Hacettepe University / Department of Chemical Engineering / Undergraduate

Compulsory Courses

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Compulsory General Science Courses

KMU 105 Principles of Chemical Engineering (2.0.2 ) ECTS 2
Definition of chemical engineering. Basic concepts, i.e. synthesis, analysis, system, engineering, raw material, product, etc.

KMU 106 Mass and Energy Balances I (3.0.3) ECTS 6
Systems of units and measurement scales. Steady state mass balances. Mass balances for continuous and batch processes. Industrial applications of mass balances.

KMU 203 Engineering Mathematics  (4.0.4) ECTS 7
First order and higher degree differential equations, higher order differential equations with constant coefficients. Linear differential  equations with variable cofficients, Legendre, Bessel end Gauss equations. Partial differential equations: First order linear and non-linear partial differential equations. Linear homogeneous partial differential equations with constant cofficients.

KMU 205 Computer Programming (3.0.3) ECTS 5
Introduction to computer programming and advanced Basic. Basic concepts, variables and commands. Function and subroutines, loops and transferring: input/output operations. Arrays and matrices, data files and computer graphics. Simple numerical applications. Term project.

KMU 206  Numerical Analysis (4.0.4) ECTS 6
Computer media, error and algorithms. Root finding and solving of equations. Solving linear systems using direct methods. Curve fitting and solving of  equations. Solving linear systems using direct methods. Curve fitting and function approximation. Interpolation. Numerical methods for differentiation and integration. Solution of ordinary and partial differential equations, finite difference techniques. Term project

KMU 220 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics  I (3.0.3) ECTS 6
Basic concepts of thermodynamics. Properties of pure substances. First law of thermodynamics: closed systems, thermodynamic analysis of control volumes. The second law of thermodynamics: heat engines, refrigerators and heat pumps, Carnot cycle. Rankine cycle. The concept of entropy.

KMU 224 Fluid Mechanics (3.0.3) ECTS 5
Units and dimensions, dimensional analysis. Thermodynamic concepts; Newton's law of viscosity and non-Newtonian fluids. Turbulant Flow. Flow of incompressible fluids through pipes and channels,  Bernoulli equation.  Transportation and metering of fluids. Aquitation and mixing.

KMU 225 Material and Energy Balances II (3.0.3) ECTS 4
Principles of energy conservation, enthalpy, standard reaction heat, fuels and combustion processes. Unsteady state mass and energy balances. Applications of mass and energy balances to industry.

KMU 317 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics  II (3.0.3) ECTS 7
Entropy:  The increase of entropy principle. Entropy change of pure substances, solids, liquids, ideal gases. Reversible steady flow work. Second law analysis of engineering systems. Gas power cycles. Vapor and combined power cycles: Carnot vapor cycle, cogeneration, binary vapor cycles. Refrigeration cycle: Refrigeretors and heat pumps, Actual vapor-compression refrigeration cycles, Heat pump systems, Gas refrigeration systems, thermoelectric power generation and refrigeration systems.

KMU 331 Heat Transfer (3.0.3) ECTS 7
Basic concepts of heat transfer. Heat conduction, heat-exchange equipment, heat transfer to fluids without phase change. Natural convection, forced convection, heat transfer coefficients in laminar and turbulent flow. Heat transfer to fluids with phase change: Condensation, boiling. Design of heat transfer equipment. Radiation heat transfer.

KMU 335 Chemical Reaction Engineering I (3.0.3) ECTS 6
General mole balance equation. Batch reactors. Continuous-flow reactors: continuous-stirred tank reactor, tubular reactor. Industrial reactors. Conversion and reactor sizing: design equations, batch and flow systems, applications of design equations. Rate laws and stoichiometry : basic definitions, stoichiometric table, reactions with phase change. Collection and analysis of rate data: various methods for the determination of reaction kinetics, evaluation of laboratory reactors, experimental design.

KMU 336 Chemical Reaction Engineering II (3.0.3) ECTS 5
Isothermal reactor design:  scale-up of liquid phase batch reactor data to the design of continuous-flow reactors, pressure drop in reactors, reversible reactions, start up of a CSTR, semibatch reactors, simultaneous reaction and separation. Non-isothermal reactor design: the energy balance, thermodynamics of reaction, non-isothermal continuous-flow reactors at steady state, equilibrium conversion, unsteady state operation, nonadiabatic reactor operation, multiple steady states. Multiple reactions: parellel and series reactions, maximizing the desired product.

