NEW COURSE PROPOSAL USC Columbia, Lancaster, Salkehatchie, Sumter & Union campuses NCP INSTRUCTIONS: This form is used to add a new course to the University course database. online at www.sc.edu/provostlacadprog. This form is available Date: 9/17/14 Campus: ---=-C-=-o=-=lu=m=b=-=ia:..; College/School: Engineering and Computing Depa~ment Of applicable): ---=-C=h~e=-=m=-=ic=-=a=-=l=E=n~g=-=in=-=e-=-er =-=i=-=n~g----------------~ D Undergraduate t8j Graduate PROPOSED COURSE INFORMATION Course Designation: ECHE 742 4-letter Designator Prefix Course Number Suffix #Credit Hours: 3 D Variable t8j Fixed #Times Course Can Be Taken: - -- Course Title (24 character limit): Adsorption Fundamentals and Processes Cross-listed with which course? 4-letter Designator Prefix Course Number Suffix Course Description: (50-word limit) Course Prerequisites/Corequisites: Course Delivery Location: t8j USC Campus D Off-Campus site (If off-campus delivery is being requested, attach a completed Off-Campus Delivery (OCD) form.) Course Delivery Method: t8j Traditional Delivery D Distance Technology Delivery (streaming video, web-based, CD/DVD) (If distance technology delivery is being requested for the first time, attach a completed Distance Education Delivery (OED) form.) Proposed Effective Term - Change to database/bulletin effective no sooner than: Year: 2015 D Fall [8J Spring D May Session D Summer I D Summer II Required Resources: Does this course require additional faculty, facilities, library resources or funding? DYes [8J No (If yes, attach letters of commitment from appropriate official(s).) Grading System: t8j Standard D Pass/Fail Only D Not Auditable Rationale for grading system other than standard: Enrollment Restrictions: Restricted to: ------------------------ Excluded: Special Permissions required? D Department D Instructor
NCP-Page 2 IMPACT ON OTHER ACADEMIC UNITS & CAMPUSES Does the proposed course affect the curriculum, students or academic interest of any other unit at USC Columbia or on a USC Regional Campus? DYes [g] No Identify which unit(s)/campus(es) (If yes, please attach letters of concu"ence from relevant units and/or the Office of System Affairs.) REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS (The following documents as appropriate must be attached to this form before submission) [g] Course syllabus (see http://www.sc.edu/provost/acadprog/courses/index.shtml for syllabus component guidelines and template syllabus) D Basic bibliography (list of required texts and readings) [g] Justification Form (JUS) D Letters of concurrence (if appropriate) D Letter(s) committing resources (if appropriate) D Related course forms (if appropriate) All forms are available at www.sc.edu/provost/acadprog D Distance Education Delivery (OED) Form (initial approval enabling course to be offered via distance technology) CONTACT INFORMATION Contact Person: James A. Ritter Carolina Distinguished Professr Title 777-3590 Phone Number 9117/ 14 Date REQUIRED APPROVALS Department Chair: crl, t-1/y' John W. Weidner Print name { Datfl weidner@cec.sc.edu Email Address Academic Dean: Jed Lyons Print name lyons@cec.sc.edu Email Address FacSenate Cours&Curricl Dean of the Graduate School (as appropriate): Signature Print name Date Phone Number Email Address D Graduate Council D Faculty Senate Date of Faculty Governance Approval (if appropriate) University of South Carolina I Provost Office I NCP Form Oct 2010 v4
JUSTIFICATION FORM USC Columbia, Lancaster, Salkehatchie, Sumter & Union campuses JUS INSTRUCTIONS: Please attach a statement explaining the justification for the proposed program or course action. This form is available online at www.sc.edu/provost/acadprog. Date: 9/17/14 Campus: --=C-=-o=Iu=m=b=-=i=a College/School: Engineering and Computing Depa~ment Of applicable): --=C~h~em~=ic~a~I E~ng~i=n=ee=r=in~g~---------------- Degree Program (if applicable): ME MS or PhD --~------------------------ 0 Undergraduate [g] Graduate Adsorption processes are ubiquitous throughout the chemical process industry. They are used extensively for gas and liquid purification and separation, more so than any other separation process. This includes the very popular distillation, absorption and membrane separation processes. Yet graduate students in chemical engineering are rarely introduced to this important topic. When taught as an elective in the graduate chemical engineering program at USC, it will introduce the students to this unique and important unit operation in chemical engineering at a level sufficient for them to apply this new knowledge in their future careers. University of South Carolina I Provost Office I Justification Form Oct 2010 v3
