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Process Engineering II

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Course Unit Code619-3021/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
OBA79prof. Ing. Lucie Obalová, Ph.D.
VEC05prof. Ing. Marek Večeř, Ph.D.
LES051Ing. Pavel Leštinský, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject extends knowledge of Process engineering I and II. It further deepens the knowledge of the limit states of processes in the selected technological equipment. Finally, it provides an introduction to the project management of technological buildings.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Students will deepen their knowledge of process engineering in the area of diffusion separation processes and special type of chemical reactors. They will be able to apply theoretical knowledge to design operation units with regards of operational limits of equipment.
Students will be able to orient in the project documentation and to draw PFD and PID scheme. Furthermore, they will be able to design separate technological units not only in terms of material and energy flows, but also in terms of investment and operating costs.

Course Contents
Lectures:
1. Crystallization. Solubility of solids in liquids, description of crystals,
principle of crystallization, nucleation, crystal growth, types of
crystallizers, design of equipment.
2. Multicomponent rectification. Equilibrium distillation, short-cut method
for column, Fenske equation.
3. Other distillation methods. Reactive distillation, molecular distillation,
water steam distillation.
4. Absorption with chemical reaction. Two-film theory, surface renewal theory,
experimental determination of the mass transfer coefficients, Hatta number,
single irreversible reactions.
5. Technology of 3D print and its application in chemical engineering.
6. Microfluidics a Microreactors.

Limit factors of process devices:
7. Multiphase flow regimes.
8. Trays columns. Sieve trays, valve trays and bubble cap trays. Geometry of
tray and weirs. Entrainment and weeping, Flooding of downcomer. Trays
fouling.
9. Packed column. Random packing. Structured packing. Columns internals.
Loading and flooding.
10. Optimization of heat transfer technology (Pinch analysis, Shell and Tube
design).

Project management of technological buildings:
11. Definition of project, basic concepts, feasibility studies, cash flows
(investments, operating costs, profitability).
12. Design of process technology and construction (Regalement, Process Flow
Diagram, Data Sheets, Piping & Instrumentation Diagram), legislation (EIA,
IPPC), construction of technology and testing.
13. Costs of construction (estimates of costs of building and technological
part).

Exercise:
Examples of selected lectures are solved using AspenPlus, Polymath, MATLAB and MS Excel software.
Practical design of a 3D chip in available CAD software, followed by 3D printing. Calculation of flow characteristics and pressure losses. Experimental verification of reactor function or microfluidic chip.
Creation of Process Flow Diagrams of chemical technologies and Piping & Instrumentation Diagram of process devices are created. Calculation of investment and operating costs are carried out.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
SEADER, J. D., Ernest J. HENLEY a D. Keith ROPER. Separation process principles: chemical and biochemical operations. 3rd ed. Hoboken: Wiley, c2011. ISBN 978-0-470-48183-7.

SINNOTT, R. K., J. M. COULSON a J. F. RICHARDSON. Chemical engineering design. 4th ed. Oxford: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005.

DITL, Pavel. Difúzně separační pochody. Vyd. 2. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 1999. ISBN 80-01-02043-6.

HANIKA, Jiří. Speciální separační procesy. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická, 1995. ISBN 80-7080-242-1.

ROUŠAR, Ivo. Projektové řízení technologických staveb. Praha: Grada
Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2602-1.

SEADER, J. D., Ernest J. HENLEY a D. Keith ROPER. Separation process principles: chemical and biochemical operations. 3rd ed. Hoboken: Wiley, c2011. ISBN 978-0-470-48183-7.
Recommended Reading:
GREEN, Don W. a Robert H. PERRY, ed. Perry's Chemical engineers' handbook. 8th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2008. ISBN 978-0-07-142294-9.

FROMENT, Gilbert F., Kenneth B BISCHOFF a Juray DE WILDE. Chemical reactor analysis and design. 3rd ed. Hoboken: Wiley, c2011. ISBN 978-0-470-56541-4.

KASHID, Madhvanand N., Albert RENKEN a Lioubov KIWI-MINSKER. Microstructured devices for chemical processing. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, Verlag GmBH &Co., 2015. ISBN 978-3-527-33128-4.
ČSN EN ISO 10628 (013010) N Schémata průmyslových procesů - Všeobecná pravidla. Praha: Český normalizační institut, 2002.

ČSN EN ISO 10628-2 (013010) A Schémata pro chemický a petrochemický průmysl. Část 2, Grafické značky. Praha: Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví, 2013.

GREEN, Don W. a Robert H. PERRY, ed. Perry's Chemical engineers' handbook. 8th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2008. ISBN 978-0-07-142294-9.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit30 (30)16
                Semestrální projektSemestral project30 16
        ExaminationExamination70 (70)35
                Písemná zkouškaWritten examination30 15
                Ústní zkouškaOral examination40 20