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Chemical Processes

Chemical Processes

Code	8637
Year	2
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Industrial Chemistry
Entry requirements	-
Learning outcomes	Construct a diagram of general flow from the description of the industrial chemical process and vice versa. Establish mass and energy balances in processes with and without chemical reaction. Solve combined mass and energy balances in transient regime.
Syllabus	MATERIAL BALANCE 1.Units Systems 2.Law of Conservation of Mass. Basis of calculation; Blocks diagrams; Composition; Flow rate; Density;Pressure 3.Processes involving gases.Ideal and real gase. 4.Processes with chemical reaction. Limiting and excess reagent; Conversion and excess percentages; Selectivity and yield; Global balance; Atoms balance 5.Processes involving recycling and purge. Recycling fraction and recycling ratio; Purge fraction 6.Processes involving vapors. Partial pressure and Vapor Pressure; Clausius-Clapeyron equation 7.Processes involving vapor-liquid equilibrium. Steaming with superheated steam ENERGY BALANCE 8.Principle of Energy Conservation. Entalpy; Reference State; Processes involving changes in temperature; Heat capacity of solids, liquids and gases at constant pressure; Kopp and Wenner Rule 9.Processes involving phase transition. Heat of phase transition; Watson Rule; Trouton Rule.
Main Bibliography	- Lopes, A. M. C.; Nunes, M. J. "Apontamentos para a cadeira de Processos Químicos", UBI, Covilhã (2002) - Hougen, O. A.; Watson, K. M.; Ragatz, R. A. "Princípios dos Processos Químicos", Ed. Lopes da Silva (1972) - Himmelblau, D. M. "Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering", 6th Ed., Prentice-Hall (1996) - "Perry’s Chemical Engineer’s Handbook", 9th Ed.,McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc, (2019) -Solen, K.A.; Harb, John N. "Introduction to Chemical Process - Fundamentals & Design", McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc. (2005)
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.