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About this Course
📚 This Unit Operations in Chemical Engineering course introduces you to the essential principles and practical applications of unit operations, which are the building blocks of chemical process design and optimization. You’ll learn how to model, analyze, and optimize key operations that are critical in any chemical plant.
Key unit operations covered include:
- Fluid Mechanics (Pumps, Compressors, and Flow Meters)
- Heat Transfer (Heat Exchangers, Furnaces, and Coolers)
- Mass Transfer (Absorption, Distillation, and Extraction)
- Reaction Engineering (Reactor Design and Catalysis)
- Separation Processes (Filtration, Centrifugation, and Membrane Systems)
- Storage and Transport (Tanks, Pipelines, and Conveyors)
👨🏫 Designed for
Chemical engineering students, junior engineers, and professionals who want to gain a strong understanding of the core operations in chemical processes and how to design and optimize them.
📚 Course Approach
A combination of theoretical concepts and practical examples, with case studies to reinforce your learning and provide insight into real-world applications.
🎯 By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Understand the role and importance of key unit operations in chemical engineering
- Apply principles of heat, mass, and momentum transfer to design efficient processes
- Model and analyze common unit operations in process simulations
- Optimize unit operations for better efficiency and performance
- Design equipment and systems based on operational requirements
🚀 Recommended for
Students, new engineers, and professionals looking to enhance their understanding of unit operations in chemical engineering and apply them in real-world process designs.
✅ You’ll learn to:
- Design, model, and analyze common unit operations used in the industry
- Implement practical solutions for heat transfer and mass separation
- Use process simulation tools for modeling unit operations
- Understand the fundamentals of chemical reactions and reactor design
- Solve real-world design and operational problems using unit operations
Self-Paced, Dynamic Lectures
Learn at your own pace, anytime and anywhere.
The lectures are concise, engaging, and focused—designed to maximize your understanding efficiently.
Downloadable Material
Get access to all simulation files, workshop materials, spreadsheets, reference guides and companion E-Book.
Use them to practice offline, follow along with lessons, or revisit concepts anytime.
Evaluations, Quizzes
Evaluate your progress through interactive quizzes and self-assessments.
Reinforce key concepts, identify gaps, and ensure you're ready to apply what you've learned in real scenarios.
30 Day Money-Back Warranty
Enroll with confidence—if the course doesn’t meet your expectations, you can request a full refund within 30 days.
No questions asked.
Certificate of Completion
Receive an official certificate or diploma once you finish the course—perfect for showcasing your new skills on your resume, LinkedIn, or job applications.
Instructor Support
Get guidance whenever you need it—ask questions, request feedback, and interact directly with the instructor throughout the course.
Curriculum
- Introduction to Momentum Transfer Operations (1:10)
- Pressure Changers (2:03)
- Piping & Fittings (5:38)
- Piping - Models (7:05)
- Piping - P&ID Symbols (1:06)
- Momentum - Reference (1:12)
- Fittings - General (3:18)
- Fittings - Models (2:16)
- Fittings - P&ID Symbol (1:04)
- Fittings - Reference Books (1:02)
- Fluid Metering - General (1:16)
- Fluid Metering - Models (3:56)
- Fluid Metering - P&ID Symbol (1:47)
- Agitation & Mixing - General (2:11)
- Agitation & Mixing - Models (2:39)
- Agitation & Mixing - P&ID Symbol (1:59)
- Pumps - General Overview (0:41)
- Positive Displacement Pumps (2:26)
- Positive Displacement Pumps - P&ID Symbols (1:38)
- Kinetic / Centrifugal Pumps (3:33)
- Centrifugal Pumps Models (3:41)
- Centrifugal Pumps - P&ID Symbols (1:12)
- Cavitation (4:09)
- Pump & System Curves (1:03)
- System Curve (3:43)
- Pump Curve (4:01)
- Series vs. Parallel Pumps (3:44)
- Fans & Blowers (3:49)
- Compressors - General (1:57)
- Compressors - Models (3:13)
- Compressors - P&ID Symbols (1:01)
- Fluidization Introduction (1:25)
- Fluidization Bed - Applications (4:01)
- Fluidized Bed - P&ID Symbols (0:47)
- Introduction to Heat Transfer Operations (0:48)
- Heat Transfer & Heat Exchange (0:29)
- Heat Transfer Reference (0:44)
- Shell & Tube Exchanger (5:13)
- Plate Exchangers (1:42)
- Spiral Exchangers (2:48)
- Tubular Exchangers (1:36)
- Heat Exchangers Models (4:44)
- Heat Exchangers - P&ID Symbols (1:25)
- Condensers (2:00)
- Condensers - Utilities (1:07)
- Condensers - P&ID Symbol (0:27)
- Evaporators & Reboilers - General (0:37)
- Batch Evaporator (1:02)
- Forced Circulation Evaporator (2:14)
- Natural Circulating Evaporator (2:37)
- Falling Film Evaporator (2:07)
- Rising Film Evaporator (1:55)
- Kettle Reboiler (2:36)
- Thermosyphone (1:42)
- Evaporators - P&ID Symbos (1:26)
- Furnace - General (4:42)
- Furnace - P&ID Symbol (1:22)
- Introduction to Mass Transfer Operations (1:24)
- Mass Transfer Operations (0:44)
- Mass Transfer and Separation Processes Reference Books (0:51)
- Gas Dispersion - General (2:11)
- Sparged Vessel (Bubble Column) (3:59)
- Tray Towers (2:45)
- Bubble Cap Trays (1:20)
- Sieve Trays (2:04)
- Liquid Dispersion - General (0:22)
- Venturi Scrubber (2:09)
- Spray Towers (2:00)
- Wetted Wall Towers (0:50)
- Packed Tower (0:57)
- What is Absorbtion? (2:26)
- Singel vs. Multiple Stages (4:44)
- Absorber Columns (2:05)
- Sour Gas - Absorption/Stripping Example (3:43)
- What is Flashing? (1:46)
- T-xy Diagrams (1:43)
- Flash Drum (1:46)
- Distillation - General (0:54)
- Binary Distillation - General (2:10)
- Binary Distillation - Models (1:55)
- Column Design (3:01)
- Multicomponent Distillation (3:14)
- Fractionation Column (1:20)
- Distillation Columns - PID (1:08)
- Liquid-Liquid Extraction (1:39)
- Solvent Selection (2:43)
- Ternary Diagrams (1:59)
- Column Equipment for Liq-Liq Extraction (1:18)
- Mixer - Settler Extractors (1:42)
- What is Adsorption? (1:40)
- Adsorption Column (4:29)
- Industrial Adsorption Columns (1:11)
- Adsorption - P&ID Symbol (0:49)
- What is Drying? (0:51)
- Psychrometric Chart (Humidity content of Air) (2:30)
- Batch Dryers (0:47)
- Tunnel Dryers (0:48)
- Turbo Type Dryer (1:14)
- Rotatory Dryer (1:53)
- What is Crystallisation? (1:26)
- Crystallisers (2:49)
- Cystallizers - P&ID Symbols (0:54)
- Introduction to Reactor Engineering Operations (1:31)
- Reactor Engineering Overview (0:25)
- Reaction kinetics & Reactor Reference books (1:18)
- Batch Reactors (3:35)
- Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) (3:35)
- Plug Flow Reactor (PFR) (4:23)
- Packed Bed Reactor (PBR) (4:15)
- Reactors - P&ID Symbols (2:03)
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