Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h + 22.5 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Luis Alconero Patricia; Mignon Denis;
Language
English
Main themes
Unit operations for fluid-fluid separation (distillation, absorption/stripping, liquid-liquid and solid-liquid extraction). Operating principles and methods for the selection, sizing and choice of equipment applicable to these unit operations.
Aims
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Contribution of the activity to the AA referential:
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The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The course covers successively the following topics:
- Diffusion theory. Fick's law and Stefan's law. Convective and molecular transfer coefficients. Analogy between heat and mass transfer.
- Continuous and batch distillation of binary and multi-component mixtures. Graphical (McCabe and Thiele) and numerical sizing methods. Simplified ("shortcut") and rigorous methods. Trayed column design (equipment, efficiency and capacity).
- Absorption of one or more components into a liquid, with of without a chemical reaction. Stripping. Packed column hydrodynamics. Different types of packing and absorbers.
- Liquid-liquid extraction. Single stage and multiple stages, with or without reflux. Extractor types and selection criteria. Supercritical extraction.
Teaching methods
The method of the course consists of 14 lectures by the course teachers, completed by 10 workouts sessions supervised by assistants. Some of the latter are based on paper-pencil computations, the others are based on the use of the ASPEN+ process simulation software.
A laboratory session on absorption is also planned.
A laboratory session on absorption is also planned.
Evaluation methods
Individually during an examination composed of one written part (problems resolution and/or restitution of theoretical developments presented during the course) and one oral part (short questions/answers on other parts of the course material, without preparation).
Exercises on Aspen+ done during the course and the laboratory session will be also part of the final evaluation.
Exercises on Aspen+ done during the course and the laboratory session will be also part of the final evaluation.
Other information
It is highly recommended to have attended a Thermodynamics - Phase equilibria course LMAPR1310 or similar.
Online resources
Bibliography
- Copie des supports de présentation. Ces documents sont disponibles sur Moodle.
- Livre de référence : Separation Process Principles, Third Edition, Henley, Seader and Roper, Editeur John Wiley & Sons, 2011, ISBN-13: 978-0470646113.
Faculty or entity
FYKI
