Unit operations

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Course objectives

Acquiring the knowledge required for understanding chemical engineering problems related to unit operations that are applied in the chemical and related industries (food, pharmaceutical etc.)

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Undergraduate courses: General and Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, Principles of Physical Chemistry, Mathematics, Chemistry and computing.

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

After passing the exam the student is expected to know:
- Basic mechanisms of mass and energy transfer (transport phenomena)
- Conservation of momentum, energy, mass
- Occurrence in fluid flow
- Equipment for the fluids and solids transport
- Flow past immersed bodies.
- Methods and equipment for separation
- Heat transfer equipment.
- Mass Transfer Operations

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

1st week: Introduction and overview of the course content. Fundamentals of fluid mechanics. Fluid properties.
2nd week: Fluid statics. Fluid dynamics.
3rd week: Pressure drop in pipes and fittings.
4th week: Transportation of fluids and solids.
5th week: Centrifugal pumps.
6th week: Size reduction. Screening.
7th week: Flow past immersed bodies. Sedimentation.
8th week: Fluidization. Separation.
9th week: Filtration. Mixing.
Examination I
10th week: Heat Transfer. Conduction.
11th week: Convection. Radiation.
12th week: Heat exchangers .
13th week: Mass Transfer. Absorption.
14th week: Drying. Extraction.
15th week: Distillation.
Examination II
Exercises:
1. Determination of flow types and critical Re-number visual observation.
2. Determination of pressure drop in pipes and fittings.
3. Fluidization - determination of fluidized bed.
4. Filtration - determination of the constants and the average specific filtration resistance.
5. Mixing - determination power consumption of agitated vessels.
6. Heat exchangers - determination of heat transfer coefficients.
7. Absorption - pressure drop and capacity of filled towers.

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Student responsibilities

Attendance at lectures in the amount of 80% of the hourly rate.
Attendance of the exercises in the amount of 100% of the hourly rate.