Postgraduate Course: Gas Separations Using Membranes (MSc) (PGEE11075)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | 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. |
| Course description |
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
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2018/19, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
| Course Start Date |
14/01/2019 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Online Activities 10,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Revision Session Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
63 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | |
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.
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Reading List
Recommended:
Richard W. Baker, Membrane Technology and Applications 2012
Marcel Mulder, Basic Principles of Membrane Technology 1996
Richard N. Noble, S. Alexander Stern Membrane Separations Technology, Principles and Applications 1995
Additional reading:
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
E. Hoek, V. Tarabara, Encyclopedia of Membrane Science and Technology, 2013 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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 Shona Barnet
Tel: (0131 6)51 7715
Email: Shona.Barnet@ed.ac.uk |
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