Separation Processes 5 (U00359)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : EEL-5-CHSEP

The course covers two types of separation processes: (a) humidification and drying and (b) distillation. Part (a) covers humidity definitions, cooling tower design methods, dehumidification by direct air - water contacting and surface condensers. In part (b), a discussion of composition and temperature profiles in ideal distillation columns is followed by examples and purposes of non-standard configurations and energy integration schemes for distillation. The modelling basis for tray-by-tray simulation of distillation columns is followed by a review of how azeotrope - forming mixtures can be separated. Topics include the causes of non-ideality, extractive and azeotropic distillation and composition trajectories.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Chemical Engineering 3A, Chemical Engineering 3B

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Chemical, (School of Engineering and Electronics, Schedule M)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 5th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
08/01/2008	09:00	09:50			Classroom 3, Sanderson Building

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	09:00	09:50	KB
Lecture	Thursday	09:00	10:50	KB

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students should be able to use humidity charts, design cooling towers and dryers, describe tray by tray distillation methods and heat integration for distillation, recognise design faults from column profiles, draw flowsheets for azeotropic and extractive distillation, find distillation regions and boundaries for ternary systems and calculate the consequent limits on separations.