Unit, Dimensional analysis, and Simple chemical process system

Lecture -3

Widodo W. Purwanto

Departemen Teknik Kimia Universitas Indonesia

Course Content
Unit Dimensional Analysis Simple Chemical Process System

Unit

Whatever you measure, you have to use units Sometimes you have to convert between different Units

Units of Common Physical Properties

How to convert between units

Dimensional analysis
Dimensional analysis is a conceptual tool often applied in physics, chemistry, and engineering to understand physical situations involving a mix of different kinds of physical quantities. It is routinely used by physical scientists and engineers to check the plausibility of derived equations and computations. It is also used to form reasonable hypotheses about complex physical situations that can be tested by experiment or by more developed theories of the phenomena.

The dimensions of a physical quantity are associated with combinations of mass, length, time, electric charge, and temperature, represented by symbols M, L, T, Q, and (respectively) each raised to rational powers. As examples, the dimension of the physical quantity speed is "distance/time" (L/T or LT 1), and the dimension of the physical quantity force is "massacceleration" or "mass(distance/time)/time" (ML/T 2 or MLT 2). In principle, other dimensions of physical quantity could be defined as "fundamental" (such as momentum or energy or electric current)

Dimensional analysis as a check on equations

Dimensional analysis experiment

What is Chemical Process System?

In

Out Process

Chemical Plant (large scale)

Macro Scale Process

Micro Scale Process

Conservation equations

Common assumptions on the conservation equation

V1 F1 V2

Open System with Generation

V1, V2 open F1, F2 Acc = In Out + Generation

Close System with Generation

F2 V1, V2 closed F1, F2 Generation Acc = =0

Open System no Generation

V1, V2 open F1, F2 Acc = In - Out

Steady State, Open System with Generation

V1, V2 open F1, - Out + Generation = 0 In F2

Steady State, Open system no Generation

V1, V2 Open F1, F2

Assignment III

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