Course: Hydraulic and Heat Transfer Processes

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Course title Hydraulic and Heat Transfer Processes
Course code UECHI/C138
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Cakl Jiří, doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Flow of non-compressible Newtonian fluid through pipe, Solution of more complex pipeline systems, Flow of compressible fluids (gases), Isothermal and adiabatic flow through pipe, Compression of gases and vapours, Flow of non-Newtonian fluids through pipe, Apparatus for transport of fluids (pumps, compressors, vacuum pumps), Fluidization, Sedimentation (Kynch theory), Filtration (surface, volume filtrations), Stirring/ mixing of heterogeneous systems, Heat transmission by radiation, Complex calculations of heat exchangers and multi-member evaporators, Rationalisation of heat consumption in chemical-engineering operations (evaporators, rectification columns), Exploitation of standard software products in engineering calculations and design, Specialised chemical-engineering software, Individual projects assigned to students.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
  • unspecified - 8 hours per semester
  • Individual project - 20 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 52 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 8 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The students are acquainted with approaches to solution of more complex engineering problems from the area of hydraulic and heat transfer processes. Emphasis is put on independent solution of selected tasks (projects), exploitation of scientific literature and other auxiliary means, such as specialised chemical-engineering software.
Graduates are expected to have an ability to identify, formulate and solve problems form fluid flow and heat transfer.
Prerequisites
Principles of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering I, II, MS Excel

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Home assignment evaluation

There is an oral examination. Primary form of exam is the debate about selected themes. Level of acquired knowledge, conceptions and application acquirements is examined. Knowledge is also examined by test and individual projects during semester whose results are included into total classification.
Recommended literature
  • Coulson, J.M., Richardson, J.F. Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering 1. Butterworth Heinemann, 2000.
  • Lecjaks Z. a kol. Chemické inženýrství I. VŠCHT Pardubice, 1993.
  • Machač I. a kol. Chemické inženýrství III. SNTL Praha, 1983.
  • McCabe, W.L., Smith, J.C., Harriott, P. Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering. McGraw-Hill, 2001.
  • NOVÁK V A KOL. Hydraulické procesy v chemickém a potravinářském průmyslu. SNTL Praha, 1989.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Chemical Engineering (2015) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Chemical Engineering (2013) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Chemical Engineering (2016) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter