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UT-Chattanooga

Manhattan College Univ. of Connecticut

Univ. of Nevada, Reno Rowan University

Rowan University Univ. of Toledo

Green Engineering

Jim Henry

Ann Marie Flynn Luke E Achenie

Wallace B Whiting Robert P Hesketh

C. Stewart Slater Martin Abraham

Examples of Teaching

Green Engineeringin Engineering Courses

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University of Connecticut

Manhattan College

UT-Chattanooga

University of Nevada, Reno

Rowan University

University of Toledo

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http://www.rowan.edu/greenengineering

Free, Web-based resources

Green EngineeringExamples of Teaching

Green Engineeringin Engineering Courses

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Green EngineeringDefinitions & Scope

Principle 1: nonhazardous

Principle 2: prevent waste.

Principle 3: minimize energy consumption and materialsPrinciple 4: maximize efficiency

Principle 5: output pulled

Principle 6: complexity viewed as investment

Principle 7: durability a design goal

Principle 8: unnecessary capacity a design flaw

Principle 9: Material diversity be minimizedPrinciple 10: integration energy and material

Principle 11: Products designed for afterlife

Principle 12: inputs renewable

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Green EngineeringSupport from

US Environmental Protection Agency,Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances

Work of othersD. T. AllenD. R Shonnard

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Green Engineering

All the problems have a little story to keepthe students interest

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Free,Web-based

Problems

Lessons

ExperimentsReferences

Freshman/General Engineering Course Material

Principles of Chemical Processes

Materials Science

Separations Processes

Design Life Cycle Assessment

System Dynamics and Control

Heat Transfer

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Transport Phenomena

Green

Engineering

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Green

Engineering

Freshman/General Engineering Course Material

Principles of Chemical Processes

Materials Science

Separations Processes

Design Life Cycle Assessment

System Dynamics and Control

Heat Transfer

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Transport Phenomena

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Green engineering topics covered in the module

Unit conversions typically used in GE calculations

Typical methods for representing the concentration of pollutants in

air and water Data analysis of GE problems

Uncertainty in GE calculations (significant figures)

Freshman/General Engineering

Course Material

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Freshman/General Engineering

Course Material Green engineering topics covered in the module Methods used to determine a chemicals environmental fate and

toxicity

Critical thinking for life cycle assessment of different materials Impact of engineering decisions on a population of people

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Green

Engineering

Freshman/General Engineering Course Material

Principles of Chemical Processes

Materials Science

Separations Processes

Design Life Cycle Assessment

System Dynamics and Control

Heat Transfer

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Transport Phenomena

Aligned with Texts

Felder and Rousseau

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Green

Engineering

Freshman/General Engineering Course Material

Principles of Chemical Processes

Materials Science

Separations Processes

Design Life Cycle Assessment

System Dynamics and Control

Heat Transfer

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Transport Phenomena

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Green

Engineering

Freshman/General Engineering Course Material

Principles of Chemical Processes

Materials Science

Separations Processes

Design Life Cycle Assessment

System Dynamics and Control

Heat Transfer

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Transport Phenomena

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Green

Engineering

Freshman/General Engineering Course Material

Principles of Chemical Processes

Materials Science

Separations Processes

Design Life Cycle Assessment

System Dynamics and Control

Heat Transfer

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Transport Phenomena

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Green

Engineering

Freshman/General Engineering Course Material

Principles of Chemical Processes

Materials Science

Separations Processes

Design Life Cycle Assessment

System Dynamics and Control

H

eat Transfer Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Transport Phenomena

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Green

Engineering

Freshman/General Engineering Course Material

Principles of Chemical Processes

Materials Science

Separations Processes

Design Life Cycle Assessment

System Dynamics and Control

H

eat Transfer Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Transport Phenomena

Aligned with TextsSmith and Corripio

Seborg, Edgar and Mellichamp

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System Dynamics and Control

Transient material balance Oil level in a tank Real life spillage event

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Plant assignments -- Real operating GE plants

System identification

Steady-state operating curve Step response

Frequency response

Controller Design

PID controllers

Plant troubleshooting

System Dynamics and Control

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Real operating pilot plants

Paint-Spray Booth AirFiltering

Aerator Mixer at a waste water treatment plant

Filter Wash at a waste water treatment plant

Pilot plants operated remotely via the Web

Analysis done locally by students

System Dynamics and Control

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System Dynamics and Control

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System Dynamics and Control

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Trouble Shooting Unstable Flow Controller in a GE Application

System Dynamics and Control

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Trouble Shooting Unstable Flow Controller in a GE Application

