Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering - Modeling the Digestive System of a Hippopotamus Web Module
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| Audience/Grade: | -College Junior |
| Discipline(s): |
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Ceramic Engineering |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Curricular Unit |
| Author(s): |
H. Scott Fogler |
| Description: | Modeling the Digestive System module applies Chapter Two material. From a problem suggested by Professor Alice P. Gast ["Animal Guts as Ideal Reactors", Chemical Engineering Education, Winter 1998, pp 24-29] Chemical engineering is broad in scope and has implications that are far reaching. The theories that underlie reaction engineering are capable of modeling systems beyond industrial processes. One such system that we shall look at, which can be modeled through the use of chemical reactor design equations and some simplifying assumptions, is the animal digestive system. Specifically the properties of a hippopotamus’s digestive tract will be explored. |
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| Keywords: | conversion and reactor sizing mole balance batch reactor |
| Is Component of: |
Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(a) Apply mathematics, science, and engineering |
| Use of Resource: |
These are modules that use a web browser for an interface. They give examples of how Chemical Reaction Engineering principles can be applied to a wide range of situations such as modeling Cobra Bites, cooking a potato, etc. |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
High |
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| Publication Date: | August 2007 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.engin.umich.edu/~cre/web_mod/hippo/index.htm |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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