CHEN40461
Chemical Separations for a Cleaner World
15
Semester 1
Undergraduate
Level 4
Ashwin Kumar Rajagopalan
Unit coordinator
Maria Perez-Page
Unit coordinator
Department of Chemical Engineering
1
FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 '
European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 7.5
<p>This unit is focused on advanced methods for separation of different fluids mixtures based on Adsorption and Membrane Technology. The topics covered are:</p><ul><li>Overview of adsorption in porous materials</li><li>Model development for chromatographic and adsorptive separation processes</li><li>Adsorption processes for carbon capture and storage, oxygen purification and gas sensing applications</li><li>Overview of membrane science and technology.</li><li>Classification of the membranes and membrane processes</li><li>Membranes transport phenomena</li><li>Membranes for gas separations</li><li>Membranes for wastewater treatment and desalination. </li><li>Ion-Exchange membranes for electrochemical applications. </li></ul>
<p>Instruct students on fundamentals of advanced methods for the separations of different fluids focusing on adsorption and membrane separations, and their use in chemical industry.</p>
<p>Students will be able to:</p><p>ILO1: Identify experimental and computational methods to characterize adsorption behaviour in porous materials</p><p>ILO2: Describe adsorption thermodynamics and kinetics in porous materials</p><p>ILO3: Model chromatography- and adsorption-based separation processes using a simplified and a detailed mathematical framework</p><p>ILO4: Design industrially relevant adsorption-based separation processes</p><p>ILO5: Classify membrane process by type and select a suitable process for fluid mixtures.</p><p>ILO6: Identify suitable membranes for different application systems.</p><p>ILO7: Apply theories for the design and operation of membrane separation systems.</p><p>ILO8: Use mathematical models to predict performance in membrane-based separations</p>
<p>Asynchronous material will be provided in advance of lectures. Lectures will consistent of a mix of developing key concepts from the asynchronous material, delivering new concepts, and working through example problems.</p><p>During the Synchronous sessions will provide an opportunity to practice solving problems with support from GTAs and lecturers.</p>
0
Other
100%
<p>Exam - 50%</p><p>Group Coursework - 30%</p><p>Online Test - 20%</p>
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
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