COVENANT UNIVERSITY

Course Compact
2015/2016 Academic Session
College: College of Engineering
Department: Chemical Engineering
Course Code and Title: CHE 312 (Chemical Engineering Laboratory 1)
Units: 2 Units (3 Hours of contact)
Course Coordinator: Adeeyo, Opeyemi. A
Semester: Alpha
Location: Chemical Engineering Laboratory
Brief Overview of Course: Chemical Engineering Laboratory 1 involves hands on
practice for student to gain practical experience on some taught Chemical Engineering
topics. It guides students through the purpose and principles of chemical engineering
experiments. Through the course, the students can learn how to handle and interpret certain
chemical engineering equipment and apparatus. The course also expose students to writing
long laboratory reports and technical papers for publication.
Course Objectives: At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to:
 Carry out experiment to determine the properties and behavior of certain substances
and processes.
 Know how to use some chemical engineering equipment and apparatus to get
appropriate result.
 Relate theory of certain processes to practice.
 Know the rudiments of presenting their experimental results in laboratory report.
Method of Lecture Delivery/Teaching Aids: Students are grouped into small units and
each group carry out different experiment simultaneously. The concepts of the experiment
to be carried out by a group is introduced to them by an academic staff. Each experiment
is carried out with prescribed objectives and method in the chemical engineering laboratory
manual. The students are requested to write and submit their individual laboratory report.
The groups are shuffled each week until each group carries out all the scheduled
experiments.
Course Outlines: The course is based on selected topics in chemical engineering that have
been taught at this level. The title of the experiments include:
Saponification Value of Oil, Acid Value of Oil, Heat of Solution,
Reaction Kinetics, Hydrostatic Bench, Distribution Coefficient, Iodine
Value of Oil, Adsorption Equilibrium, and Fluid Friction.
Week I: Introduction of student to laboratory report writing.
Week 2: Saponification Value of Oil, Acid Value of Oil, Heat of Solution, Reaction
Kinetics, Hydrostatic Bench, Distribution Coefficient, Iodine Value of Oil,
Adsorption Equilibrium, Fluid Friction.
Week 3: Saponification Value of Oil, Acid Value of Oil, Heat of Solution, Reaction
Kinetics, Hydrostatic Bench, Distribution Coefficient, Iodine Value of Oil,
Adsorption Equilibrium, Fluid Friction.
Week 4: Saponification Value of Oil, Acid Value of Oil, Heat of Solution, Reaction
 Kinetics, Hydrostatic Bench, Distribution Coefficient, Iodine Value of Oil,
Adsorption Equilibrium, Fluid Friction.
Week 5: Saponification Value of Oil, Acid Value of Oil, Heat of Solution, Reaction
Kinetics, Hydrostatic Bench, Distribution Coefficient, Iodine Value of Oil,
Adsorption Equilibrium, Fluid Friction.
Week 6: Saponification Value of Oil, Acid Value of Oil, Heat of Solution, Reaction
Kinetics, Hydrostatic Bench, Distribution Coefficient, Iodine Value of Oil,
Adsorption Equilibrium, Fluid Friction.
Week 7: Saponification Value of Oil, Acid Value of Oil, Heat of Solution, Reaction
Kinetics, Hydrostatic Bench, Distribution Coefficient, Iodine Value of Oil,
Adsorption Equilibrium, Fluid Friction.
Week 8: Saponification Value of Oil, Acid Value of Oil, Heat of Solution, Reaction
Kinetics, Hydrostatic Bench, Distribution Coefficient, Iodine Value of Oil,
Adsorption Equilibrium, Fluid Friction.
Week 9: Saponification Value of Oil, Acid Value of Oil, Heat of Solution, Reaction
Kinetics, Hydrostatic Bench, Distribution Coefficient, Iodine Value of Oil,
Adsorption Equilibrium, Fluid Friction.
Method of Grading: Continuous Assessment (including participation and contribution
in the groups’ activities, punctuality to the laboratory and prompt
submission of reports) - 20%,
Average score of all the laboratory reports submitted. – 80%.
Ground rules & Regulations: - Students are expected to submit the laboratory report of
an experiment before the next practical session.
 Lateness to laboratory and disturbances would not be
condoned. Safety and precaution is of high premium in the
laboratory.
 No student is allowed to submit a laboratory report of the
experiment he has not participated.
 The laboratory reports are expected to be independent,
students with similar reports will be penalized.
Assignments: Students are expected to read the theory of an experiment to be conducted
and the method in the manual before the practical session.
Alignment with Covenant University vision- Chemical Engineering Laboratory 1 helps
students to merge theory with practice hence have better grasps of
the theory.
Industry Relevance: Chemical Engineering Laboratory 1 is relevant in the industry
because it helps students to get used to some of the equipment and
apparatus that are used in the industry.
RECOMMENDED TEXTS:
1 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Volume 1.
By Coulson, J.M. and Richardson, J.F.
Published by Butterworth-Heinemann
2 FLUID MECHANICS FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
By Noel de Nevers
Published by McGraw-Hill
3 Fluid Mechanics
By Olu Ogboja
Published by UNESCO, Nairobi
4 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY MANUAL
By Department of Chemical Engineering.
Covenant University.