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Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Review

Visit the NCEES FE website for details on the FE exam. The videos below are useful review problems for the exam. A reference booklet of equations and constants is supplied at the beginning of the exam. The exam uses both the International System of Units (SI) and the US Customary System (USCS). The Chemical Engineering specific part of the exam is outlined below. Morning session (4 hours - 120 questions in 12 topic areas) Please see this pdf outline for which topics are covered in the morning session. The morning session is made up of questions on general engineering topics. The afternoon session focuses more on specific applications in chemical engineering. We organized our review based on the afternoon session. Afternoon session (4 hours - 60 questions in 11 topic areas) 1. Chemistry (10%) 1.1 Inorganic chemistry (e.g., molarity, normality, molality, acids, bases, redox, valence, solubility product, pH, pK, electrochemistry) 1.2 Organic chemistry (e.g., nomenclature, structure, qualitative and quantitative analyses, balanced equations, reactions, synthesis) 2. Material/Energy Balances (15%) 2.1 Mass balances General balance for material balances General balance on single tank Water adsorber balance Two reactions (extent of reaction) 2.2 Energy balance Steam reformer balances 2.3 Control boundary concept (e.g., black box concept) 2.4 Steady-state process Combining material balances using flowmeters 2.5 Unsteady-state process 2.6 Recycle process Crystallizer and drier Recycle streams Single reaction with recycle Distillation of a two component mixture: part 1 Distillation of a two component mixture: part 2 2.7 Bypass process 2.8 Combustion 3. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (10%)

3.1 Thermodynamic laws (e.g., 1st Law, 2nd Law) Isothermal ideal gas compression Ideal gas expansion Real gas expansion Second law application Entropy change: ideal gas 3.2 Thermodynamic properties (e.g., internal thermal energy, enthalpy, entropy, free energy) Irreversible adiabatic expansion Heat capacity pressure dependence Maxwell relations Gibbs free energy: non-ideal mixture 3.3 Thermodynamic processes (e.g., isothermal, adiabatic, isentropic) Adiabatic compression of ideal gas Energy balance: expand ideal gas Compressor efficiency 3.4 Property and phase diagrams (e.g., T-s, h-P, x-y, T-x-y) P-T and P-V diagrams Pressure temperature diagram Pressure-volume diagram T-S and P-H diagrams 3.5 Equations of state (e.g., van der Waals, Soave-Redlich-Kwong) Roots for Peng-Robinson equation of state 3.6 Steam tables Water properties from steam tables Steam tables A Steam tables B Steam tables C Energy balance steam tables 3.7 Phase equilibrium and phase change Air/water VLE Energy balance: filling a tank 3.8 Chemical equilibrium Chemical equilibrium: effect of an inert Gas-phase chemical equilibrium Gas-phase reaction equilibrium 3.9 Heats of reaction Heat of reaction (heat of formation) 3.10 Cyclic processes and efficiency (e.g., power, refrigeration, heat pump) Heat engine introduction Power cycle introduction Carnot heat engine calculations Carnot heat pump Minimum work to cool liquid 3.11 Heats of mixing Heat of mixing 4. Fluid Dynamics (10%) 4.1 Bernoulli equation and mechanical energy balance Bernoulli equation derivation Flow exiting a tank

