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 |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| 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 addition to Drying and humidification, various separation processes will be introduced: Bio-separation and Bio-Fouling, Reactive distillation, Membranes, Dialysis and Adsorption. 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. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | 12:10 - 13:00 | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 12:10 - 13:00 | |
| First Class |
Week 18, Wednesday, 12:10 - 13:00, Zone: King's Buildings. Swann Building Room 7.20 |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students should be able to use humidity charts, design cooling towers and dryers, understand the fundamentals of bio-sepration, reactive distillation, membranes, dialysis and adsorption.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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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Khellil Sefiane
Tel: (0131 6)50 4873
Email: ksefiane@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Kim Orsi
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: Kim.Orsi@ed.ac.uk |
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