| Lectures and exercises |
hours |
| Topics |
Specific contents |
|
| Fluid statics |
Density: surface and volume forces, Pascal law, Archimedes law.
Hydrostatic pressure: examples. Aerostatics pressure: surface tension, equilibrium on a bubble. |
2
|
| Particle/droplet abatement |
Steady/unsteady particulate motion, forces acting on spherical particles. Droplets - evaporation and condensation.
Abatement devices: gravity chamber, electrostatic precipitators, cyclones, liquid/liquid separators.
Plant costs. |
8
|
| Fluid transport |
Macroscopic Balances: mass, energy and momentum conservation. Bernoulli's equation.
Measurement devices: Flowrate measurements (flowmeter, Venturi scrubber), velocity measurements (Pitot tube).
Applications: jet dynamics, tanks.
Transport of fluids: pressure losses, pumping power, transport in pipelines, pipeline design.
Compressible fluids: (adiabatic/isothermal) outflow from a tank, (adiabatic/isothermal) flow in pipeline. |
10
|
| Unit operations |
Thermal exchange: heat exchangers (concurrent/countercurrent). Exchanger sizing.
Condenstation, boiling, distillation. Introduction to chemical thermodynamics (partial pressure, Raoult's law...).
Flash distillation, differential distillation, distillation columns.
Absorption devices: mass transfer, absorption, absorption columns.
|
24
|
| Introduction to environmental management |
ISO 14000 and EMAS; Environmental Management Systems (EMS); case study. |
4
|
| Total hours for lectures and exercises |
48 |
| for exercises only |
|
|
Further educational activities
|
hours
|
| Labs |
4 |
| Tutorials / Seminars |
0 |
| Workshops |
0 |
| Guided tours |
2 |
| |
|
| Total hours for further educational activities |
6 |
| Total hours |
54
|