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About this Course
📚 This Mass Balance: Practice Problems course is designed to reinforce your understanding of mass balance through a series of hands-on exercises, focusing on its practical application in real-world chemical engineering processes. You will tackle various mass balance problems commonly encountered in the industry, honing your problem-solving skills and gaining confidence in applying mass balance techniques to optimize chemical processes.
Key topics covered include:
- Review of Mass Balance Fundamentals
- Mass Balance in Different Unit Operations (Reactors, Heat Exchangers, Distillation Columns, etc.)
- Solving Complex Mass Balance Problems
- Applications in Steady-State and Unsteady-State Systems
- Material Balances with Reactions and Separations
- Troubleshooting Process Issues Using Mass Balance
👨🏫 Designed for
Chemical engineering students, process engineers, and professionals looking to practice and deepen their understanding of mass balance techniques in various real-world applications.
📚 Course Approach
The course focuses on problem-solving and practical application, providing you with a collection of carefully selected practice problems that range from simple to complex, covering a variety of chemical engineering processes. Step-by-step solutions are provided to guide you through the problem-solving process.
🎯 By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Apply mass balance concepts to a wide range of chemical engineering systems
- Solve mass balance problems involving different unit operations
- Analyze systems at steady-state and unsteady-state conditions
- Use mass balance techniques to troubleshoot and optimize chemical processes
- Build confidence in solving real-world chemical engineering problems
🚀 Recommended for
Students and professionals who have a basic understanding of mass balance and want to strengthen their problem-solving skills through hands-on practice in various chemical engineering processes.
✅ You’ll learn to:
- Solve mass balance problems in reactors, heat exchangers, distillation columns, and other unit operations
- Apply mass balance techniques to complex systems, including those with reactions and separations
- Troubleshoot process inefficiencies using mass balance calculations
- Work through real-world case studies to solidify your understanding
- Approach mass balance problems with confidence and precision
Self-Paced, Dynamic Lectures
Learn at your own pace, anytime and anywhere.
The lectures are concise, engaging, and focused—designed to maximize your understanding efficiently.
Intensive
Challenging Scenarios for Advanced Mass Balance Problem-Solving
Evaluations, Quizzes
Evaluate your progress through interactive quizzes and self-assessments.
Reinforce key concepts, identify gaps, and ensure you're ready to apply what you've learned in real scenarios.
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Certificate of Completion
Receive an official certificate or diploma once you finish the course—perfect for showcasing your new skills on your resume, LinkedIn, or job applications.
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Curriculum
Introduction
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Mass Balance Basics
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- UPDATE (2023): Notes on Section 1 (2:40)
- 4.02 Mass Balance on a Continous Tank Reaction (18:41)
- 4.04 How to Label Streams in Mass Balance Problems (11:20)
- 4.06 Analysis of Degrees of Freedom (DOF) in a Distillation Column (9:09)
- 4.08 Mass Balance in Food Industry - Egg Factory (10:32)
- 4.10 Mass Balances of Ethanol-Water Mixtures (13:19)
- 4.12 Application of a Mass Balance in a Distillation Column (19:38)
- 4.14 Simple Humidification Process (16:24)
- 4.16 Industrial Process of H2SO4 Acid Production (17:50)
- 4.18 Food Industry Mass Balance: Wet Sugar Production (17:24)
