CHBE444

Process Engineering Economics and Design I

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Prerequisite: CHBE424, CHBE426, and CHBE440. Restriction: Must be in a major within the ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department; and permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department. Credit only granted for: CHBE444 or ENCH444. Formerly: ENCH444. Principles of chemical engineering economics and process design. Equipment sizing and costing. Economic evaluation of projects. Flowsheet synthesis. Introduction to flowsheet simulators and concepts of flowsheet optimization. Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks and Distillation Sequences.

Fall 2025

Ganesh Sriram

3 reviews
Average rating: 3.67

Past Semesters

Ganesh Sriram

3 reviews
Average rating: 3.67

Ganesh Sriram

3 reviews
Average rating: 3.67

Ganesh Sriram

3 reviews
Average rating: 3.67

Ganesh Sriram

3 reviews
Average rating: 3.67

Sheryl Ehrman

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

John Gustin

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.17 between 882 students*

CHBE444 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 17.23%
A: 17.01%
A+: 6.92%
B-: 10.2%
B: 14.17%
B+: 15.19%
C-: 2.61%
C: 5.22%
C+: 7.14%
D-: 0.23%
D: 0.91%
D+: 0.79%
F: 0.45%
W: 0.57%
other: 1.36%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.