KMU 346 Mass Transfer (4.0.4) ECTS 6
Basic equations of mass transfer. Diffusion, convective diffusion equation, mass transfer in turbulent flow. Design considerations for continuous contact and equilibrium  stage processes. Gas absorption, distillation, leaching and solvent extraction, adsorption.

KMU 390 Engineering  Materials (3.0.3) ECTS 5
Materials, structure and classification; mechanical properties of materials; fabrication techniques; corrosion: corrosion mechanisms; corrosion types; combating corrosion. Engineering materials: metallic materials (ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys), non-metallic materials (plastics, ceramics, composit). Elastic deformation of loaded materials; tensile strength, effect of temperature; shear stresses. Thin-walled pressure vessels; torsion.

KMU 392 Chemical Process Industries (3.0.3) ECTS 5
Fundamentals for chemical processing:  chemical conversion, flowcharts. Coal chemicals, fuel gases, industrial gases. Ceramic, glass and cement industries. Chlor-alkali industries. Nitrogen, sulfur and sulfuric acid industries. Pulp and paper industries. Sugar and starch industries. Fine chemicals. Utilities in process industries.

KMU 411 Basic Measurements Laboratory (0.6.2) ECTS 9
Determination of diffusion cofficients in liquids and gases, determination of thermal conductivity of solids, density and viscosity measurements, humidity measurements, measurements of temperature and pressure. flowmeters, basic electrical measurements and transducers, Orsat analysis of gases.

KMU 412 Unit Operations Laboratory (0.6.2) ECTS 9
Flow in circular pipes, heating of liquid in a tank and heating of polymer tank reactors, heat transfer by natural and forced convection, extraction in packed column, absorption in packed column, screen analysis, drying , dynamic behavior of U-manometers, power consumption in stirred tanks.

KMU 417 Process Control (3.0.3) ECTS 4
Introduction to Laplace transforms. Linear open-loop systems. Response of first-order systems. Physical examples of first-order systems. Response of  first-order systems in series. Second-order systems and transportation lag.  Linear closed-loop systems. General  control systems, controllers and final control elements. Closed-loop transfer functions; transient response of simple control systems, stability. Frequency-response methods, introduction tofFrequency response.  Control ystem design by frequency response. Introduction to digital control. Bode Diagrams.

KMU 427 Transport Theory (3.0.3) ECTS 6
Coordinate systems, boundary and initial conditions of differential equations, average values of functions, Transport mechanimsms, Fundamental laws of momentum, energy and mass transfer by conduction: Newton's law, Fourier's law and Fick's law. Momentum, energy and mass balances at macroscopic and microscopic levels. sample solutions.

KMU 467 Project Planning and Organization (3.0.3) ECTS 5
Identification, analysis and optimization of projects in chemical industry. Flow sheet development and path synthesis, CPM, PERT and related techniques. General principles of organization.

KMU 468 Chemical Engineering Design  (4.0.4) ECTS 9
Definition of project and process engineering. General perspectives in process design and development. Selection of process equipments and materials. Plant layout, economical evaluation of process, site preparation and structures, location of chemical processes, process auxiliaries.  

KMU 491 Enviromental and Safety Engineering (2.0.2) ECTS 3
Ecosystem concept, classification of environmental pollution by various criteria, polluting technologies,  clean and alternative technologies, waste treatment technologies, safety engineering  concept and related subjects, data collection, development and use in environmental and safety engineering issues.

Compulsory Courses (given by Other Departments)

KIM 109 Chemistry I  (4.0.4) AKTS 6
Matter, its properties and measurement. Atoms and atomic theory. Chemical compounds, chemical reactions. Introduction to reactions in aqueous solutions. Gases. Thermochemistry. Electrons in atoms. The periodic table and some  atomic properties. Chemical bonding I: basic concepts. Chemical bonding II: additional aspects.

KIM 110 Chemistry II (4.0.4) AKTS 6                    
Liquids, solids and intermolecular forces. Solutions and their physical properties. Chemical kinetics. Principals of chemical equilibrium. Acids and bases. Additional aspects of acid-base equilibria. Solutions and complex ion equilibria. Spontaneous change. Entropy and free energy. Electrochemistry.

