AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course will furnish the means of formulating and solving macroscopic balances of material and heat, developing problem solving skills and becoming familiar with the process analysis of chemical engineering systems.

TEACHING METHODS

The course consists of theoretical lessons and practical exercises done in the classroom. In addition, educational visits as well as computer labs are foreseen.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Main contents: material and heat macroscopic balances on single units as well as on process plants (recycle, bypass and purge calculations); notes on momentum balances; importance of the diffusive fluxes in macroscopic balances on interfaces where reactions, phase changes or heat transfer occur; unsteady‑state and simultaneous balances; dimensional analysis and main dimensionless groups; examples of applications which integrate the knowledge of thermodynamics acquired in the first module; examples of analytical and numerical solutions of transport problems typical of the process engineering.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

- R. Byron Bird, Warren E. Stewart, Edwin N. Lightfoot, “Fenomeni di trasporto”, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano.

- M.C. Annesini, “Fenomeni di trasporto. Fondamenti e applicazioni”, Edizioni Hoepli.

- K. Denbigh, “I principi dell’equilibrio chimico”, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano.

- M. Dente, E. Ranzi, “Principi di Ingegneria Chimica”, Città Studi Edizioni, Torino.

- R.H. Perry, D.W. Green,“Perry’s chemical engineers’ handbook” VIII ed., Mc Graw Hill.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ELISABETTA ARATO (President)

BARBARA BOSIO (President)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Second semester

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

A written exam based on material and enthalpy macroscopic balances and a subsequent oral exam on all the topics of the course.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

It is verified if the student is able to set and solve material and heat macroscopic balances in chemical and process engineering systems.

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

No formal prerequisites are required, but for a productive learning are necessary, as well as basic knowledge of mathematics, chemistry and physics, the skills of chemical thermodynamics of ideal systems introduced during the first module of this course of Principles of Chemical Engineering 1.