Description

Theory
2

Theory/Practice
2

Instructors

Margarida Ribeiro

Contents

1. Distillation (5 weeks)
Vapor-liquid equilibria
Flash vaporization
Differential distillation
Batch and continuous Distillation
Equipment study for multistage tray towers. Continuous contact equipment Auxiliary equipment
Design of plate columns: The method of Ponchon and Savarit and McCabe and Thiele
Plate efficiencies

2. Evaporation(3.5 weeks)
Types of evaporation equipment and operation methods. Equipment
Overall heat-transfer coefficients
Calculation methods for single-effect evaporators and multiple-effect evaporators

3. Crystallization (2.5 weeks)
Equipment
Methods of crystallization
Enthalpy-concentration phase diagrams

4. Drying (2 weeks)
Introduction and methods of drying
Equipment
Theory of drying
Rate of drying curves
Calculation methods for constant-rate drying period

5. Liquid - Liquid Extraction (2 weeks)
Objectives, Equipment and industrial applications
Modes of operation
Calculations Methods

Learning Outcomes

OB1: Describe the main principles and stages involved in separation processes based on heat and mass transfer.

OB2: Identify and analyse the main parameters that influence heat and mass transfer separation processes.

OB3: Design and size equipment used in separation processes in Chemical Engineering.

OB4: Select and design appropriate separation processes to solve engineering problems.