CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SEPARATIONS -Course Outline

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Equilibrium Based Separation Processes

Classes  of Separation Processes  (Chapter 1)

Raoult's Law and VLE, Relative volatility, Maximum and minimum Boiling Point Azeotropes (Section 4.2, 4.3) 

Flash Distillation, bubble point and dew point (Section 4.4) 

Differential Batch Distillation (Section 13.1)

Cascades: Single Stage, Multiple-Contact Stages (Co-current, counter current, cross-current) (Section 5.1-5.4) 

Distillation Systems and Equipment (Section 6.1)

Binary Distillation (Sections 7.1, 7.2)

McCabe Thiele Technique: Operating lines for enriching and stripping sections; q lines for the feed, counting off stages, optimum feed location, limiting cases of total reflux and minimum reflux

Exam 1

Binary distillation continued: multiple feed/sidestreams, partial condenser, overall and Murphree efficiencies

Estimation of Stage Efficiency (Section 7.3) 

Separation Processes that Involve Mass Transport and Equilibrium considerations

Absorption in Packed Towers (Chapter 6): Film and Overall Mass-Transfer Coefficients in Packed Towers, Simplified Methods for Dilute Mixtures, Design of Packed Towers using Transfer Units, Absorption of Concentrated Mixtures, Correlations for Film Coefficients

Exam 2

Approximate Methods for Multicomponent Distillation, Fenske-Underwood-Gilliland Method  (Section 9.1) ASPEN Module for solving complex distillation problems

Membrane Separation Processes (Chapter 14 and other sources):  Membrane Materials, Membrane Modules, Transport in Membranes, Dialysis, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration and Novel Technologies

Final Exam