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Provide understanding to allow the selection of separation operations based on factors involving the feed and product property differences.
Allow students to quantitative design key separation processes.
Provide students with knowledge on liquid-liquid extraction design.
Extend student knowledge of distillation to include multicomponent and azeotropic systems.
Provide an understanding of distillation sequencing.
Learning outcomes
Classify separation processes by type and select suitable separations for mixtures based on the properties of the components.
Design liquid-liquid extraction columns for ternary systems using the Hunter-Nash method.
Calculate the approximate design of multi-component distillation columns using short-cut models.
Assess simple and complex distillation column sequences using heuristic rules to find the optimal options.
Construct azeotropic distillation sequences using residue curve for ternary systems.
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures
On-line videos of threshold concepts
On-line video examples
LL Ternary web-app
Tutorials
Handbook
Problem solving drop-in sessions
On-line quizzes
Assessment methods
Assessment Task
Length
Weighting within unit
Continuous Assessment
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30%
Exam Style Assessment
-
70%
Feedback methods
In class
Assessment marks
Generic Feedback
Study hours
Scheduled activity hours
Lectures
24
Tutorials
12
Independent study hours
Independent study
64
Teaching staff
Staff member
Role
Jesus Esteban Serrano
Unit coordinator
Maria Perez-Page
Unit coordinator
Additional notes
This course unit detail provides the framework for delivery in 20/21 and may be subject to change due to any additional Covid-19 impact. Please see Blackboard / course unit related emails for any further updates.