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Syllabus for

 Academic year
KAA102 - Advanced separation technology  
 
Syllabus adopted 2014-02-21 by Head of Programme (or corresponding)
Owner: MPISC
7,5 Credits
Grading: TH - Five, Four, Three, Not passed
Education cycle: Second-cycle
Major subject: Chemical Engineering
Department: 21 - CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING


Teaching language: English
Open for exchange students
Block schedule: D

Course module   Credit distribution   Examination dates
Sp1 Sp2 Sp3 Sp4 Summer course No Sp
0107 Examination 7,5 c Grading: TH   7,5 c   05 Jun 2015 am H   15 Apr 2015 am V,  18 Aug 2015 am V

In programs

MPSYS SYSTEMS, CONTROL AND MECHATRONICS, MSC PROGR, Year 1 (elective)
MPISC INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, MSC PROGR, Year 1 (compulsory elective)
MPISC INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, MSC PROGR, Year 2 (elective)
MPSES SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS, MSC PROGR, Year 1 (elective)

Examiner:

Professor  Anders Rasmuson


Replaces

KAA101   Adv.separation technology (incl.sep.of envir.harmf.subs.)


Eligibility:


In order to be eligible for a second cycle course the applicant needs to fulfil the general and specific entry requirements of the programme that owns the course. (If the second cycle course is owned by a first cycle programme, second cycle entry requirements apply.)
Exemption from the eligibility requirement: Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling these requirements.

Course specific prerequisites

The course is adapted to chemical engineering students, and basic chemical engineering and transport phenomena knowledge will be assumed. Some topics treated in preceding courses will appear, but will not be treated as extensively in this course.

Aim

The aim of this advanced course is to deepen and extend knowledge and understanding of separation processes and their key role in eliminating the release of harmful substances. Some separation methods like distillation will be treated in greater detail than in undergraduate courses and some new separation methods like membrane operations and adsorption will be introduced. Multicomponent effects on equilibria and transport will be discussed.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)


  • understand basic separation mechanisms, in particular multi-component effects

  • use computer tools to design and evaluate a separation process

  • be able to choose appropriate separation method

Content

The areas treated in the course are:



  1. Introduction; classification; choice of separation method; energy requirements.

  2. Multicomponent transport and equilibria.

  3. Multicomponent distillation/absorption.

  4. Dynamic simulation.

  5. Adsorption.

  6. Membrane separation.

  7. Biological separation methods.

Organisation

The course contains lectures, exercises, design project and laboratory work.

Literature

Seader J.D. and Henley E.J.: Separation Process Principles, 2nd ed., Wiley 2006.


Handouts.

Examination

Written examination. Compulsory laboratory and project work.

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