Virtual Laboratories
These are browser-based virtual
laboratories (VLs). The first one 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. Contact us at learncheme@gmail.com with questions or
suggestions or to obtain an instructor account. The second laboratory has
screencasts that describe how to use it.
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 |
Enzymatic Reactors Virtual Laboratory (coming soon) 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. However, they do not
save data, nor do they provide different conditions for each user. These simulations
were programmed in Mathematica and the simulations can be used offline with the
free Wolfram
CDF plug-in. An example of a separations simulation that
could be used as a VL is the Multi-Stage Batch Distillation.
Multi-stage Batch Distillation |