Academic year2016/17
CourseCHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Code625II
Credits12
PeriodSemester 1 & 2
LanguageItalian
Modules | Area | Type | Hours | Teacher(s) |
OPERAZIONI UNITARIE I | ING-IND/25 | LEZIONI | 60 | |
OPERAZIONI UNITARIE II | ING-IND/25 | LEZIONI | 60 | |
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Knowledge
• identify major unit operations, including: mass transfer and heat transfer;
• analyse the functions of the major unit operations, including purpose and application of each;
• identify the range of equipment used to perform each major unit operation;
• size and design equipment;
• prepare process data sheets with equipment model.
Assessment criteria of knowledge
The student will be assessed on his/her demonstrated ability to discuss the main course contents using the appropriate terminology.
Methods:
- Final oral exam
- Final written exam
- Written report
Teaching methods
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
- attending lectures
- preparation of oral/written report
- individual study
- group work
- ICT assisted study
Attendance: Advised
Teaching methods:
Syllabus
1) Heat transfer to fluids without phase change. Fundamentals. Energy balance and driving forces. Equipment features, selection and design criteria.
2) Heat transfer to fluids with phase change. Fundamentals of condensation and evaporation. Pool and convective boiling. Energy balance and driving forces. Equipment features, selection and design criteria.
3) Distillation. Fundamentals on multicomponent vapor-liquid equilibria. Flash and differential distillation. Continuous and batch distillation. Material and enthalpy balances. Design of sieve-plate columns. Equipment features, selection and design criteria.
4) Absorption and stripping. Principles and rate of absorption. Mass-transfer coefficients for packed columns. Equipment features, selection and design criteria.
5) Humidification operations. Wet-bulb temperature. Theory and calculation of humidification processes. Equipment features and sizing criteria.
6) Adsorption. Equilibria and principles of adsorption.Adsorber design
Bibliography
R.H. Perry, D.W. Green: "Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook", Mc Graw-Hill
Educational material provided by the teacher on e-learning UNIPI
Recommended:
D. Kern: "Process heat transfer", Mc Graw - Hill
R.E. Treybal: "Mass transfer operations", Mc Graw - Hill
Further bibliography:
W.L. McCabe, J.C. Smith, P. Harriott: "Unit operations of chemical engineering" Mc Graw-Hill
J.M. Coulson, J.F. Richardson: "Chemical Engineering", Pergamon Press (vols. 1, 2 and 6)
Updated: 14/11/2016 17:27