Material and Energy Balances

Send feedback about this page to Dr. Matthew Liberatore (University of Toledo).

Syllabi, schedules, course notes

• The University of Texas at Austin
• University of Colorado Boulder: Syllabus, schedule and an all-inclusive digital Microsoft OneNote notebook that uses active learning and a flipped classroom. It contains class notes, ConcepTests, pre-class assignments, recommended screencasts and simulations, homework problems (and solutions), and sample exams (with solutions). Contact LearnChemE@gmail.com to obtain access.
• Foundations of Chemical Engineering (University of Pittsburgh): Detailed course notes available as PDF files
• Material and Energy Balances (Rice University): Detailed course notes
• Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering (University of Buffalo): Course notes
• Introduction to Chemical Engineering Analysis: (University of Notre Dame)  40 Jupyter notebooks that demonstrates mass and energy balances using Python.

Textbooks

The textbook by Liberatore is an interactive online textbook with animations and interactive question sets.

• Wikibook: Introduction to Chemical Engineering Processes

Screencasts

• LearnChemE (University of Colorado Boulder): More than 190 screencast videos for material and energy balances, including example problems, introduction to topics, software tutorials, and exam review problems. YouTube playlist
• Elementary mass balances

Interactive Simulations

• Interactive simulations (University of Colorado Boulder): more than 35 interactive simulations that can be run with a free CDF player plug-in.
    

Interactive Self-Study Modules

• Self-Study Modules (University of Colorado Boulder): 28 self-study modules that include screencasts (with questions), ConcepTests, introductory screencasts, interactive simulations, list of equations and important points, example problem screencasts, and a summary.

ConcepTests

Multiple-choice conceptual questions for use in class with student response systems (clickers)

• LearnChemE (University of Colorado Boulder): More than 325 material and energy balance ConcepTests. Contact LearnChemE@gmail.com to obtain access.
• AIChE Concept Warehouse (Oregon State University)
    

Software

• Polymath (Contact Dr. Robert Hesketh) Solves ODEs, linear equations, and nonlinear equations. Screencasts demonstrating Polymath use can be found here.
• APEx: Analysis of Processes with Excel
• Chemical Engineering AppSuite HD (University of Alabama): A phone app that contains thermophysical property data, steam tables, a period table, units converters, and equation of state solvers. Available for $0.99 USD.
• Team maker and team assessment tools: Creates homework teams and does peer assessment
• Python tools from Professor Gill at Texas Tech

Useful Material and Energy Balance Links

• A Student-Centered Approach to Teaching: Material and Energy Balances (North Carolina State University): Part 1 Part 2
• Encyclopedia of chemical engineering equipment (University of Michigan)
• Design projects for Material and Energy Balances (University of West Virginia)
• Active Learning and Just-in-Time Teaching in a Material and Energy Balances Course (University of Toledo)
• Student selected YouTube videos related to material and energy balances (University of Toledo)
• Interactive MEB Textbook Increases Reading Rates (University of Toledo)
• Interactive MEB textbook reading across multiple cohorts (University of Toledo)
• ASEE Conference Proceeding Papers on Material and Energy Balances (Various authors)