Course: Chemical Engineering I

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Course title Chemical Engineering I
Course code UECHI/C021K
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 8
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jiránková Hana, Ing. Dr.
  • Palatý Zdeněk, doc. Ing. CSc.
  • Mikulášek Petr, prof. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Dimension analysis, similarity, modelling, analogy. Fluid flow, its characterization. Mass and energy balance in flowing fluids. Fluid flow in pipes, pressure drop. Tranport of fluids. Flow of one fluid through porous bed. Filtration, construction of filters. Membrane processes. Sedimentation of particles in gravitational and centrifugal fields. Liquid mixing. Heat transfer, heat conduction in plane and cylindrical wall. Heat transfer between fluid and solid wall. Heat transfer between two fluids. Design of heat exchangers. Evaporation, construction of evaporators. Introduction to diffusion operations. Design of staged aborbers. Mass exchangers. Liquid-vapour equilibrium, binary systems. Flash distillation of binary mixtures. Continuous distillation, McCabe-Thiele method. Batch and continuous extraction, simplified solution. Extractors. Parameters of moist air. Drying of solid materials.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to give the basic concept about physical processes, which can be encountered in equipment for chemical, food and pharmaceutical industries.
After this course, the student is able to orient in the basic computational methods to solve the selected unit operations. Beside, he is qualified to make decision on the conditions leading to simplified solutions. Passing this course is the necessary condition for the study of "Chemical engineering II" and "Diffusion processes".
Prerequisites
Mathematics I, Physics I, Basic physical chemistry

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

There is an oral examination. The primary form is a debate about selected themes. The level of acquired knowledge, conceptions and application acquirements is examined. Knowledge is examined by a test during the semestr and its result is included into the total classification.
Recommended literature
  • Bafrncová S. a kol. Chemické inžinierstvo-príklady a úlohy. ALFA Bratislava, 1992.
  • Cakl J., Žáková A., Hemer J. Příručka k chemicko-inženýrským výpočtům I. Univerzita Pardubice, 2001.
  • Lecjaks Z., Machač I., Kuchler M. Chemické inženýrství I. VŠCHT Pardubice, 1993.
  • Míka V. a kol. Sbírka příkladů z chemického inženýrství. SNTL Praha-ALFA Bratislava, 1981.
  • Míka V. Základy chemického inženýrství. SNTL Praha, 1977.
  • Volák Z., Kuchler M., Sákra T. Chemické inženýrství II. Univerzita Pardubice, 1994.


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