CHEN60461 15 Semester 1 Postgraduate Taught Level 6 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. &nbsp;</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> N <p><strong>Core Reading</strong></p><p>Henley, Seader and Roper, <em>Separation Process Principles with Applications Using Process Simulators,4th edition</em>, Wiley.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Essential Reading</strong></p><p>A.L. Myers and J.M. Prausnitz, <em>Thermodynamics of mixed gas adsorption</em>, AIChE J, 1965, 11,121-127.</p><p>R.W. Baker, <em>Membrane Technology and Applications, 3rd edition</em>, John Wiley &amp; Sons. ISBN: 978-0-470-74372-0 G&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Recommended Reading&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Cussler, <em>Diffusion.</em> <em>Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems 3rd edition</em>, Cambridge University Press.</p><p>P. Wankat <em>Separation Process Engineering: Includes Mass Transfer Analysis</em>, Prentice Hall 2011.</p><p><em>Encyclopedia of Membranes</em>, Editors: Enrico Drioli &amp; Lidietta Giorno. ISBN: 978-3-662-443231</p><p>J. W. Thomas and B.D. Crittenden,<em> Adsorption Technology and Design</em>, Oxford Butterworth Heinemann, 1998.</p><p>R. T. Yang, <em>Gas Separation by Adsorption Processes</em>, Imperial College Press, 1987.</p><p>D. M. Ruthven, <em>Principles of Adsorption and Adsorption Processes</em>, 1984.</p><p>D. M. Ruthven,<em> Pressure Swing Adsorption</em>, John Wiley &amp; Sons, 1993.</p><p>J. U. Keller and R. Staudt, <em>Gas Adsorption Equilibria: Experimental Methods and Adsorptive Isotherms</em>, Springer US 2005.&nbsp;</p> Lectures 36 0 114