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Chemical Engineering for the Environment II
FCH-MC_CHI2_ZAcad. year: 2022/2023
Heat transfer processes, enthalpy balance, heat transfer equipment, evaporation. Mass transfer processes basis - extraction, distillation and rectification, absorbtion, adsorbtion and ion exchange, drying, crystallization, reaction engineering.
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Physics - basis of mass point, hydrodynamics, thermodynamics and diffusion basis;
Instumentaions - physics quantities measurement, transmission and processing;
Chemical engineering I.
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2) Phase equilibria; phase diagrams T-P; phase diagrams of water vapor T-S, i-S, P-S; representation of basic procedural processes - isothermic, adiabatic, isochoric, isoenthalpic, isobaric; Carnot's cycle; left and right-cycles; thermal cycles of refrigerators and heat pumps.
3) Water vapor mixtures; equilibrium gas reaction; steam reforming; hydrogen production.
4) Distillation; equilibrium fluid - vapor; Rault's and Dalton's law; azeotropes; basics of equilibrium distillation calculations by analytical and graphical methods; enthalpy computation of gaseouse mixtures; partial condensation.
5) Recctification; dividing the fluid mixture on the rectification column floors; reflux; working line of rectification in the enrichment and depletion part of columns; layout of floors; "sprinkled" columns; petroleum products of rectification;
6) Recycling with a spray temperature other than boiling point; "q" line; vacuum distillation and rectification; influence of reflux on the theoretical number of floors; steam vapor distillation; differential distillation, Rayleigh equation, graphical solution of the integral.
7) Extraction; basic terminology and usability of the extraction process; theoretical basics of the evolution of phases of extract / raffinate (fugacity, activity coefficient ...); use of ternary graphs, contralateral curves; single stage extraction; limit mode single-stage extraction; repeated extraction; countercurrent continuous extraction; extraction of solids; basic arrangement of M - S processes.
8) Absorption; Henry's law; the dependence of Henry's constant on temperature; keson disease; the equilibrium curve and the working line of the absorption; mass balance of absorption; kinetics of the absorption process; the basic dimensionless relationships used in absorption; analogy of calculation of absorption with heat exchange processes; absorption device; scrubber issues; absorption desorption - stripping; application of absorption processes, chemisorption specifics; Hant's criterion.
9) Air conditioning and air cooling; basic parameters of humid air; Mollier diagram of humid air; enthalpy calculation of the air cooler.
10) Drying; basic calculation relationships of moisture transfer; enthalpy calculation, equilibrium state Y = f (X); drying curves; drying process equipment; drying hatches, drums, Nauta, microwave, vacuum, flash-dryers; lyophilization.
11) Adsorption; principles of physical adsorption and chemisorption; industrial adsorbents; adsorption equilibrium; adsorption isotherms; penetration curves; arrangement of the adsorption process; regeneration of sorbents; adsorption under alternate pressure (PSA); Adsorption drying of gases.
12) Very low temperature processes; Carnot cycles to achieve low temperatures; Linde technology for liquefying air; Claude's system; rectifying liquid air; production of rare gases.
13) Membrane processes; introduction to membrane separation; membranes for ultrafiltration; problems of nano-filtration; dialysis; pervaporation; Robeson diagram; the principle of the hydrogen cell, the problem of contactors.
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Basic literature
Richter J., Stehlík P., Svěrák T.: Chemické inženýrství, VUT v Brně, 2004. (CS)
Robert H. Perry: Perry's Chemical Engineers' Platinum Edition, McGraw-Hill Professional, 1999. (EN)
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