Postgraduate Course: Gas Separations Using Membranes (MSc) (PGEE11075)
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 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad (School of Engineering) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course complements other courses on CO2 capture available to MSc students illustrating the role that membranes could play in the separation process. In addition to introducing transport phenomena in membranes and the different materials and properties, a brief overview of the module design will be considered. Several case studies will be illustrated to highlight the correlation between material properties and real applications. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
13/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
68 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students should:
1) Have an overview of the possible uses of membranes for carbon capture applications.
2) Understand the fundamentals of mass transport in membranes.
3) Be able to model transient diffusion in a membrane.
4) Understand the effect of different materials on the process configurations. |
Assessment Information
| Coursework Assignments 30%; Degree Exam 70% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Part I: Introduction to membrane separations
1 Overview of membrane science and technology.
2 Membranes in gas separation and carbon capture.
3 Types of membranes.
Part II: Transport phenomena in membranes
4 Transport in dense membranes
5 Transport in porous membranes
6 Effect of structure on transport properties
7 Multicomponent permeation
8 Multiscale Modelling
Part III: Experimental characterisation of transport properties
9 Equilibrium measurement: solubility and dilation.
10 Diffusivity measurements
11 Permeability measurements
12 Advanced characterisation.
Part IV: Membrane module and processes
13 Membrane preparations.
14 Module configurations.
15 Process design.
Part V: Case studies
16 Postcombustion CO2 capture
17 Hydrogen separation
18 Air separation
19 Natural gas separation |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Richard W. Baker, Membrane Technology and Applications 2004
Marcel Mulder, Basic Principles of Membrane Technology 1996
Richard N. Noble, S. Alexander Stern Membrane Separations Technology, Principles and Applications 1995
J. Crank, The Mathematics of Diffusion 1975
H. Strathmann, Introduction to Membrane Science and Technology, 2011 |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Membranes, gas separation, CCS, carbon capture |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Maria-Chiara Ferrari
Tel: (0131 6)50 5689
Email: m.ferrari@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Kim Orsi
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: Kim.Orsi@ed.ac.uk |
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