Simple Bernoulli equation example 4.2 Hydrostatic pressure Force balance on rotating gate Force on submerged door 4.3 Dimensionless numbers (e.g., Reynolds number) Non-dimensionalize equations 4.4 Laminar and turbulent flow Shear stress parallel plates 4.5 Velocity head 4.6 Friction losses (e.g., pipe, valves, fittings) Laminar pipe flow Pipe flow 4.7 Pipe networks Integral momentum balances on a pipe and tee 4.8 Compressible and incompressible flow Irrotational & incompressible flow 4.9 Flow measurement (e.g., orifices, Venturi meters) Force balance on inclined manometer 4.10 Pumps, turbines, and compressors 4.11 Non-Newtonian flow 4.12 Flow through packed beds 5. Heat Transfer (10%) 5.1 Conductive heat transfer Boundary conditions 5.2 Convective heat transfer Center-line temperature of rod 5.3 Radiation heat transfer 5.4 Heat transfer coefficients Pin fin heat transfer 5.5 Heat exchanger types (e.g., plate and frame, spiral) Rectangular fin heat sink 5.6 Flow configuration (e.g., cocurrent/countercurrent) 5.7 Log mean temperature difference (LMTD) and NTU Tube bank 5.8 Fouling 5.9 Shell-and-tube heat exchanger design (e.g., area, number ofpasses) 6. Mass Transfer (10%) 6.1 Diffusion (e.g., Fick's 1st and 2nd laws) 6.2 Mass transfer coefficient 6.3 Equilibrium stage method (efficiency) 6.4 Graphical methods (e.g., McCabe-Thiele) McCabe-Thiele on distillation column 6.5 Differential method (e.g., NTU, HETP, HTU, NTP) 6.6 Separation systems (e.g., distillation, absorption, extraction, membrane processes) Liquid-liquid extraction Distillation using partial condenser: part 1 Distillation using partial condenser: part 2 Packed bed column height 6.7 Humidification and drying 7. Chemical Reaction Engineering (10%)

7.1 Reaction rates and order Determining rate order Differential data analysis Steady-state approximation SS approximation vs. rate determining step 7.2 Rate constant (e.g., Arrhenius function) Arrhenius relationship 7.3 Conversion, yield, and selectivity Selectivity & rate constants Selectivity & equilibrium 7.4 Series and parallel reactions Isothermal CSTR Packed bed reactor example Series reaction in a batch reactor 7.5 Forward and reverse reactions Batch reversible reaction 7.6 Energy/material balance around a reactor Material balances on tank reactors Comparing CSTR and PFR balances 7.7 Reactions with volume change Gas phase reaction molar change 7.8 Reactor types (e.g., plug flow, batch, semi-batch, CSTR) Gas reaction in PBR (pressure drop) Adiabatic batch reactor balance Adiabatic CSTR example Adiabatic PBR balance Adiabatic semi-batch Equilibrium reaction in CSTR Second order endothermic example 7.9 Homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions Gas to solid reaction in PFR 7.10 Catalysis Activity decay of catalyst Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics Michaelis-Menten kinetics (BIO) 8. Process Design and Economic Optimization (10%) 8.1 Process flow diagrams (PFD) 8.2 Piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID) 8.3 Scale-up 8.4 Comparison of economic alternatives (e.g., net present value, discounted cash flow, rate of return 8.5 Cost estimation 9. Computer Usage in Chemical Engineering (5%) 9.1 Numerical methods and concepts (e.g., convergence, tolerance) 9.2 Spreadsheets for chemical engineering calculations 9.3 Statistical data analysis 10. Process Control (5%) 10.1 Sensors and control valves (e.g., temperature, pressure) 10.2 Dynamics (e.g., time constants, 2nd order, underdamped)

10.3 Feedback and feed forward control 10.4 Proportional, integral, and derivative (PID) controller concepts 10.5 Cascade control 10.6 Control loop design (e.g., matching measured and manipulated variables) 10.7 Tuning PID controllers and stability (e.g., Method of Ziegler-Nichols, Routh Test) 10.8 Open-loop and closed-loop transfer functions 11. Safety, Health, and Environmental (5%) 11.1 Hazardous properties of materials (e.g., corrosive, flammable, toxic), including MSDS 11.2 Industrial hygiene (e.g., noise, PPE, ergonomics) 11.3 Process hazard analysis (e.g., using fault-tree analysis or event tree) 11.4 Overpressure and underpressure protection (e.g., relief, redundant control, intrinsically safe) 11.5 Storage and handling (e.g., inerting, spill containment) 11.6 Waste minimization 11.7 Waste treatment (e.g., air, water, solids)

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