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22MURP - Scale-up in Chemical Engineering

Course specification
Course titleScale-up in Chemical Engineering
Acronym22MURP
Study programme
Module
Lecturer (for classes)
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
    ESPB4.0Status
    ConditionОблик условљености
    The goalMethodological approach to the scale-up of processes. Learning how to use mathematical models, dimensional analysis and laboratory measurement data in order to design correctly industrial processes.
    The outcomeStudents are able to apply basic principles of scale-up on the design of processes and equipment based on laboratory and pilot measuremant data.
    Contents
    Contents of lecturesIntroduction. Historical development of the scale-up. Scientific, engineering and economical aspects of scale-up. Risk factors. Theory of similarity. Geometical, mechanical, thermal and chemical similarity. Partial and total similarity. Dimensional analysis. Buckingham's pi-theorem. Empirical correlations -importance and limitations. Regime analysis of processes and characteristic times. Various case studies refering to mechanical, thermal and diffusional operations as well as reaction systems.
    Contents of exercisesCalculations of scale-up problems in Chemical Engineering: Viscous flow through the pipe, Plug flow reactor with first order reaction, Power of agitation, Convective heat transfer by flowing through the pipe, Gas-liquid mass transfer in a stirred vessel.
    Literature
    1. M. Zlokarnik, Scale-up in Chemical Engineering, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH&Co.KgaA, New York, 2002.
    2. R.E. Johnstone, Pilot Plants, Models and Scale-up methods in Chemical Engineering, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1957.
    3. Seider, D.W., “Proces design principles: synthesis, analysis and evaluation”, Wiley Inc., New York, 1999.
    Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
    LecturesExercisesOTCStudy and ResearchOther classes
    21
    Methods of teachingLectures with presentations, calculating excercises , students projects with consultations.
    Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
    Pre obligationsPointsFinal examPoints
    Activites during lecturesTest paper30
    Practical lessonsOral examination
    Projects50
    Colloquia
    Seminars20