- 4.20 Drying Air Process with Calcium Chloride Pellets (15:21)
- 4.22 Hydrogen Tank Mixture Process (22:26)
- 4.24 Flow of CO2 in a Pipeline - Mass Balancing (12:03)
- 4.26 Scrubbing Operation of SO2 (34:43)
- 4.28 Mass Balance in Multiple Units (7:18)
- 4.30 Concentration of Seawater Process - Multiple Unit Balances (9:59)
- 4.32 Bypass Process: Production of Juice Concentrate (19:28)
- 4.34 Crystallization of Potassium Sulfate - Multiple Units (27:10)
- 4.36 Extraction of Bean Oil by Hexane - Multiple Units (27:44)
- 4.38 Drug Extraction - Multiple Units (29:09)
- 4.40 Nitric Oxide Reaction - Stoichiometry Mass Balances (13:03)
- 4.42 Production of Ethyl Bromide - Reaction Mass Balances (19:39)
- 4.44 Production of TiO2 with Sulfuric Acid - Multiple Reactions (24:43)
- 4.46 Production fo Methyl Acetone - Chemical Equilibrium (31:33)
- 4.48 Production of Methanol in Equilibrium - Extent of Reactions (17:25)
- 4.50 Production of Monochloroethane and Dichloroethane - Multiple Reaction Pathways (17:21)
- 4.52 Production of Hydrogen Fluoride - Multiple Reactions (16:48)
- 4.54 Extent of Reaction in an Equilibrium System (16:35)
- 4.56 Formaldehyde Production - Mass Balance with Reactions (12:22)
- 4.56 Production of Methyl Chloride - Chemical Reactions (23:51)
- 4.60 Methanol Production - Purge & Recycle Streams (16:38)
- 4.62 Production of Octanes with Multiple Units and Reactions (54:28)
- 4.64 Wet vs Dry Gas Basis Calculations in Combustion (11:13)
- 4.66 Combustion of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen Mixture (Fuels and Combustions) (11:29)
- 4.70 Combustion of Pentane - Excess Air Combustions (23:28)
- 4.68 Butane Combustion: Cases for Conversion given Excess Air (14:46)
- 4.72 Gas Chromatography of Methane and Ethane - Combustions (21:55)
- 4.74 Incomplete Combustion of Fuel Oils (25:24)
- 4.76 Proximate Analysos of Wet Coal - Combustions (16:03)
- 4.78 Scrubbing of Stack Gases containing SO2 - Combustion (19:31)
- 4.80 Combustion of CpHqOr Fuel Oil (17:08)
Mass Balance in Single Phase
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- UPDATE (2023): Notes on Section 2 (1:14)
- 5.02 Bul and Absolue Densities - Liquid and Solids (12:39)
- 5.04 Density of a Slurry - Liquids vs Solids (24:31)
- 5.06 Idel Gas Calculations - Ideal Gas Equation (3:23)
- 5.08 Ideal Gas Constant Exercise - Ideal Gas Equation (6:47)
- 5.10 Stream of Air Flowing in a Tube - Ideal Gases (8:50)
- 5.14 Flow Rate for Gas Density using Ideal Gas Equations (11:13)
- 5.16 Mixture of Gas Streams - Ideal Gases (7:01)
- 5.18 Specific Gravity of Gases using Ideal Gases (4:07)
- 5.20 Mixture of Gases - Ideal Gas (12:11)
- 5.22 PPM of Benzene in a Lab - Ideal Gas Equation (18:51)
- 5.24 Gas Stealing Company - Ideal Gases (14:18)
- 5.26 Gas Dilution in Furnace - Ideal Gas (15:51)
- 5.28 Draft Stack Model - Ideal Gases (9:46)
- 5.30 Combustion of a Gas - Ideal Gases (11:54)
- 5.32 Oxidation of Nitric Oxide using Ideal Gas (34:39)
- 5.34 Silicon Dioxide Production - Ideal Gas (38:45)
- 5.36 Hydrazine as a Propellant - Ideal Gas (12:33)
- 5.38 Hydrogenation of Propylene - Ideal Gas (14:15)
- 5.40 Vaporization of Acetone by Nitrogen - Ideal Gas (19:01)
- 5.42 Chlorine Tank and Ideal Gases (16:01)
- 5.44 Portland Cement Produciton and Ideal Gases (19:35)
- 5.46 Pentane Combustion and Condensation with Ideal Gases (37:34)
- 5.48 Production of Sulfuric Acid with Ideal Gases and Equlibrium (48:30)
- 5.50 Hydrogenation of a Compound in Equilibrium - Ideal Gases and Equilibrium (20:19)
- 5.52 Gases in Multiple Equilibria (19:40)
- 5.54 Production of Methanol: Ideal Gas + Equilibrium (48:50)
- 5.56 Volume of a Gas Mixture - Truncated Virial Equation for Real Gases (20:46)
- 5.57 Production of Methanol - Real Gases (17:39)
- 5.64 Compressibility Factor Z - Real Gases Applications (8:55)
- 5.66 Compressibility Factor of CO2 - Real Gases (9:41)
- 5.68 Compressibility FActor of Oxygen - Real Gas Applications (8:59)
- 5.70 Nitrogen Purging System - Real Gases (19:43)
