Virtual laboratory course in chemical engineering and unit operations (VIPRATECH)-tutorials, simulations and remote process control

Being part of the major project "Vernetztes Studium Chemie" VIPRATECH aims at developing Internet based teaching aids to provide the means for a virtual laboratory course in chemical engineering and unit operations. With VIPRATECH students and other people have the possibility to inform themselves about the theoretical background and the experimental setup before going ahead with the experiment. Additionally, VIPRATECH helps to visualize fundamental processes as well as to clarify theoretical concepts needed for the evaluation of the received experimental data. One major advantage is the possibility to deepen one's understanding of the underlying concepts while surfing the net. VIPRATECH consists of three parts: multimedia text books, interactive simulations and interfaces for observing/controlling real laboratory experiments via the Internet by using a standard web-browser. The poster discusses the structure and the advantages of VIPRATECH.