Undergraduate Course: Chemical Engineering Unit Operations 3 (CHEE09009)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Engineering |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 09 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Chemical |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
The aim of this module is to deepen the student’s knowledge of the unit operations with a focus on distillation, absorption, adsorption and drying processes. This provides a foundation for the Chemical Engineering in Practice modules in the second semester of the 3rd year and for the Process Design modules in the 4th year.
This module draws on the concurrent course in Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer, which gives the necessary foundations in mass transfer theory and also on the previous material in Chemical Engineering 2 Separation Processes, which should have imparted an understanding of the basic graphical methods in distillation of binary mixtures and other processes.
The present lectures will extend the simplified binary distillation processes of the previous module to the most general multicomponent case. We will explore efficient short cut methods and briefly introduce the principles behind accurate numerical solution procedures for multicomponent absorption, stripping and distillation processes; we will review rate-based mass transfer operations for packed columns in application to absorption and stripping and finally, we will consider basic design principles of adsorption, humidification and drying processes.
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Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 10:00 - 12:00 |
| First Class |
Week 1, Friday, 10:00 - 12:00, Zone: King's Buildings. Lecture Room 3, Ashworth Labs |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able:
- to apply the principles of mass, heat transfer and thermodynamics to analyze and synthesize chemical engineering processes
- to use short cut and graphical methods in design of multicomponent distillation, absorption, stripping and other processes
- to analyze critically advantages and disadvantages of various design options and parameters (stage vs. packed columns)
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Assessment Information
| 1.5 hour degree examinations in December |
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Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Lev Sarkisov
Tel: (0131 6)50 4862
Email: Lev.Sarkisov@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Nicola Marshall
Tel:
Email: Nicola.Marshall@ed.ac.uk |
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