Teaching Laboratories
UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING LABORATORIES
Laboratory time complements lectures and tutorials to further students' understanding of the properties of materials, separation processes, transport phenomena, and heat and mass transfer unit operations. Oil and gas students acquire valuable knowledge of the properties and phase behaviour of hydrocarbon fluids, the fundamental characteristics of reservoir rocks, and the physics of fluid flow in porous media in their labs.
Engineering 201 Lab
In the Engineering 201 lab there are five laboratory sessions, which are held in Room C34B, located in the basement of Engineering C Block. The laboratory exercises are a mandatory part of the ENGG 201 course. Students are required to attend all five scheduled laboratory sessions and submit four complete laboratory reports.
The laboratory sessions are designed to:
- illustrate the theoretical concepts presented in the lectures,
- show the relationship between mathematical models and real systems and
- acquaint the student with collecting and processing experimental data
- train the student to write technical reports
The first experiment is called: Density of Solids, Liquids and Gases.
The purpose of the experiment is to determine the relative density of:
- solids using Archimedes' immersion technique for compact samples
- liquids using a pycnometer
- gases using the "efflux" method
The second experiment is called: Isothermal Behaviour of a Pure Substance.
The purpose of the experiment is:
- to examine the behaviour of a pure substance during compression and expansion
- to determine one isotherm for a pure substance near its critical point
The third experiment is called: Vapour Pressure of Liquids.
The purpose of the experiment is:
- to determine the vapour pressure of an assigned liquid over a temperature interval
- to estimate the normal boiling point and the latent heat of vaporization of
the liquid
The fourth experiment is called: Viscosity of Gases and Liquids.
The purpose of this experiment is:
- to determine the viscosity of gases using a gas viscometer calibrated with nitrogen
- to determine the diameter of the capillary tube used in the gas viscometer
- to examine the thixotropic behaviour of a Bentonite slurry
- to determine the power law parameters for the Bentonite slurry