Course: Separation Processes in Chemical and Environmental Engineering

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Course title Separation Processes in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Course code UECHI/CA203
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Mikulášek Petr, prof. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Properties of suspensions, methods of their characterization, principles, theoretical foundations and models for separation in a solid-liquid system, pre-treatment of slurries (coagulation, flocculation, auxiliary filtering agents), description of separation equipment (sedimentation in gravitational and centrifugal fields, cake and depth filtration, hydrocyclones, sieving) and its elements, specific sludge discharges, equipment calculations (basic dimensions and scaling) and their applications.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
To acquaint the student with chemical engineering operations, from the treatment of raw materials, through dispersion and mixing, flow of liquids and suspensions, through separation techniques for intermediates and products (filtration, settling). Within the scope of the subject, the acquired knowledge will be extended by physico-chemical aspects in the given devices, methods of design of these devices and optimization of their operation from an engineering point of view.
Students are able to accurately identify the essence of individual operations, analyze and synthesize whole process systems in engineering terms, and are familiar with methods that enable effective transfer and interpretation of laboratory test results into industrial practice.
Prerequisites
Completed master's degree in chemistry and chemical-technology study programs.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Oral exam. The basic form of the exam is a discussion of the selected circuits.
Recommended literature
  • Rhodes M. Introduction to Particle Technology. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1998. ISBN 0-471-98483-3.
  • Svárovský L. Solid-Liquid Separation, 4th Ed.. London: Butterworths, 2000. ISBN 0-408-03765-2.
  • Wakeman R.J., Tarleton E.S. FILTRATION. Equipment Selection Modelling and Process Simulation.. Oxford: Elsevier, 1999. ISBN 1-85617-345-3.


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