Chemical Engineering Basics
Fifteen-chapter textbook on material and energy balances, transport phenomena, reactions, separations, process control, and plant design.
Course videos
Watch the introduction (with learners studying from home), then study chapter by chapter. Midterm and final sessions teach the material with practice questions you must answer to continue — those checkpoints are not graded.
Narration · Professor Ryan · British English
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Chemical Engineering Basics · Course introduction
How this course is organized, how to study with the textbook and quizzes, and what you will be able to do when you finish.
Watch the intro or continue when you are ready. Chapter 1 stays locked until you continue.
Complete each chapter's 5-question quiz (instant feedback), then pass the 10-question course review, then the 20-question final exam (score at the end) to earn course completion on your profile.
ForgEd courses are for general education and logical foundations. They do not replace professional certification, licensure, or cert-level competence.
Skills you will gain
- Material & Energy Balances
- Transport Phenomena
- Reaction Engineering
- Separation Processes
Chapters
- 1
Chapter 1: Introduction to Chemical Engineering
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- 2
Chapter 2: Material Balances
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- 3
Chapter 3: Energy Balances
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- 4
Chapter 4: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
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- 5
Chapter 5: Transport Phenomena
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- 6
Chapter 6: Fluid Flow in Processes
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- 7
Chapter 7: Heat and Mass Transfer
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- 8
Chapter 8: Chemical Reaction Engineering
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- 9
Chapter 9: Separation Processes
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- 10
Chapter 10: Process Control
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- 11
Chapter 11: Plant Design and Safety
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- 12
Chapter 12: Bioprocess Engineering
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- 13
Chapter 13: Polymers and Materials Processing
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- 14
Chapter 14: Environmental Chemical Engineering
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- 15
Chapter 15: Chemical Engineering Careers
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