KIM 121  General Chemistry Laboratory I (0.3.1) AKTS 3
Determination of specific heat of a metal. Stoichiometry. Copper sulfide synthesis . Determination of ideal gas constant. Determination of the molecular weight of the condensable vapors.  Determination of molecular weight from freezing point lowering. Steam  distillation. Preparation of solutions. pH experiment. Acid-base titrations.  

KIM 122  General Chemistry Laboratory II (0.3.1) AKTS 4
Preliminary experiments of group I, II, III, IV and V cations. Preliminary experiments of group I, II, III, IV and V anions. Analysis of group I, II, III, IV and V anions.

MAT 107  Mathematics I (4.0.4) AKTS 6
Algebraic structures, set, operation, group, ring, area. Number sets. Functions: Increasing, decreasing, one and double functions, limit, continuity. Derivative and rules. Smallest and largest value problems. Integral. Arc length, area and volume calculations. Logarithms. Trigonometric, hyperbolic, inverse trigonometric and inverse hyperbolic functions. Integration techniques.

MAT 108  Mathematics II (4.0.4) AKTS 6
Complex numbers; cartesian and polar representations. Powers and roots of complex numbers. Convergence and divergence tests of sequence and series. Determinants. Matrices. Solutions of linear equations. Vectors. Scalar and vector products. Parametric representation of curves and surfaces. Derivative of vectors and their products. Vectorial representation of second order surfaces. Multivariable real functions. Limit, continuity, partial derivative, directional derivative, gradient, divergence and curl.

FIZ 111 Physics Laboratory I  (0.3.1) AKTS 4
Measurement, force and acceleration, centrifugal force, potential energy in spring, collisions in two dimensions, index of refraction, standing waves,  air trac, interference and diffraction.

FIZ 121 Physics Laboratory II  (0.3.1) AKTS 5
Current and voltage measurements. Measurements of resistance by Wheatstone Bridge. Wave pattern. Ohm's law. Nuclear radiation measurements. Magnetic field. Electrolysis, electrochemical  cells. Lenses.

FIZ 134 Physics I  (4.0.4) AKTS 6
Measurement, vectors, motion in one and two dimensions, particle dynamics, work and energy,  conservation of energy, dynamics of particle systems, collisions, rotational kinematics and dynamics, equilibrium of rigid bodies, oscillations, fluid mechanics, waves in elastic media, sound waves.

FIZ 144 Physics II  (4.0.4) AKTS 6
Temparature, heat and the first law of thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, entropy and second law of thermodynamics, charge and matter, electric field, Gauss's law, electric potential, capacitors, current and resistance, electromotive force and circuits, magnetic field, Ampere's law, Faraday's law, electromagnetic waves, geometrical optics, interference, diffraction, light and quantum physics, waves and particles, nuclear physics.

KIM 214 Instrumental Analysis (3. 0.3) AKTS 7
Electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with matter. Optical spectroscopy; UV and visible absorption spectroscopy, atomic absorption and emission spectroscopy. Infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, electron spin resonance, mass and fluoresence spectroscopies. Conductometry and potentiometry. Chromatographic methods. Thermal analysıs methods.

KIM 233 Analytical Chemistry  (4.0.4) AKTS 7
Principal concepts in analytical chemistry. Simple equilibrium constant calculations. Evaluation of analytical data. gravimetric analysis. Calculations in volumetric methods. Precipitation titrations. Neutralization titrations. Complex formation titrations. Equilibria in oxidation-reduction systems, oxidation-reduction titrations.

KIM 249  Physical Chemistry  (3.0.3) AKTS
Gases and liquids. Solid state. Solutions and their properties. Phase rule and phase diagrams. Conductance and ionic equilibria, electrochemical cells. Kinetics of homogeneous reactions. Atomic structure. Surface phenomena.

KIM 355 Organic Chemistry (4.0.4) AKTS 7
Introduction to organic chemistry, differentation of organic and inorganic compounds, organic reaction mechanism, functional groups, their properties and preparation methods, alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, etheres, carbonyl compounds, carboxylic acids, organic compounds containing nitrogen and sulphur.

KIM 359 Instrumental Analysis Laboratory(0.6.2) AKTS
pH and conductivity measurements; UV and visible spectrophotometer; refractometer, polarimeter and turbidimeter; FTIR spectrophotometer; atomic absorption spectrophotometer; chromatographic methods: HPLC, GPC and GC; thermal analysis methods: TG-DTA and DSC