Advanced Separation Processes

CHEN40461 Advanced Separation Processes 15 Semester 1 Undergraduate Level 4 Ashwin Kumar Rajagopalan Unit coordinator Maria Perez-Page Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 7.5 <div>This unit is focused on advanced methods for separation of different fluids mixtures based on Adsorption and Membrane Technology. The topics covered are:<ul> <li style="text-align:justify">Overview of adsorption in porous materials</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Model development for chromatographic and adsorptive separation processes</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Adsorption processes for carbon capture and storage, oxygen purification and gas sensing applications</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Overview of membrane science and technology.</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Classification of the membranes and membrane processes</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Membranes transport phenomena</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Membranes for gas separations</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Membranes for wastewater treatment and desalination. </li></ul>Ion-Exchange membranes for electrochemical applications.</div> <div> Instruct students on fundamentals of advanced methods for the separation focusing on adsorption and membrane separations, and their use in the chemical industry.</div><div>  </div> Students will be able to:ILO:1 Identify experimental and computational methods to characterize adsorption behavior in porous materialsILO: 2 Describe adsorption thermodynamics and kinetics in porous materialsILO: 3 Model chromatography- and adsorption-based separation processes using a simplified and a detailed mathematical frameworkILO: 4 Design industrially relevant adsorption-based separation processesILO: 5 Classify membrane process by type and select a suitable process for fluid mixtures.ILO: 6 Identify suitable membranes for different application systems.ILO: 7 Apply theories for the design and operation of membrane separation systems.ILO: 8 Use mathematical models to predict performance in membrane-based separations. 0 Other 100% <table class="Table" style="border-collapse:collapse; border:none" width="614"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:368px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; border-top:1px solid black; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black" valign="top">Assessment Types</td> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:246px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; border-top:1px solid black; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:none" valign="top">Total Weighting</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:368px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; border-top:none; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black" valign="top">Mid-semester exam style assessment</td> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:246px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; border-top:none; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:none" valign="top">20%</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:368px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; border-top:none; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black" valign="top">Final Exam</td> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:246px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; border-top:none; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:none" valign="top">80%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> MEng (Hons) Chem Eng MEng Chemical Engineering Fourth Year Optional MEng (Hons) Chem Eng w I E MEng (Hons) Chem Eng w I E Fourth Year Optional MEng (Hons) Chem Eng w SIE MEng Chem Eng w SIE Fourth Year Optional <div> Core Reading Henley, Seader and Roper, Separation Process Principles with Applications Using Process Simulators,4th edition, Wiley. </div><div>  </div><div> Essential Reading A.L. Myers and J.M. Prausnitz, Thermodynamics of mixed gas adsorption, AIChE J, 1965, 11,121-127 R.W. Baker, Membrane Technology and Applications, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-0-470-74372-0 G </div><div>  </div><div> Recommended Reading </div><div>  </div><div> Cussler, Diffusion. Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press. P. Wankat Separation Process Engineering: Includes Mass Transfer Analysis, Prentice Hall 2011 Encyclopedia of Membranes, Editors: Enrico Drioli & Lidietta Giorno. ISBN 978-3-662-443231 </div><div>  </div><div> J. W. Thomas and B.D. Crittenden, Adsorption Technology and Design, Oxford Butterworth Heinemann, 1998 R. T. Yang, Gas Separation by Adsorption Processes, Imperial College Press, 1987. D. M. Ruthven, Principles of Adsorption and Adsorption Processes, 1984. D. M. Ruthven, Pressure Swing Adsorption, John Wiley & Sons, 1993. J. U. Keller and R. Staudt, Gas Adsorption Equilibria: Experimental Methods and Adsorptive Isotherms, Springer US 2005 </div> Lectures 36 0 114