- 5.72 Liquid Nitrogen Flashing - Real Gases (13:13)
- 5.74 Mixture of Gases using the Kay Rule - Real Gas Applications (8:13)
- 5.76 Compression of a Mixture of Real Gases (16:22)
- 5.80 Mixture of Gases Flowing in a Pipe - Real Gas Behavior (13:19)
- 5.82 Mass Balance in Analytical Chemistry - Real Gas Applications (28:10)
Mass Balance in Multiple Phases
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- UPDATE (2023): Notes on Section 3 (1:13)
- 6.02 Evaporation of Chloroform in a Container (7:17)
- 6.04 Semilog Plot of Calsius Clapeyron Equation - Vapor Pressure (3:48)
- 6.06 Analysis of Ethylene Diamine by Clasius Clapeyron Equation - Vapor Pressure (6:57)
- 6.08 Vapor Pressure of a Gas in a Flask (9:00)
- 6.10 Lower Flammable Limits of Methanol Mix - Vapor Pressure Applications (10:20)
- 6.12 Evaporation of Chlorobenzene - Vapor Pressure (13:55)
- 6.14 Buoyancy of a Ball - Humid Air Mix - Vapor Pressure Applications (23:06)
- 6.16 Potable Water System - Vaporization (13:55)
- 6.18 Condensation System for a Vapor in Air Mix - Vapor Pressure (16:08)
- 6.20 Octane Discharge - Vapor Pressure (12:21)
- 6.22 Vapor PRessure of a Mixture of Hexane - Antoine Equation (12:09)
- 6.24 Nonane Tank Ignition - Vapor Pressure (11:53)
- 6.26 Acetone Recovery - Vapor Pressure (11:07)
- 6.28 Air Conditioner Condensation - Vapor Pressure (15:25)
- 6.30 Hygrometer Calculation for Air Conditioning- Vapor Pressure (16:50)
- 6.32 Condensation of Methanol in a Stream Gas - Vapor Pressure (21:28)
- 6.34 Wet Leather Drying - Vapor Pressure (9:40)
- 6.36 Solid Toluene Treatment for Drying - Vapor Pressure (27:41)
- 6.38 Burning of Methane and Ethane - Vapor Pressure (11:24)
- 6.40 Propane Absorber - Raoult Law and Cox Charts (17:54)
- 6.42 Production of Nitric Acid - Vapor Pressure (60:39)
- 6.44 Production of Sulfuric Acid Vapor Pressure (20:05)
- 6.46 Gas Container Composition Calculation - Rauolts Law (10:48)
- 6.48 Methane and Water Tank Solution - Henry's Law (9:08)
- 6.50 Amount of CO2 Contained in a Soda Can - Henry's Law (13:54)
- 6.52 Finding the Temperature in a Styrene Toluene System - Raoult's Law (12:10)
- 6.54 Volatile Hydrocarbons in a Tank - Cox Diagrams (7:21)
- 6.56 Evaporation of Toluene and Benzene - Ratoul's Law (10:28)
- 6.60 Distillation of Pentane and Hexane - Vpor Pressure and Raoult's Law (26:39)
- 6.66 Using Pxy Diagrams for Toluene and Benzene Mixtures - Pxy Diagrams (16:31)
- 6.68 Using Txy Diagrams for Acetone Ethanol Mixtures (30:31)
- 6.70 Calculation of Boiling Point of Mixture using Raoult's Law (8:48)
- 6.72 Dehydration of Natural Gas with TEG - Vapor Pressure (34:22)
- 6.74 Crystallization of a Salt by Decrease in Temperature - Solubility and Equilibrium (4:14)
- 6.76 Solubility of a Salt in a Solvent - Solid Liquid Equilibrium (14:04)
- 6.78 Crystals of a Slurry of KNO3 - Solubility Equilibrium (9:21)
- 6.80 Crystallization of Potassium Dichromate - Solubility Equilibrium (16:40)
- 6.82 Production fo MgSO4 from Ore - Solubility Equilibrium (20:17)
- 6.88 Extraction of Styrene in Ethylbenzene and Ethylene Glycol - Liquid Liquid Equilibrium (11:39)
- 6.90 Extraction of Acetone with Hexane or Benzene - Selection of Solvent - Liquid Liquid Equilibrium (12:17)
Transient State Mass Balances
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- UPDATE (2023): Notes on Section 4 (1:14)
- 11.02 Phosphoric Acid Tank in Transient State (18:32)
- 11.04 Air Filled Tank in Non-Continuous Operation (19:30)
- 11.06 Filling a Tank - Transient State (18:06)
- 11.08 SO2 Leak in a Lab - Unsteady State Analysis (30:27)
- 11.10 Salt Tank Study - Transient State (18:28)
- 11.12 Enriched Oxygen Tank Filling - Transient State Case Study (18:29)
- 11.14 Batch Reactor Analysis - Transient State (11:54)
- 11.16 Michaelis Menten Enzyme Reaction in Unsteady State (9:00)
- 11.18 CO2 Absorber Tank in Unsteady State (16:49)
Closure
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