Process Engineering

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	651-0966/01
Abbreviation	PI
Course title	Process Engineering
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Chemistry and Physico-Chemical Processes
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Marek Večeř, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Material balances.
2. Material balances with chemical reaction.
3. Fluid mechanics, Eq. continuity, Bernoulli eq., the energy of dissipation, pressure drop.
4. Pumps, fans ad compressors.
5. Filtration
6. Sedimentation.
7. Heat transfer and balance of energy.
8. Heat exchangers and Design and rating calculations.
9. Vaporization.
10. Drying.
11. Distillation.
12. Absorption
13. Adsorption
14. Chemical reactors

Literature

FELDER, R.M., ROUSSEAU, R.W. Elementary principles of chemical processes. 3rd ed., Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2005.
McCABE, W.L., SMITH, J.C., HARRIOTT, P. Unit operations of chemical engineering. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985.
RICHARDSON, J.F., COULSON, J.M. Coulson & Richardson's chemical engineering. Vol. 1 and 2., Oxford; Boston: Butterworth-Heineman, 2002.
WICHTERLE, K., VEČEŘ M. Transport and Surface Phenomena. Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2020.
FOGLER, H. S. Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering. New York: Prentice Hall, 1999.
FROMENT, G. F., BISCHOFF, K. B. Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design, Wiley Series in Chemical Engineering, 2010.

Advised literature

PERRY, R.H., D.W. GREEN and J.O. MALONEY. Perry's chemical engineers' handbook. 7th ed. : McGraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN 0-07-049841-5.

McCABE Warren L., Julian C. SMITH, Peter HARRIOTT. Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering 7th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005. ISBN 9780072848236
SEADER J. D., HENLEY, E. J., & ROPER, D. K. Separation process principles: Chemical and biochemical operations. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2011.

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