Using a Commercial Simulator to Teach Sorption Separations

Authors

  • Phillip C. Wankat Purdue University

Abstract

The commercial simulator Aspen Chromatography was used in the computer laboratory of a dual-level course. The lab assignments used a cookbook approach to teach basic simulator operation and open-ended exploration to understand adsorption. The students learned theory better than in previous years despite having less lecture time. Students agreed that the computer labs helped them learn and that combining lecture and computer lab was an appropriate way to teach this material.

Author Biography

Phillip C. Wankat, Purdue University

Phil Wankat is a Distinguished Professor of chemical engineering at Purdue University who earned his degrees from Purdue and Princeton. His technical research is in separation processes, and he recently finished his textbook, Separation Process Engineering , 2nd Edition of Equilibrium Staged Separations, Prentice-Hall, 2006. He is also co-author of the book Teaching Engineering, available free at <https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/News_and_Events/publications/teaching_engineering>.

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Published

2006-07-01

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 3 (2006): Summer 2006

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