ECHE 742 Course Syllabus Title: Adsorption Fundamentals and Processes Description: Overview: Advanced principles of adsorption and adsorption processes including adsorbents, thermodynamics, kinetics, fixed bed adsorption and cyclic adsorption processes In chemical engineering adsorption is classified as a unit operation that exploits the ability of a solid surface to concentrate species selectively from a fluid phase onto its surface. Adsorption processes are ubiquitous throughout the chemical process industry and used extensively for gas and liquid purification and separation. The focus will be on gas phase adsorption and its applications. Objectives: by the end of this course, you will be able to 1) identify and know how to characterize industrial adsorbents, 2) analyze and explain adsorption equilibria, 3) differentiate between adsorption kinetic mechanisms, 4) describe and model adsorption column dynamics 5) identify adsorption process applications, and 6) explain and model various adsorption processes and flow sheets. Tentative Topic Outline: s s s s 1 2 and3 4 to 6 7 8 and9 10 11 to 12 13 14 Adsorption Process Overview and Applications Adsorbent Identification, Characterization and Uses Adsorption Equilibria Adsorption Kinetics Adsorption Column Dynamics Types of Adsorption Processes Adsorption Process Modeling Pressure Swing Adsorption Modeling Adsorption Process Flow Sheet Analysis Format: This advanced graduate course will be conducted in the style of a seminar. Lectures will be prepared and given mostly by the instructor, but ideas and contributions by the students will be encouraged, and questions and comments will be expected. Moreover, each student will 1 of3
be expected to give a 15 to 20 minute presentation on a specific, related topic. Five homework assignments will be given, based on assigned reading and lecture material. Grading (%,): Class Participation (Beginning to Midterm): 10 Class Participation (Midterm to Final): 10 Lecture/Presentation: 05 Homework Assignments (Five): 75 Class Participation: You are expected to participate in this class by attending, asking questions and making comments. This will be in addition to delivering the 15 to 20 minute lecture/presentation sometime during the latter half of the course. Your class participation will be graded as follows. Every day after (or during) class you should write down what you contributed, i.e., the question you asked, the answer you gave, the comment you made, etc. At midterm I will ask you to send me an email that lists the dates and the contributions you made. I will compare your record with the record of the other students and send you an email indicating your grade for participation from beginning to midterm. If deemed necessary, I will make suggestions for improvement. At the end of the course, I will ask you again to send me an email that lists the dates and the contributions you made from midterm on. I will compare your record with the record of the other students and send you an email indicating your grade for participation from midterm to final. Homework Assignments: There will be five (5) homework assignments, one assignment about every 2.5 weeks. These homework assignments will be based on the lecture and reading material, and typically involve analyzing and/or modeling thermodynamic, kinetic and dynamic experimental data from Dr. Ritter's laboratory. Each one will take a significant effort and thus each one is worth 15% of the total grade. Grading Scale: 95-100% A 90-94% B+ 85-89% B 80-84% C+ 75-79% c 70-74% D+ 65-69% D below 64% F Pre-requisites: Permission of Instructor 2 of3
Schedule: Time: 12:30 am to 1:45pm Days: Tuesdays and Thursdays Location: Swearingen Engineering Center Room: 2A21 Instructor: Office Hours: Location: Room Co-Instructor: Office Hours: Location: Room Lecture Notes: James A. Ritter Any Time Swearingen Engineering Center 3C09 Armin D. Ebner Any Time Swearingen Engineering Center 3C07 Adsorption Theory and Practice, J. A. Ritter, unpublished notes (Revised 2014). Required Texts: None. References Texts: Gas Separation by Adsorption Processes, R. T. Yang, Imperial College Press (1997). Adsorbents: Fundamentals and Applications, R. T. Yang, Wiley (2003). Pressure Swing Adsorption, D. M. Ruthven, S. Farooq and K. S. Knaebel, VCH, NY (1994). Principles of Adsorption and Adsorption Processes, D. M Ruthven, Wiley (1984). Diffusion in Zeolites and Other Microporous Solids, J. Karger and D. M. Ruthven, Wiley, NY (1992). Adsorption Equilibrium Data Handbook, D. P. Valenzuela and A. L. Myers, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey (1989). 3 of3