Course detail
Chemical Engineering II
FCH-BC_CHIN2Acad. year: 2025/2026
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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Number of ECTS credits
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Entry knowledge
Physics - basis of mass point, hydrodynamics, thermodynamics and diffusion basis;
Instumentaions - physics quantities measurement, transmission and processing;
Chemical engineering I.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Partcipation on the prescribed Calculation exs, reports of all Calc. exs in the desiderative quality.the written part of Exam on the 32 points level min. of the 50poits sum-
Aims
Students will obtain the basic knowledge about the mathematical aparatus of the Fluids and Particle Solids Unit operations of Chemical Engineering which take place in the design and pass judgments of the separate processes of the chemical and other production technologies in the laboratory and production plant size as well.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Míka, V.: Základy chemického inženýrství, SNTL Praha, 1977 (CS)
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BPCP_CHTN Bachelor's 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme BPCP_CHMA Bachelor's 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme BKCP_CHTM Bachelor's 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme BKCP_CHTP Bachelor's
specialization CHPL , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
specialization PCH , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
specialization BT , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory - Programme BKCP_CHTPO Bachelor's
specialization PCH , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
specialization BT , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
specialization CHPL , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory - Programme BPCP_CHTM Bachelor's 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme BPCP_CHTP Bachelor's
specialization CHPL , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
specialization PCH , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
specialization BT , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory - Programme BPCP_CHTPO Bachelor's
specialization CHPL , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
specialization PCH , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
specialization BT , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory - Programme BPCP_CHCHTE Bachelor's 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme BKCP_CHCHTE Bachelor's 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
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Syllabus
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.