27216 - Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering
Compulsory
5.3. Syllabus
The course is divided in two sections. The following syllabus is intended to help the student the consecution of his/her formative training throughout the following activities:
Section 1: Introduction. Mass and energy balances in steady state.
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Hours present
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Activity
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1.9 ECTS
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9 h
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Master class (theoretical classes and exercises)
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10 h
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Exercises
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The 9 h of master classes will include:
- Chemical Engineering Introduction
- Nomenclature and unit systems; dimensional analysis; units conversion.
- Mass and energy balances in steady state in chemical processes.
- Mass balances in steady state with and without chemical recation.
- Simultaneous resolution of mass and energy balances in steady state.
Section 2: Transport phenomena. Unit Operations and Proceeses. Reactor Design.
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Hours present
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Activity
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4.1 ECTS
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21 h
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Master class (theoretical classes and exercises)
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8 h
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Exercises
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12 h
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Lab practices (2 people groups)
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The 21 h of master classes will include:
- Introduction to Transport Phenomena
- Transport mechanisms. Transport equations in laminar flow regime. The boundary layer.
- Individual and global transport coefficients.
- Heat exchanger design
- Fundamentals of separation processes. Distillation
- Design of absorption and stripping towers.
- Reactor design. Chemical reaction kinetics.
- Discontinuous reactors
- The continuous plug flow reactor model
- The continuous flow stirred-tank reactor
12 h of laboratory practices will be distributed as follows:
Each couple will carry out 3 laboratory practices, two related to Section 1 (laboratory practices 1a to 4a) and one related to section 2 (laboratory practices 5).
Each laboratory practice will last 2,5h. Each couple will carry out 2 practices from the 4 included in Section 1:
Practice 1a: Gas/liquid absorption/desorption. Determination of individual mass transport coefficients.
Practice 2a: Ion exchange. Determination of the breakthrough curve.
Practice 3a: Extraction solid/liquid. Analysis of the contact mode, temperature and number of stages.
Practice 4a: Discontinuous distillation.
Practice 5: continuous plug flow reactor model. Influence of the reaction conditions on the conversion. The continuous flow stirred-tank reactor. Reactors in series.
5.4. Course planning and calendar
The schedules can be consulted on the website of the Faculty of Sciences: http://ciencias.unizar.es/web/horarios.do
Specific dates of the different activities will be announced during the classes, bulletin boards or by ADD (Moodle2 Platform).