Course: Selected Topics from Chemical Engineering

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Course title Selected Topics from Chemical Engineering
Course code UECHI/C037
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Cuhorka Jiří, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Šiška Bedřich, Ing. CSc.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities, Skills training
  • Preparation for an exam - 15 hours per semester
  • Contact teaching - 42 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation of a presentation (report) - 5 hours per semester
  • Individual project - 60 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
To finalise students view about chemical-engineering unit operations as well as tools necessary for engineering practice.
After completing the course the student is able to use various software tools for calculations of selected unit operations. The student is competent to decide on the conditions leading to the solution of chemical engineering problems using software tools.
Prerequisites
Chemical engineering

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Home assignment evaluation, Self project defence

Fundamentals of chemical engineering. Knowledge of working in spreadsheet programs. Developing and presenting own project using software tools.
Recommended literature
  • Coulson, J.M., Richardson, J.F. Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering 1. Butterworth Heinemann, 2000.
  • Himmelblau, D.M. Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering. Prentice Hall PTR, 1996.
  • Lecjaks Z. a kol. Chemické inženýrství I. Pardubice: VŠCHT, 1993.
  • Machač I. a kol. Chemické inženýrství III. Praha: SNTL, 1983.
  • McCabe, W.L., Smith, J.C., Harriott, P. Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering. McGraw: Hill, 2001.
  • Sinnott, R. K. Chemical engineering design. Amsterdam: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005. ISBN 0-7506-6538-6.
  • Volák Z a kol. Chemické inženýrství II. Pardubice: VŠCHT, 1993.


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