Heat Transfer and Unit Operations

Summer 2025 > Engineering/Engineering Technology > CHEN.3040 > 045V

Course No: CHEN.3040-045V; SIS Class Nbr: 2942; SIS Term: 3440
Course Status: Open

Course Description

The course provides an understanding of essential unit operations in chemical engineering practice. The design and operation of equipment for fluid flow (pumps, compressors) and heat transfer (heat exchanges, cooling towers, evaporators, boilers, condensers) as well as other fundamental operations and phase separation equipment (mixers/agitators, filters, settling tanks, and others) and discussed. The fundamental connections to heat transfer principles as well as fluid flow and mass transfer are considered. The analysis, design and operating characteristics of unit operations are illustrated through the solution of homework problems.

Prerequisites, Notes & Instructor

• Prerequisites: Pre-req:CHEN.2020 Energy Balance & Introduction to Thermodynamics and CHEN.3030 Fluid Mechanics and MATH.2360 Engineering Differential Equations, or MATH.2340 Differential Equations, or MATH.2440 Honors Differential Equations.
• Special Notes: Instructor Consent Required
• Section Notes: HyFlex Course
• Core Codes: STEM, HYFX
• Credits: 3; Contact Hours: 3
• Instructor: Caitlin Morris
• UMass Lowell Bookstore

When Offered & Tuition

• M,W-Th | 1:00 PM-3:20 PM ET Online
• 2025 Summer: May 19 to Jul 02
• Course Level: Undergraduate
• Tuition: $1155
• Note: There is a $30 per semester registration fee for credit courses.

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