Objectives and competences
Objectives:
• To acquaint students with basic knowledge in the field of process engineering
• Strengthen competence for solving problems in the field process engineering and consolidating the engineering research approach.
Competences:
• Ability to use acquired knowledge in the independent solution of technical problems in the field of process engineering.
• Ability to search for sources, critically assess information, independently upgrade knowledge in the field of process engineering.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Fundamentals of process engineering
• Fundamentals of multicomponent, multiphase systems.
• Mass balances
• Energy balances
• Basics of processes
• Mixing
• Drying
• Evaporation
• Distillation
• Absorption and adsorption
• Modeling of two-phase flows.
• Heat exchangers and energy devices
• Heat transfer
Learning and teaching methods
Type (examination, oral, coursework, project):
• writen examination
• oral examination/questionnaire(e-quiz).
• laboratory exercise report
NOTES: for a positive exam, each part must be positive (50%); an individual part of the examination may be replaced by partial exams; partial exams are valid until the end of the academic year
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes:
• Successful work on energy development
research projects
• Mastering very demanding, complex work processes in the field of process engineering.
• The ability to come up with original solutions and critical reflection when solving problems in the field of process engineering.
Readings
• HRIBERŠEK, Matjaž. Procesna tehnika. Del 1, Osnove, mešanje, sušenje. Maribor: Fakulteta za strojništvo, 2005. XIV, 497 str., graf. prikazi, ilustr. ISBN 86-435-0674-5. [COBISS.SI-ID 54256897]
• Seader, J.D, Henley, E.J., Roper, D.K., Separation Process Principles with Applications Using Process
Simulators, 4th Edition, Wiley, 2015.
• Green D.W., Southard, M. Z., Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, 9th Edition, McGraw-Hill Education;
2018.
• Jawad, Z.A., Membrane Technology for CO2 Sequestration. CRC Press; 2019.
• Lieberman, N., Understanding Process Equipment for Operators and Engineers. Elsevier; 2019
• Basmadjian D., MassTransfer and Separation Processes, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, 2007
• E. E. Michaelides, C. T. Crowe, J.D. Schwarzkopf, Multiphase Flow Handbook, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2016.
