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Technological Laboratories

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Course Unit Code651-2043/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer 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
STA277Ing. Petr Stavárek, Ph.D.
Summary
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
- application of the theoretical knowledge taken in The introduction to chemical engineering on to pilot plant scale apparatuses,
- experimental verification of fundamental principles of heat, mass and momentum transport processes,
- mediate practical experience with pilot plant scale processes to a wider population of students.
Course Contents
1. Pressure Drop in Gas Flow through the packed bed (Absorption)
2. Drying kinetics of selected material (Drying)
3. Mass balance of filtration (Filtration)
4. Determination of particle sedimentation speed (Sedimentation)
5. Determination of heat transfer coefficient (Heat exchanger)
6. Heat losses of rectification column (Rectification)
7. Electrolysis of water by solar energy (Fuel cells)
8. Determination of equilibrium CO2 adsorption data on activated carbon (Adsorption)
9. Heat transfer by conduction (Heat transfer unit)
10. Pump characteristic - series and parallel connection (Pumps)
11. Determination of pipe friction factors (Fluid mechanics)
12. Determination of local resistance coefficients (Fluid mechanics)
13. Residence time distribution (Chemical reactors)
14. alternative term
Recommended or Required Reading
Required 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.
VEČEŘ Marek a kol. Návody k úlohám v technologické laboratoři, připravováno pro VŠB-TUO, 2020.
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.
Recommended Reading:
FOGLER, H. Scott. Elements of chemical reaction engineering. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, c1999. Prentice Hall international series in the physical and chemical engineering sciences. ISBN 0-13-531708-8.
MCCABE, Warren Lee, Julian Cleveland SMITH a Peter HARRIOTT. Unit operations of chemical engineering. 7th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2005. McGraw-Hill chemical engineering series. ISBN 0-07-124710-6.
WILKES, James O. a Stacy G. BIKE. Fluid mechanics for chemical engineers. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall PTR, c1999. Prentice Hall international series in the physical and chemical engineering sciences. ISBN 0-13-739897-2.
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.
WICHTERLE Kamil, VEČEŘ Marek. Základy procesního inženýrství. VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2012.
ŠNITA, Dalimil. Chemické inženýrství I. Praha: Vydavatelství VŠCHT, 2005. ISBN 80-7080-589-7.
NEUŽIL, Lubomír a Vladimír MÍKA. Chemické inženýrství II. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická [Praha], 1993. ISBN 80-7080-170-0.
ŠNITA, Dalimil. Příklady a úlohy z chemického inženýrství I. Vyd. 2., přeprac. Praha: VŠCHT, 2002. ISBN 80-7080-489-0.
ŠNITA, Dalimil. Příklady a úlohy z chemického inženýrství II. Vyd. 2., přeprac. Praha: VŠCHT, 2002. ISBN 80-7080-492-0.
HOLEČEK, Oldřich. Chemicko-inženýrské tabulky. Vyd. 2. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická [Praha], 2001. ISBN 80-7080-444-0.
FOGLER, H. Scott. Elements of chemical reaction engineering. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, c1999. Prentice Hall international series in the physical and chemical engineering sciences. ISBN 0-13-531708-8.
MCCABE, Warren Lee, Julian Cleveland SMITH a Peter HARRIOTT. Unit operations of chemical engineering. 7th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2005. McGraw-Hill chemical engineering series. ISBN 0-07-124710-6.
WILKES, James O. a Stacy G. BIKE. Fluid mechanics for chemical engineers. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall PTR, c1999. Prentice Hall international series in the physical and chemical engineering sciences. ISBN 0-13-739897-2.
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.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Individual consultations, Experimental work in labs, Project work, Other activities
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Graded creditGraded credit100 51