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Individual research projects under the supervision of an academic staff. Projects should focus on national and state industrial problems. Minimum Academic Standards Equipment Pilot Plants 1. Continuous distillation pilot plant – 2. Liquid-liquid extraction pilot plant 3. Reaction pilot plant - 4. Multi-stage evaporation unit Laboratory Scale Teaching Units 1. Shell and tube heat exchanger 2. Heat conduction and radiation apparatus – heat transfer 3. Unit operation lab: rotary, tray, fluidized bed and pneumatic dryers 4. Drying ovens and furnace, incubators, fridges, freezers 5. Chemical Reactors – CSTR, plug flow, batch reactors 6. Refrigeration experimentation units 7. Multifunction Process Control Teaching System 8. Cooling tower for humidification and heat transfer studies 9. Absorption column 10. Flooding and loading bench apparatus 11. Vapour-liquid equilibrium measurement apparatus 12. Adsorption columns 13. Rheometer for rheological investigation of non-Newtonian fluids in fluid mechanics 14. Sieve shakers and a set of sieve plates General Apparatus Assorted glasswares, balances, water baths, Utilities Boiler, compressor and vacuum pump Analytical Equipment Gas chromatograph, HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatograph), bomb calorimeter, spectrophotometer, centrifuges. Computer Laboratories with Enough Computers dedicated to the Program and Available to Students Staffing Academic Staff The NUC guidelines on staff/student ratio of 1:15 for Engineering and Technology departments shall apply. However, there should be a minimum of six full-time equivalent of Staff in the department. There is need to have a reasonable number of Staff with doctoral degrees as well as sufficient industrial experience. With a minimum load of 15 Units per semester for students and a minimum of six full-time equivalent of staff in each programme, staff should have a maximum of 15 contact hours per week for lectures, tutorials, practicals and supervision of projects. NUC requirement encourages all academic staff to have PhD degrees, hence appointment of academic staff is preferably to the Lecturer cadre. Only in exceptional cases are candidates with great promise appointed to Graduate Assistant and Assistant Lecturer positions for the purpose of being developed to the Lecturer cadre as registered PhD candidates. Academic Support Personnel Teaching Assistant/Demonstrators to help lecturers in the conduct of tutorials, practicals and field work. This category of personnel is not expected to be regular staff as they are to be paid on the basis of approved hourly rate. Administrative Support Staff The services of the administrative support staff are indispensable in the proper administration of the departments and faculty offices. It is important to recruit very competent senior staff that are computer literate. Technical Support Personnel The services of technical support staff, which are indispensable in the proper running of laboratories and workshop/studios are required. It is important to recruit very competent senior technical staff to maintain teaching and research equipment. They are also to undergo regular training to keep them abreast of developments in equipment operation and maintenance. The minimum of academic staff to technical staff ratio of 5:1 should be maintained. Minimum Number of Staff Subject to the general standards specified by NUC: 1. there should be a minimum of two PhDs and four M.Eng degree holders full-time academic staff to mount the programme; 2. each workshop or laboratory should have an adequate number of staff with the right mix, such that each unit or section in that workshop or laboratory can run efficiently; and 3. there should be an adequate number of administrative staff of the appropriate calibre for the office of the Head of Department to run. Student/Staff Ratio The minimum staff-to-student ratio should be 1:15 from 200 level to 500 level. Library Each course should be supported by at least 2 prescribed textbooks and 3 recommended textbooks which must be available in the library. Below is a list of some useful textbooks. These are some of the textbooks commonly found in Chemical Engineering Library. Most of these books and a whole lot more are available in electronic library. Most of the popular and international journals are available in the electronic library. Institutions are advised to subscribe to at least 3 databases that host these textbooks and journals. List of Textbooks 1. Unit operations by McCabe & Smith 2. Introduction to Chemical Engineering by Badger & Banchero Unit Processes by Groggins 3. Chemical Technology by Dryden 4. Chemical Process Industries by Foust et al. 5. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics by Dodge 6. Introduction to Chemical Engineering by Thompson & Ceckler 7. Mass Trasfer Operations by Treyball 8. Chemical Reactions Engineering by Levenspiel 9. Perry's Chemical Engineer's Handbook11 10. Coulson and Richardson (Vol.-1 to Vol.-6) 11. Transport Processes and unit operations by Christie Geankoplis 12. Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics by J.M. Smith 13. Heat transfer principles by B.K. Dutta 14. Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering by David M Himmelblau 15. Introduction to Material and Energy Balances by G.V. Reklaitis 16. Bioprocess Engineering by Michael L Shuler and Fikret Kargi Academic and Non-Academic Spaces The NUC recommends the following physical space requirement: Academic m2 Professor’s Office 18.50 Head of Department’s Office 18.50 Tutorial Teaching Staff Space 13.50 Other Teaching Staff Space 7.00 Technical Staff Space 7.00 Science Staff Research Laboratory 16.50 Engineering Staff Research Laboratory 14.50 Seminar Space per student 1.85 Drawing Office Space (A.O. Board) (Per Student) 4.60 Drawing Office Space (A.I. Board) (Per Student) 3.70 Laboratory Space 7.50 Non-Academic Secretarial Space 7.00 Office Accommodation S/N Office No in Room Facilities 1. HOD 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves, computer unit, Secretary and facilities. 2. Professor 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves, computer unit, Secretary and facilities. 3. Reader 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves, computer unit. 4. Senior Lecturer 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves, computer unit. 5. Lecturer I 2 Table, chairs, fan, filing cabinet, bookshelves. 6. Lecturer II 3 Table, chairs, fan, filing cabinet, bookshelves.

