student found cheating will be dealt withaccording to departmental and university policy. If a student detects another personcheating, please report this to Dr. King or Dave Caspary.

D. Library Reserve and Background Materials

1. There are several books useful for CM4110 on reserve at the MTU library. Theycan be checked out for 1 hr. Read and copy what you need from them (a fewpages, etc.). You will be told in your experiment objectives, for example, ifthere is a book on reserve at the library that you should consult.

2. Background Literature Information on many of the experiments will beavailable in Tim Gasperichs office, B004 Chem Sci., one copy per team.

E. Prerequisites

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Each student is required to have passing grades in Transport/Unit Operations IICM3120 and Thermodynamics CM3220 (CM330) and Technical CommunicationsCM3410 and Reactor Kinetics CM3510, plus senior standing. Although not listed as aprerequisite, a passing grade in Fundamentals in Chemical Engineering Lab, CM3215, is highly recommended.

F. Suggested CoursesThe following non-CM courses would be very helpful toward enhancing youreducation and better preparing you for a career in the Chemical Process Industries:

BA3600 Quality ManagementBA4620 Supply Chain ManagementMA2720 Statistical MethodsMA3710 Engineering StatisticsME4650 Quality EngineeringME5990 (w/JWS) Design for Experiments

G. Professional ActivitiesAll members of the class are encouraged to become student members of the nationalAIChE and members of the MTU student chapter of AIChE. Attending meetings andparticipating in student professional activities is a good way to become betteracquainted with your classmates, find out more about the chemical engineeringprofession, and participate in prestigious national contests. Additionally, thoseinterested in starting their career as a Process or Control Engineer may wish to jointhe Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (ISA) as a student member.The annual fee is currently $10 and includes their monthly publication, freedownloads, and other benefits. Visit the ISA on the web at www.isa.org and click onthe students and educators button to join.

H. The Bredekamp AwardThis award, sponsored by Dow Chemical Company, recognizes outstandingperformance in the Unit Operations Laboratory. The purpose of the award is to honorboth the recipients and Dr. Marriot W. Bredekamp's contributions to the laboratory.

Both the students and faculty participate in selecting the winning team during earlyspring semester. The current $1500 award is split amongst the team members with amaximum of $250 per student. The remainder of the funds are to be used formaterials or equipment for the Unit Operations Laboratory, with the winning teamspecifying how these funds are spent. During the fall semester, observe your fellowstudents in action in the Unit Operations Laboratory. Gather information about theirperformance so you will be ready to help select the winners of this award during thespring semester.

XI. REQUIRED TEXT

Pintar, A. J., 2006-07 Safety Manual for Use in Chemical Engineering Unit Operations Laboratory CM4110 and Plant Operations Laboratory CM4120 , MichiganTechnological University, Houghton, MI (2006).

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XII. TEACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF

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Appendix A Report Writing Guidelines for CM4110

Engineers use written reports for transmitting the results of their experimental work. Theinformation included in any report will depend on the intended audience. In CM4110, theaudience is your instructor a person who is familiar with chemical engineering and whohas assigned the objectives for your experiment but who may not be familiar with the

details of your work. In this course we will use an executive summary as the finalreport.

A. Report Writing ResourcesRefer to the Manual for Report Writing in Engineering Design , by Watke, et al .; andWhat Report Readers Want to Know from Research/Activity Reports on t e follo'in'e+site= ttp=//'''"!apnp"or /li+rar$/'ritin /re* dn s" t! >texts, handouts, andnotes from CM3410; and other appropriate sources to guide your report writing.

B. Guidelines Specific to Unit Operations Laboratory Reports :

1. Organization. Develop your report logically, making sure you provide andinterpret information sufficiently so that your reader arrives at the same

conclusions your team has. Move from general information to specificinformation throughout the report. Use topic sentences to help guide yourreader, and revise paragraphs that have either no, or more than one, topic.Always proofread carefully and thoroughly.

2. Writing Style. Your report should be thorough but concise. Avoid the wordyand passive phrasing that obscures information and makes reports boring toread. Work toward tight, clear, and graceful structure and style. Avoid obscureor important-sounding language; write in a comfortable, but not too informal,voice. First person is okay if it helps to minimize awkward wording.

