Unit Operation II

 

 

FACULTY

ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

LEVEL OF STUDY

UNDERGRADUATE

SEMESTER OF STUDY

6o

COURSE TITLE

Unit Operation II
COURSEWORK BREAKDOWNTEACHING WEEKLY HOURSECTS Credits
Lectures4
Laboratory0
Projects0

TOTAL

5
COURSE TYPE Compulsory
PREREQUISITES
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION/EXAMSGreek
COURSE DELIVERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTSYes

MODULE WEB PAGE (URL)

https://eclass.uowm.gr/


2. LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students have the following knowledge/abilities/skills:
• Design of liquid and gaseous fluid transport networks, understand the types of equipment used to move the fluids, as well as calculate the required energy.
• Design of mixing processes and in particular, define the geometric characteristics of mixing vessels and impellers and calculate the required energy.
• Particle characterization and solids separation and filtration processes.


General Skills

• Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
• Decision making
• Autonomous work
• Teamwork


3. COURSE CONTENTS

1. Introduction: Basic principals
2. Liquid transport equipment
2.1. Liquid transport equipment: Pump
2.1.1. Calculation of required pump head
2.1.2. Net positive suction head (NPSH)
2.1.3. Developed pressure and power consumption
2.1.4. Pie fittings and manometric head losses
2.1.5. Pump classification (positive displacement, dynamic)
2.1.6. Characteristic curves and operating point
2.1.7. Connectivity: parallel and in series
2.2. Gas transport and compression equipment
2.2.1. Compression work
2.2.2. General principles for compressors, blowers and fans
2.2.3. Vacuum pumps
2.2.4. Type of compression machines (positive displacement, dynamic, ejection, diffusion)
2.2.5. Gas flow under pressure
3. Mixing processes
3.1. General
3.2. Geometric characteristics, characteristic sizes, power consumption of mixing devises
3.3. Mixing of miscible liquids
3.4. Suspension of solid particles
3.5. Liquid-to-liquid dispersion
3.6. Gas dispersion in liquid
4. Particle characterization ad separation
4.1. Particle characterization
4.1.1. Shape and size definition
4.1.2. Solid particle behavior
4.1.3. Particle size distribution
4.2. Sampling
4.2.1. From piles
4.2.2. From transition pipelines
4.2.3. From gaseous solutions
4.3. Particle size distribution calculation
4.3.1. Sifting
4.3.2. Gravity settling
4.3.3. Centrifugal sedimentation
4.3.4. Coulter method
4.3.5. Photometric methods
4.3.6. Specific surface calculation
4.4. Mechanical particle separation
4.4.1. Solid-to-solid separation (sieving, size clarification, magnetic and electrostatic separation)
4.4.2. Solid separation from liquids (sieving, sedimentation, centrifugation, filtration)


4. TEACHING METHODS – ASSESSMENT

MODE OF DELIVERY
In person
USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
• Presentation in Power Point
• Online classroom
• eclass

TEACHING METHODS
Method descriptionSemester Workload
Lectures60
Assignments20
Exams20
Course Total
ASSESSMENT METHODS Exams in Greek language

Problem solving and short answer questions.

Final exams (80%) and assignments (20%)


5. RESOURCES

Suggested bibliography :

• Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering (7th edition). W. L. McCabe, J. C. Smith, P. Harriott. McGraw-Hill ISBN 007-124710-6 (also available in Greek)
• Mechanical unit operation, Καστρινάκης Ελευθέριος, Εκδόσεις Α. ΤΖΙΟΛΑ και ΥΙΟΙ ΑΕ, Φιλίππου 91,2004 (in Greek)
• Chemical technology, Ζαμπούλης Δ., Ζουμπούλης Α., Καραπάντσιος Θ., Μάτης Κ., Τριανταφυλλίδης Κ., Εκδόσεις Α. ΤΖΙΟΛΑ και ΥΙΟΙ ΑΕ, 2009 (in Greek).

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