Phelma Formation 2022

Unit operations - 4PMPSEP1

  • Number of hours

    • Lectures 18.0
    • Projects 0
    • Tutorials 18.0
    • Internship 0
    • Laboratory works 0

    ECTS

    ECTS 2.0

Goal(s)

To introduce separation operations and their technical descriptions and to design processes

Level : advanced lecture in chemical engineering

Contact Florence DRUART

Content(s)

A. Equilibrium-Stage Separation Operations

  • A.1 Design
    • Equilibrium stage
    • Transfer
    • Unit
  • A.2 Applications
    • Binary or multicomponent separation : distillation
    • Batch or continuous operations : liquid/liquid extraction
    • Mass transfer with chemical reaction : absorption
  • A.3 Technical description

B. Physicochemical separation processes fluid/particles and fluids/fluids

  • B.1. Gravity and centrifugal separation
    • Decantation, centrifugation, cyclone
  • B.2 Porous media
    • Dead-end and tangential filtration
  • B.3 Scale-up, design and applications


Prerequisites

Mass and energy balance

Test

Written exam (2h)



Examen Ecrit : 100%

Additional Information

Course list
Curriculum->Engineering degree->Semester 8
Curriculum->Master->Semester 8

Bibliography

Equilibrium-stage separation operations in chemical engineering (Henley E.J., Seader J.D., John Wiley & sons 1981)

Unit operations of chemical engineering (McCabe W.L., Smith J.C., McGraw Hill 3rd Ed. 1976)