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Syllabus |
Theoretical
1. Introduction to mass transfer (mechanisms, individual resistances, resistances in series; individual and overall coefficients ; empirical equations )
2 . Introduction to heat transfer (mechanisms, individual and global resistances)
3 . Fundamentals of adsorption
4 . Basics of filtration
6 . Fluids
6.1 Hydrostatic
6.2 Fluid dynamics (Bernoulli's equation, laminar and turbulent flows, calculation of losses; sizing centrifugal pumps, performance curves and NPSH)
6.3 Fluid rheology
7 . Power production and refrigeration
Practical work:
1. Diffusion coefficient in gaseous phase.
2 . Absorption of oxygen in water
3 . Adsorption isotherms
4 . Heat transfer coefficients for the natural and forced convection around a cylinder
5 . Overall heat transfer coefficients in coils
6 . Filtration of CaCO3 and pulp suspensions
Component of the project:
Preliminary design of a unit operation.
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Main Bibliography |
Coulson, J.M., Richardson, J.F., Tecnologia Química, Vol. I (Fluxo de fluidos, transferência de calor e transferência de massa), Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1974.
Coulson, J.M., Richardson, J.F., Tecnologia Química, Vol. II (Operações Unitárias), Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1968.
Green, D.W. e Perry, R.H., Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook, 8th Edition, Edited by McGraw-Hill, 2008.
Levenspiel, O., Chemical Reaction Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1999.
Tipler, P. A., Mosca, G., Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Freeman & Co, 2004.
Çengel, Y. A., Boles, M. A., Thermodynamics: an Engineering Approach, McGraW-Hill, New York, 2002.
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