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Separation Processes and Process Calculations 2 constitutes one 6th of the normal load for the second year of a
student studying for the BEng or MEng Chemical Engineering degrees. This course runs throughout the year.
The aim of the course is to provide an introduction to Separation Processes and Process Calculations. The
course consists of 2 lecture modules accompanied by tutorials and workshops and laboratory sessions. The
two lecture modules are Separation Processes and Process calculations. Separation Processes meets in the first
semester and Process calculations in the second semester. There are three scheduled lecture hours per week
throughout the two semesters for the lectures and their accompanying tutorials and workshops. The
continuously assessed work associated with the course consists of a Separations Processes Lab and Process
calculations both of which meet in the second semester. There are three Separations processes laboratory
sessions at times to be arranged and the process calculations workshop takes place once a week.
Coursework Assessment
The coursework assessment for the Separation Processes Lab and the Process Calculations workshop consists
of a coursemark based on reports submitted following the laboratory sessions and the process calculations
coursework comprises 40% of your grade:
Separations processes lab
Process calculations
Total
20
20
40
Overall Assessment
Paper
Coursework
Total
Marks Assigned
60
40
100
Email: J.Ponton@ed.ac.uk
J.Skilling@ed.ac.uk
LECTURER
J.M.Skilling
NO. OF LECTURES
18
AIMS
The aims of this course are:
To introduce students to the three unit operations Absorption/Stripping, Distillation and Solvent
Extraction.
To introduce the concepts of phase equilibrium and the theoretical contacting stage.
To cover graphical methods of design for absorbers and strippers for systems involving one solute, a
gaseous diluent and a nonvolatile solvent, binary distillation and solvent extraction involving a solute, a
diluent and a solvent.
To familiarise students with the concepts of minimum number of stages, minimum solvent or stripping
agent rate and minimum reflux ratio.
SYNOPSIS
Phase equilibrium: gas-liquid, liquid-vapour etc. vapour pressures and relative volatility.
Material balance calculations on separation cascades. Mole fraction and mole ratio coordinates, graphical
representation, the operating line.
Effect of L/V ratio in absorption. Minimum L/V ratio. Stripping and minimum V/L.
Distillation: rectifying and stripping sections, material balances. Constant molal overflow.
Use of triangular diagrams for ternary systems. Phase boundaries and tie-lines. Solvent extraction.
Stage-to-stage mass balance and difference point. Stagewise graphical solution. Minimum solvent:feed
ratio.
Email: J.Skilling@ed.ac.uk
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students should be able to:
Design an absorber for a soluble gaseous component from an insoluble diluent into a nonvolatile solvent
Design a stripper removing a soluble component from a nonvolatile solvent by contact with an insoluble
gas stream
Understand the principles by which economic reflux ratios, etc., are selected.
Recommended
3. Coulson & Richardsons Chemical Engineering Vol. 2 Particle Technology and Separation Processes,
Richardson & Harker with Backhurst.
Recommended
Email: J.Skilling@ed.ac.uk
LECTURER
D.H. Glass
NO. OF LECTURES
(9)
AIMS
The aims of this course are:
SYNOPSIS
The laboratory takes place on three consecutive afternoons. Students perform three experiments on either
solvent extraction or distillation. These are chosen from the following:
Students write up two of their three experiments as an extended report. It is marked and returned with full
feedback, contributing to the coursework mark for CEP2.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students should be able to:
1. Operate separation equipment and the associated analytical equipment
2. Present their results in terms of operating and equilibrium lines, theoretical stages and mass transfer
coefficients.
3. Write up the work in an extended report and discuss the results in the light of Separation Processes theory
learned in the lecture course.
Email: Don.Glass@ed.ac.uk
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LECTURER
NO. OF LECTURES
Professor J Ponton
27 Lectures
9 Tutorials
AIMS
The aims of this course are:
1. To introduce students to the major types of calculation which need to be performed in the design or
analysis of chemical processing operations.
2. To provide practice in carrying out these calculations by hand or using the computer, in each case to an
appropriate degree of accuracy.
3. To develop an understanding of the place of both hand and computer based calculations.
4. To indroduce students to the use of data sources for physical and chemical properties and to estimation of
such data.
5. To develop skills in group and collaborative working, especially in the communication of technical
information
It is not intended that this course should introduce any new concepts in the theory of chemical engineering, but
it should augment he students'understanding of those introduced in other parts of the course. It provides the
opportunity to apply these ideas in a ider context. It may thus be seen as an introduction to the design courses
in 3rd and 4th year.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
Perform phase equilibrium calculations graphically, numerically by hand or using a computer package,
and to cross check different calculation methods and data.
Carry out design calculations for processes involving separation operations using hand or computer
methods.
Carry out material and energy balance calculations for reaction and separation processes by hand or using
a computer package as appropriate.
Analyse the behaviour of recycle processes, performing approximate material balances by hand, and
setting up calculations for rigorous solution by computer.
Email: J.Ponton@ed.ac.uk
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