2017 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
2017
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2017/3/17
Lecture notes updated
2017/11/23
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 Distillation(1) Vapor-liquid equilibrium Understand vapor-liquid equilibrium
Class 2 Distillation (2) Simple distillation, Flush distillation Explain the model of simple distillation
Class 3 Distillation(3) Design of distillation tower Understand analysis of distillation tower
Class 4 Absorption(1) Gas-liquid equilibrium Understand gas-liquid equlibrium
Class 5 Absorption (2) Gas absorber Understand analysis of gas absorber
Class 6 Extraction Explain extraction process
Class 7 Adsorption Explain adsorption process
Class 8 Chromatography Explain principle of chromatography
Class 9 Crystallization and evaporation Explain plinciple of crystallization
Class 10 Humidity conditioning Explain calculation of humidity conditioning
Class 11 Drying Understand principle of drying
Class 12 Membrane separation (1), membrane filtration Explain membrane filtration
Class 13 Membrane separation (2) membrane process Explain membrane process
Class 14 Membrane separation (3) gas separation Understand gas separation by membrane

Textbook(s)

Original text

Reference books, course materials, etc.

A. Ito: Basic separation engineering, Kagaku-dojin

Assessment criteria and methods

exercises in all lectures 100%, no final examination

Related courses

  • mass transfer operaitons

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

none

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