Undergraduate Course: Gas Separations Using Membranes 5 (CHEE11022)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course complements other courses on CO2 capture, illustrating the role that membranes could play in the separation process. In addition to introducing transport phenomena in membranes and the different materials and properties, a brief overview of the module design will be considered. Several case studies will be illustrated to highlight the correlation between material properties and real applications. |
| Course description |
Part I: Introduction to membrane separations
1 Overview of membrane science and technology.
2 Membranes in gas separation and carbon capture.
3 Types of membranes.
Part II: Transport phenomena in membranes
4 Transport in dense membranes
5 Transport in porous membranes
6 Effect of structure on transport properties
7 Multicomponent permeation
8 Multiscale Modelling
Part III: Experimental characterisation of transport properties
9 Equilibrium measurement: solubility and dilation.
10 Diffusivity measurements
11 Permeability measurements
12 Advanced characterisation.
Part IV: Membrane module and processes
13 Membrane preparations.
14 Module configurations.
15 Process design.
Part V: Case studies
16 Postcombustion CO2 capture
17 Hydrogen separation
18 Air separation
19 Natural gas separation
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
Students should:
1) Have an overview of the possible uses of membranes for carbon capture applications.
2) Understand the fundamentals of mass transport in membranes.
3) Be able to model transient diffusion in a membrane.
4) Understand the effect of different materials on the process configurations.
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Reading List
Recommended:
Richard W. Baker, Membrane Technology and Applications 2012
Marcel Mulder, Basic Principles of Membrane Technology 1996
Additional reading:
J. Crank, The Mathematics of Diffusion 1975
H. Strathmann, Introduction to Membrane Science and Technology, 2011
E. Hoek, V. Tarabara, Encyclopedia of Membrane Science and Technology, 2013 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
None |
| Keywords | Membranes,gas separation,CCS,carbon capture |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Maria-Chiara Ferrari
Tel: (0131 6)50 5689
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Megan Inch
Tel: (0131 6)51 7079
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