Unit Operations

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Course objectives

To gain knowledge about the basic unit operations in the process engineering through theoretical expressions based on the mass and energy balances. Students are also acquainted with the working principles of the most used devices and selection of their optimum working conditions regarding minimization of energy consumption and product quality.

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Enrolled in or passed the course Exercises in Transport Phenomena
Enrolled in or passed the course Transport Phenomena
Enrolled in or passed the course Exercises in Unit Operations

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

After passing the exam the student is expected to know:
- fundamental principles of mechanical and of heat and mass transfer operations,
- explain the laws that follow performance of individual operation,
- explain the influence of operating variable on each operation,
- explain their working principle of the most common used equipment for particular operation,
- for a given process, select the appropriate equipment,
- possible operating problems that may occur during operation performance.

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

1st week: Introduction to chemical engineering processes. Fluid transport.
2nd week: Centrifugal pumps. Characteristic curves of a centrifugal pump. Special purpose pumps. Gas transport.
3rd week: Classification. Classification equipment.
4th week: Separation. Separation equipment.
5th week: Filtration. General Consideration. Filtration equipment.
6th week: Mixing of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. Power consumption.
7th week: Mixing of particulate solids. Selection and dimensioning of mixing equipment.
8th week: Heat and mass transfer operations. Heat-exchange equipment.
9th week: Evaporation. Types of evaporators.
10th week: Gas absorption. Packings and packed tower design.
11th week: Principles of absorption.
12th week: Principle of drying. Use of psychometric charts.
13th week: Drying equipment.
14th week: Zeotropic and azeotropic mixtures Phase equilibrium. Batch distillation; flash and vacuum distillation. and boiling point diagram. .
15th week: Continuous distillation with reflux. Rectification and stripping. Number of ideal plates; McCabe -Thiele Method.

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Student responsibilities

Lecture and seminar attendance: 80 %.