2016 Advanced Separation Operation

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
Instructor(s)
Ito Akira 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon1-2(S421)  Thr3-4(S421)  
Group
-
Course number
CAP.C442
Credits
2
Academic year
2016
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2016/4/27
Lecture notes updated
2016/11/29
Language used
English
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Course description and aims

This course provides an overview of separation operations. Then basic equilibrium and design methods are presented for unit operations of distillation, absorption, extraction, adsorption, chromatography, crystallization, evaporation, humidity conditioning, drying, membrane separation for water and gas and vapor membrane separation.
The aim of this course is learning model making of each unit operation and individual design method.

Student learning outcomes

Aim: Understanding of basic equilibrium and equipment or process model in each unit operations. Gaining skills on equipment design.
Theme: This course teaches equilibrium relations and kinetics of mass transfer operations by calculation examples.

Keywords

Unit operation, distillation, absorption, extraction, adsorption, chromatography, crystallization, evaporation, humidity conditioning, drying, membrane separation for water and gas and vapor membrane separation

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

This course uses an original printed text. Every section has Excel examples and problems.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Base of separation processes Explain kinds of separation processes and these basic equilibrium
Class 2 distillation(1) vapor-liquid equilibrium, simple distillaiton Understand analysis of simple distillaiton
Class 3 distillation(2) binary distillaiton Understand analysis of binary distillaiton
Class 4 distillation (3) multi component distillation, azeotropic distillation Understand analysis of multi component distillation
Class 5 Absorption (1) gas-liquid equilibrium Explain gas-liquid equilibrium
Class 6 Absorption (3) design model of absorption tower Explain design method of absorption tower hight
Class 7 Extraciton Understand liquid-liquid equilibrium and mass balance in extraction
Class 8 Adsorption Explain principle of breakthrough curve
Class 9 Chromatography Explain plinciple of cheomatography
Class 10 Crystallization and evaporation Explain calculation of multiple effect evaporator
Class 11 Humidity conditioning Understand principle of wet bulb temperature
Class 12 Drying Explain constant rate period and falling rate period of drying
Class 13 Membrane separation (1) remembrane filtration Explain classification of membrane separation
Class 14 Membrane separation (2) permeation model Understand permeation model
Class 15 Membrane separation (3) gas and vapor separation Explain model calculaiton of membrane module

Textbook(s)

Original text

Reference books, course materials, etc.

A. Ito: Basic separation engineering, Kagaku-dojin

Assessment criteria and methods

exercises in all lectures 25%, final examination 75%

Related courses

  • mass transfer operaitons

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

none

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