3. Visual Elements. Lay out text and any visuals with white space and typefaces judiciously chosen to present your information; err on the side of simplicityrather than overly complicated formatting. All executive summaries must betyped or written using a word processor, with print sufficiently dark to providehigh quality copies. Executive summaries are brief and to the point so usevisuals with great care.a. Graphs.

i. Graphs should be used to show trends in data.ii. A graph is a pictorial representation of your data and as such is an

important part of your report. Construct them carefully and make surethey are carefully labeled.

iii. Where consistent with clarity put more than one dependent variable oneach graph.

iv. Graphs are figures and must have an associated caption and figurenumber.

v. Where appropriate, all data points should have some indication ofassociated error.

vi. Data points should generally not be connected in dot-to-dot fashion.vii. Scales for the axes should be in increments of 1, 2, 5, 10, or multiples

of these.viii. The axes must be labeled and indicate units.ix. Use extreme caution when using a spreadsheet to prepare your graphs.

These programs will not follow the rules of proper presentation unlessyou tell them to.

x. If you say y is plotted versus x, y should be on the vertical axis andx on the horizontal.

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xi. In the text, the proper term for a graph is figure not graph, and avariable is plotted not graphed.

b. Figures and Tables.i. All figures must have meaningful descriptive captions.ii. Figure captions must be located at the bottom of the figure. Table

captions must be located above the table.

iii. Figures and tables should appear immediately when they arementioned in the text (same page or next page) or all together at theend of the report.

iv. Figures taken from the literature must be properly cited in the text andin the figure caption.

v. Figures and tables that are oriented lengthwise on the page must beinserted in the report so that the top edge is toward the left margin.

vi. Figures and tables should be used sparingly in an executive summary.

4. Grammar and Mechanics. Your executive summary should be free of allgrammatical errors, such as incomplete, run-on, or fragment sentences anderrors in agreement or comma usage. Executive summaries should also be freeof typos, misspellings, punctuation errors, and spacing inconsistencies. Do not

depend on spell-checkers alone; they can fail to find major errors and can evenintroduce them. If your report has excessive grammatical or mechanical errors,you will lose points.

5. Miscellaneousa. Equations and Symbols.

i. Physical property data taken from the literature must be properly cited.ii. All symbols must be identified in a table of nomenclature.iii. The table of nomenclature must be at the end of the report immediately

before the list of references. The table of nomenclature must also belisted in the table of contents.

iv. After the first symbol appears in the report, a statement like Thesymbols in this report are identified in the Table of Nomenclaturemust be included.

b. General.i. Numbers in your report must reflect the appropriate number of

significant figures.ii. Do not forget to include an appropriate error analysis in your report (if

your report includes the interpretation of numerical data.)iii. The report must build on itself and should flow nicely from paragraph

to paragraph and section to section. There should be no noticeablebreaks in the report although different sections of the report may bewritten by different authors.

c. References.i. Create a list of all literature sources and place it at the end of your

report.ii. For text references, list the author, title, publisher, publishers location,

date, pages. (example: Caspary, D.W.; The Story of My Life ; 4 th ed.;Caspary Farm Publishing, Dollar Bay, MI (2003); pp. 1739-1802.)

iii. For web references list the website, the name of the company, thename of the author, and the date you accessed the site.

iv. List references alphabetically by author.

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Appendix B CM4110 Unit Operations LaboratoryCourse Calendar Fall 2006

Class Date Activity

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Appendix CSample Project Grade Reporting Form

CM4110 Unit Operations LaboratoryFall 2005

PERFORMANCE REPORTING FORM

Team No: _______ Experiment:___________________________________

Cycle No: _______

Pre-lab or! ) a+ Droposal plus C e*( in,Name Gra"e t# A"$%ste"

)100% !a , Gra"eTeam Manager _________________________________ ______ x _____ = _______

Team Safety Coordinator _________________________ ______ x _____ = _______

Team Member__________________________________ ______ x _____ = _______Team Member__________________________________ ______ x _____ = _______

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E+ec%tive ,%mmary Re&ort Portfolio com&leteness JJJJJJJJJJJJ JJJJJ K JJJJJJJ

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Grading Scale:

A = 92-100AB = 88-91.9B = 82-87.9BC = 78-81.9

C = 72-77.9CD = 68-71.9D = 62-67.9F = 61.9 or below

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