Course unit details:
Advanced Separation Processes
| Unit code | CHEN60461 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 15 |
| Unit level | FHEQ level 7 – master's degree or fourth year of an integrated master's degree |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
The module will consist on 4 hours per week contact time, divided in two sessions of two hours each. Each session will consist on a one hour lecture, followed by a one hour tutorial. The module will consist of two parts, adsorption (78% of the lectures) and membranes (22% of the lectures)
The topics covered will include:
- Adsorbents
- Equilibrium adsorption, isotherms and heats of adsorption
- Adsorption of mixtures
- Liquid phase adsorption
- Kinetics and transport in adsorption
- Scaleup and separation of multicomponent streams
- Adsorption equipment and sample applications
- Gas separation using membranes
- Pervaporation
Aims
Instruct students on fundamentals of advanced methods for the separation focusing on adsorption and membrane separations, and their use in the chemical industry.
Learning outcomes
| ILO 1. Select and use appropriate thermodynamic and transport models to describe adsorption ILO 2. Design and scale-up adsorption processes. ILO 3. Use mathematical software to solve complex problems in adsorption separations ILO 4. Identify suitable membranes for gas separation and pervaporation applications ILO 5. Apply theories for the design and operation of membrane gas separation systems. ILO 6. Use mathematical models to predict performance in membrane-based separations |
Assessment methods
Assessment Types | Total Weighting |
| Test | 20% |
| Coursework | 30% |
| Final Exam | 50% |
Feedback methods
Feedback will be made available via the virtual learning environment following marks release.
Recommended reading
Core Reading
Henley, Seader and Roper, Separation Process Principles with Applications Using Process Simulators,4th edition, Wiley.
Essential Reading
A.L. Myers and J.M. Prausnitz, Thermodynamics of mixed gas adsorption, AIChE J, 1965, 11,121-127.
R.W. Baker, Membrane Technology and Applications, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-0-470-74372-0 G
Recommended Reading
Cussler, Diffusion. Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press.
P. Wankat Separation Process Engineering: Includes Mass Transfer Analysis, Prentice Hall 2011.
Encyclopedia of Membranes, Editors: Enrico Drioli & Lidietta Giorno. ISBN: 978-3-662-443231
J. W. Thomas and B.D. Crittenden, Adsorption Technology and Design, Oxford Butterworth Heinemann, 1998.
R. T. Yang, Gas Separation by Adsorption Processes, Imperial College Press, 1987.
D. M. Ruthven, Principles of Adsorption and Adsorption Processes, 1984.
D. M. Ruthven, Pressure Swing Adsorption, John Wiley & Sons, 1993.
J. U. Keller and R. Staudt, Gas Adsorption Equilibria: Experimental Methods and Adsorptive Isotherms, Springer US 2005.
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 36 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 114 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Ashwin Kumar Rajagopalan | Unit coordinator |
| Maria Perez-Page | Unit coordinator |