Heat Effects. Heat capacities as a function of temperature, specific heats of liquids and solids; Heat effects accompanying phase change Clasius-Clapeyron equation, standard heats of reaction, formation and combustion effect of temperature on heat reaction. Heat of mixing and solution, Enthalpy concentration diagrams for H2SO4, H2O, etc., partial enthalpies. Chemical Reaction Equilibria; Standard free energy change and equilibrium constant, Evaluation of equilibrium constants. Effects of temperature and pressure on equilibrium constants; calculation of conversion; Gas phase reactions, Percentage conversion; Liquid phase reaction Heterogeneous reactions.

Appetizer: Sustainable mineral resources development: A relay race among geologist, miners, mineral processor and extractive (chemical) metallurgist, the concept of world without metals! The importance of chemical metallurgy as the gateway to metallurgical engineering and the fact that there is no distinct boundary between mineral processing technology and extractive metallurgical engineering. Roasting, calcination, agglomeration and leaching are at the intercession of both disciplines. Introduction to Chemical Metallurgy: Review of metallurgical thermodynamics, kinetics and smelters contract; definition, nature and classification of chemical metallurgy. Pyrometallurgy: Definition, roasting, agglomeration principle, methods, equipment, tools for pyro-metallurgy (Ellingham Diagram). Introduction to iron and steel making: tin smelting and coal gold agglomeration. Hydrometallurgy: Definition, nature and scope; hydrometallurgical processes, McCabe Thiele Diagram for solvent extraction, leaching kinetics, advantages and disadvantages of hydrometallurgy: Introduction of extraction of aluminium Electrometallurgy: Principle and application of McCabe Thiele Diagram; definition and scope; electrometallurgical methods, electrochemical series, principle and application of Pourbaix diagram in electrometallurgy; advantages and limitations of electrometallurgy. Refining of Metals: Definition, nature and scope; vacuum refining, zone refining, re-melting, liquation, electro-beam metal, electron beam and electro-slag. Recent advances in Chemical Metallurgy

Appetizer: Sustainable mineral resources development: A relay race among geologist, miners, mineral processor and extractive (chemical) metallurgist, the concept of world without metals! The importance of chemical metallurgy as the gateway to metallurgical engineering and the fact that there is no distinct boundary between mineral processing technology and extractive metallurgical engineering. Roasting, calcination, agglomeration and leaching are at the intercession of both disciplines; Introduction to Chemical Metallurgy: Review of metallurgical thermodynamics, kinetics and smelters contract; definition, nature and classification of chemical metallurgy. Pyrometallurgy: Definition, roasting, agglomeration principle, methods, equipment, tools for pyro-metallurgy (Ellingham Diagram). Introduction to iron and steel making: tin smelting and coal gold agglomeration. Hydrometallurgy: Definition, nature and scope; hydrometallurgical processes, McCabe Thiele Diagram for solvent extraction, leaching kinetics, advantages and disadvantages of hydrometallurgy: Introduction of extraction of aluminium Electrometallurgy: Principle and application of McCabe Thiele Diagram; definition and scope; electrometallurgical methods, electrochemical series, principle and application of Pourbaix Diagram in electrometallurgy; advantages and limitations of electrometallurgy. Refining of Metals: Definition, nature and scope; vacuum refining, zone refining, re-melting, liquation, electro-beam metal, electron beam and electro-slag. Recent advances in Chemical Metallurgy

Application of thermodynamics, fluid flow, and heat and mass transfer to the design and operation of chemical metallurgical processes; roasting, agglomerating, oxidation and reduction reactions, smelting, converting, and refining. 500 Level

Chemical Engineering open-ended problems/projects that require students to design a chemical process or product. Each team generates and filters ideas; identifies use cases and objectives; evaluates and selects a design strategy; develops a project budget; schedules milestones and tasks; and writes a proposal with supporting documentation. Each project must meet specified requirements for societal impact, budget, duration, person hours, environmental impact, safety, and ethics. Principles of chemical engineering business start- ups.

Introduction to chemical kinetics; concentration versus time equations for single, irreversible reactions; concentration versus time equations for reversible reaction; design of the ideal PFR, CSTR; batch and semi-batch reactors and CSTRs in series. Real tubular reactors in laminar flow; Real tubular reactors in turbulent flow; packed bed reactors; unsteady reactors; residence time distribution functions for non-ideal flow reactors.

Design for multiple reactions: reactions in parallel and series. Extensions and applications of series-parallel reactions. Temperature and pressure effects. Design of fluid-particle reactors. Chemical reaction control and gas film diffusion control processes. Fluidized bed reactors. Slurry reaction Kinetics. Design of fluid – reactors. Solid catalysed reactors. Design of staged adiabatic packed bed reactors, and fluidised bed reactors. PREG. PCE 409.

Classification of reactors. Chemical kinetics as applied to batch and continuous reactors a single ideal reactor. Steady-state mixed and plugs flow reactors. Holding time for flow systems. Design equations for single conversion of the reactor. The batch reactor, mixed versus plug flow reactors. Reactors in series and in parallel Recycle reactors.

Rate expressions for chemical reactions law of mass action. Constant volume reversible, irreversible, parallel and consecutive reactions. Reaction order and its determination. Variable volume reactions Arrhenius equation and activation energy. The theories of reaction rates, especially the collision theory and theory of absolute reaction rates. Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic reactions and their kinetics. Kinetics of electrochemical processes. Equilibria in ionic solutions.