Undergraduate Course: Separation Processes 5 (CHEE11010)
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 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Chemical |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
The course covers two types of separation processes: (a) humidification and drying and (b) distillation. Part (a) covers humidity definitions, cooling tower design methods, dehumidification by direct air - water contacting and surface condensers. In part (b), a discussion of composition and temperature profiles in ideal distillation columns is followed by examples and purposes of non-standard configurations and energy integration schemes for distillation. The modelling basis for tray-by-tray simulation of distillation columns is followed by a review of how azeotrope - forming mixtures can be separated. Topics include the causes of non-ideality, extractive and azeotropic distillation and composition trajectories. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 12:10 - 13:00 | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 10:00 - 10:50 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 12:10 - 13:00, Zone: King's Buildings. Classroom 1, Sanderson Building |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students should be able to use humidity charts, design cooling towers and dryers, describe tray by tray distillation methods and heat integration for distillation, recognise design faults from column profiles, draw flowsheets for azeotropic and extractive distillation, find distillation regions and boundaries for ternary systems and calculate the consequent limits on separations. |
Assessment Information
Two hour written examination at the end of the semester.
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| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Khellil Sefiane
Tel: (0131 6)50 4873
Email: ksefiane@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Laura Smith
Tel: (0131 6)50 5690
Email: laura.smith@ed.ac.uk |
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