Course detail

Chemical Engineering for the Environment II

FCH-MC_CHI2_ZAcad. 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.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Entry knowledge

Mathematics - vector algebra, differentials and integrals basis;
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

Graded course-unit credit system. The student evaluation depends on the active attendance and the correctly solved separate numerical set of theoretical exerceces. The exam consists of the numerical part and the oral examination, studens have to show basic theoretical, numerical and practical knowledge in the branch. The use of defined literature materials in the numerical part of exem are allowed.
Partcipation on the prescribed Calculation exs, reports of all Calc. exs in the desiderative quality.the written part of Exam on the 25 points level min. of the 50poits sum.

Aims

Principals and mathematical apparatus of the basic chemical-engineering units in the area of Fluids and Particle Solids and the access to the industry process equipment.
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

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Coulson J. M., Richardson J. F.: Chemical Engineering Butter worth Heinmann, Oxford 2002. (EN)
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)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NKCP_ECHT Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
  • Programme NPCP_ECHT Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1) Evaporation; mass and enthalpy evaporation calculations; ebulioscopic increase in boiling point temperatures; heat transfer in evaporators; increase of thermal resistance by "water stone"; cascading evaporation layout and calculation such the processes; types of batch and continuous evaporators; film evaporation; steam generators; advantages and disadvantages of the evaporation processes.
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.

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Laboratory exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer