CHEE3741
Mass Transfer and Separation Processes
10 Units
Available in 2014
| Callaghan Campus | Semester 1 |
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Previously offered in 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
Provides students with the fundamentals governing mass transfer and the principles governing a range of separation processes such as absorption, distillation, humidification, leaching, liquid extraction and adsorption. Students apply the knowledge to the design and evaluation of the separation processes.
| Objectives | 1. To provide students with an understanding of the principles of mass transfer and the fundamentals necessary to evaluate and design a series of separation processes, based on the principles of thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer. 2. Improve problem solving where unit operations are involved. |
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| Content | Mass Transfer: Introduction to Fick's Law, steady and unsteady state mass transfer, dimensionless groups and correlations, interfacial mass transfer, local and overall mass transfer coefficients. Absorption: equilibrium and operating lines, mass transfer driving force, transfer units. Humidification: humidity-temperature diagram, adiabatic cooling lines, cooling tower. Distillation: flash vaporisation, McCabe Thiele method, Design optimisation. Leaching: (solids): kinetics, counter-current washing problems. Liquid Extraction: equilibrium stages, ternary diagrams. Adsorption: break-through curve, kinetics. Major Equipment Design Project. |
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| Replacing Course(s) | NA | ||
| Transition | NA | ||
| Industrial Experience | 0 | ||
| Assumed Knowledge | First and second year Mathematics | ||
| Modes of Delivery | Internal Mode | ||
| Teaching Methods | Problem Based Learning
Lecture Tutorial |
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| Contact Hours | Lecture: for 4 hour(s) per Week for Full Term | ||
| Timetables | 2014 Course Timetables for CHEE3741 |