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
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Semester 2 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
100
(
 Lecture Hours 20,
Online Activities 10,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
 Formative Assessment Hours 1,
 Summative Assessment Hours 2,
 Revision Session Hours 1,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
63 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Final exam, 100% | 
 
| Feedback | 
Not entered | 
 
| Exam Information | 
 
    | Exam Diet | 
    Paper Name | 
    Hours & Minutes | 
    
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) |  | 2:00 |  |  
 
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 | Mr David Dorman 
Tel: (0131 6)51 7185 
Email:  | 
   
 
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