System Dynamics and Control

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Green

Engineering

Freshman/General Engineering Course Material

Principles of Chemical Processes

Materials Science

Separations Processes

Design Life Cycle Assessment

System Dynamics and Control

Heat Transfer

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Transport Phenomena

Aligned with Texts

Incropera and DeWitt

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Heat Transfer

24 problems

to complement different topics

in 13 chapters

of Incorpera & DeWitt

Heat Transfer

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Heat Transfer

Some of the Green Engineering Topics Covered

Melting and Boiling Points, Partitioning Coefficients, HenrysLaw, TLVs and PELs

Health Hazards and Hazard Assessment Associated withChemical Exposure

Pollution Prevention Concepts and Terminology, EnergyConservation Techniques

Environmental Cause and Effect of Global Warming, Ozone

Depletion The Roles and Responsibilities of the Chemical Engineers to

their Colleagues, their Employers, and to the Protection ofthe Environment

Heat Transfer

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Heat Transfer

Heat Transfer ConceptsStudents are required to

calculate heat loss from

heated swimming pool

Heated Swimming Pool

GE Concepts

Students are required to determine the optimum

time of day to turn on heater to decrease heat loss

and energy usage

Heat Transfer

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Heat Transfer

Ecuador Pipeline

Heat Transfer Concepts

Students are required to calculate

insulation thickness for heated

transfer line

GE Concepts

Students are required to evaluate

impact of building pipeline through

rainforest and areas that sustain

many earthquakes, landslides and

soil shifting

Heat Transfer

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Heat Transfer

Replacement Windows

GE Concepts

Students are required to complete a life-

cycle study on the windows using a 25

year mortgage as basis

Heat Transfer Concepts

Students are required to compare rateof heat transfer through standard double

pane windows to argon-filled windows

Heat Transfer

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Heat Transfer

Ive had 3 students independently

approach me to find out how they

can pursue Green Engineeringfurther (2 men, 1 woman)

They also happen to be 3 of

the best students in the class.

--Ann MarieF

lynn

Heat Transfer

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Freshman/General Engineering Course Material

Principles of Chemical Processes

Materials Science

Separations Processes

Design Life Cycle Assessment

System Dynamics and Control

Heat Transfer

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Transport Phenomena

Green

Engineering

Aligned with Text:Sandler

with references to:

Elliott and Lira

Smith, van Ness, and Abbott

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Green

Engineering

Freshman/General Engineering Course Material

Principles of Chemical Processes

Materials Science

Separations Processes

Design Life Cycle Assessment

System Dynamics and Control

Heat Transfer

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Transport Phenomena

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http://www.rowan.edu/

greenengineering

Free, Web-based resources

Green Engineering

Examples of Teaching Green

Engineering in Engineering

Courses

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Green

Engineering

Freshman/General Engineering Course Material

Principles of Chemical Processes

Materials Science

Separations Processes

Design Life Cycle Assessment

System Dynamics and Control

Heat Transfer

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Transport Phenomena

Aligned with Texts

Felder and Rousseau

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Material and Energy balances

Green engineering topics covered in the module

Unit conversions typically used in GE process calculations

Typical methods of representing concentration of pollutants

in a process Balances on recycle operations in GE processes

Representation and calculation of pollutant volatility usingvapor pressure

Use of various equations of state in GE design calculationsfor gas systems

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Material and Energy balances

Green engineering topics covered in the module

Recovery of energy in a process energy integration

Energy use in green chemistry reactions, combustion processes

Mixing of solution issues in GE Industrial case studies of GE manufacturing processes

Representation of mass and energy flows for transient processeswith GE significance

Reverse

Osmosis

Plating

Tank

Rinse

Tank

Feed

Retentate

Permeate

1m

3m

2m

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Green

Engineering

Freshman/General Engineering Course Material

Principles of Chemical Processes

Materials Science

Separations Processes

Design Life Cycle Assessment

System Dynamics and Control

Heat Transfer

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Transport Phenomena

Aligned with Various Texts

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Separations Processes

Equilibrium Staged

Operations

Distillation

Absorption

Extraction

Stripping

Washing

Leaching

Rate Controlled Operations

Reverse osmosis

Gas permeation

Adsorption

Ultrafiltration

Crystallization

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Separations Processes

Green engineering topics covered

in this module

Mass and energy balances on column

Mass Integration Heat Integration

Solvent selection

Better understanding of the economic

and environmental reasons forrecycling

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Separations Processes

Green engineering topics covered in

this module

Introduces concepts of regulations and

government controls on emission levels

Process optimization and innovation

Predicting the environmental impacts ofthe operation

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Freshman/General Engineering Course Material

Principles of Chemical Processes

Materials Science

Separations Processes

Design Life Cycle Assessment

System Dynamics and Control

Heat Transfer

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Transport Phenomena

Green

Engineering

Aligned with Text:

Sandler

with references to:

Elliott and Lira

Smith, van Ness, and Abbott

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Types of Problems Thought Questions

to use as triggers for class discussion

Traditional Problems to use as normal homework or example problems

Extended Problems to use as group assignments or in graduate courses

Existing Problems Thermo Textbooks

(w/page references in Instructor Guide)

Allen and Shonnard, Green Engineering(w/page references in Instructor Guide)

Chemical Engineering

Thermodynamics

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Chemical Engineering

Thermodynamics

Thermophysical Properties Group-Contribution and Bond-Contribution Techniques

Vapor pressure, Aqueous Henrys Constant, etc.

Analogs to UNI

FAC and Corresponding States

Uncertainty Analysis

Green Chemistry Refrigerant Selection

Thermophysical Properties

Environmental Properties

Efficiencies

CO2 Sequestration vs. Overall Efficiency

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Chemical Engineering

Thermodynamics

Phase Equilibrium for Environmental Fate VLE

VOCs

Henrys Law

LLE MTBE to groundwater

Risk Shifting and Unintended Consequences

Global Warming CO2 Solubility in Seawater

Stability of CO2 Seawater Sink

Reaction Equilibrium NOx Formation vs. Combustion Temperature