Virtual Laboratories / Digital Experiments
These are browser-based virtual laboratories (VLs). The Catalytic Laboratory is a complete laboratory that can be run similar to a physical laboratory. Students can plan experiments, collect and analyze data, and write laboratory reports. Each student or student group has different values for the parameters that are attempting to obtain by collecting data. This laboratory has extensive written documentation plus screencasts. The Single-Stage Distillation Column Virtual Laboratory can be used as a laboratory or course project; it has a series of screencast instructions.

Virtual Catalytic Laboratory
prepared by Neil Hendren and John L. Falconer

Control of a Single-Stage Distillation Column Virtual Laboratory
prepared by Neil Hendren and Scott Rowe

Vapor - Liquid Equilibrium Virtual Laboratory
prepared by Neil Hendren and John L. Falconer
Other interactive simulations, although not prepared as VLs, could be used as VLs. Students can use these simulations to generate data, which can be analyzed, and reports can be written. For example, the separations “Multi-stage Batch Distillation” simulation could serve as the basis for a VL.
Read about the Virtual Catalytic Reactor Laboratory:
J. L. Falconer and N. Hendren, Virtual Catalytic Reactor Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Education 55, 183-188 (2021). https://doi.org/10.18260/2-1-370.660-126043
Digital Experiments
These digital experiments are designed to demonstrate important topics in chemical engineering. They can be used in class with students working in groups or as assignments. Please email us with comments.
Heat Transfer

Double Pipe Heat Exchanger
prepared by Drew Smith and John L. Falconer

Evaporative Cooling
prepared by Neil Hendren and John L. Falconer

Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger
prepared by Drew Smith and John L. Falconer
Fluid Mechanics

How Fast Does a Tank Empty?
prepared by Sanath Kavatooru and Ankur Gupta

Hydraulic Loss in a Smooth Pipe
prepared by Neil Hendren and John L. Falconer

Venturi Meter
prepared by Neil Hendren and John L. Falconer

Viscous Flow around a Rotating Rod
prepared by Sanath Kavatooru and Ankur Gupta

Viscous Flow in Two Connected Pipes
prepared by Sanath Kavatooru and Ankur Gupta
Material and Energy Balances / Thermodynamics / Separations

Adiabatic Flash Drum with Binary Liquid Feed
prepared by Neil Hendren and John L. Falconer

Adiabatic Gas Expansion between Two Tanks
prepared by Neil Hendren and John L. Falconer

Chemical Equilibrium in the Haber Process
prepared by Neil Hendren and John L. Falconer

Determine Antoine Constants
prepared by Neil Hendren and John L. Falconer

Material Balances in Liquid-Liquid Extraction
prepared by Sanath Kavatooru and John L. Falconer

Material Balances on a CSTR
prepared by Sanjay Baskaran and John L. Falconer

Measure Heat Capacity with a Calorimeter
prepared by Drew Smith and John L. Falconer

Ranque-Hilsch Vortex Tube
prepared by Neil Hendren and John L. Falconer

Stripping Column Material Balances
prepared by Sanath Kavatooru and John L. Falconer