Undergraduate Course: Fluidisation 5 (CHEE11012)
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 | Fluidisation is an important processing technique in the chemical industry where it is used in reacting systems such as catalytic cracking and also for purely physical processes such as drying. The course covers the phenomenon of fluidisation and its regimes, empirical models for flow, heat and mass transfer in fluidised beds, design of fluidised reactors and circulating fluidised beds. Design considerations are presented for pneumatic conveying, which is akin to extremely high velocity fluidisation and is useful for moving particulate material in a continuous way. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students should:
- be familiar with a range of applications of fluidisation and understand the advantage of using the technology in those instances;
- be able to describe the regimes of fluidisation and quantify relevant variables such as bubble rise velocity;
- be able to apply fluid dynamical and transport theory and reaction kinetics to evaluate a fluidised bed as a reactor;
- be able to describe qualitatively and quantitatively pneumatic conveying and its implications. |
Assessment Information
Two hour written examination at the end of the semester.
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jennifer Skilling
Tel: (0131 6)50 4863
Email: J.Skilling@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Kim Orsi
Tel: 0131 242 6374
Email: Kim.Orsi@ed.ac.uk |
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