Chemical Engineering Department

CHE 411: Separation Processes (II) Catalog Data: (3 credit hours - 4 Contact hours)Applications of chemical engineering principles to multistage and differential processes involving separation of chemical components. Equilibrium stage concept. Design applications in distillation , gas absorption , liquid-liquid and solid- liquid extraction. e!t"oo#s - ean!oplis,".#.,$%ransport &rocesses and 'nit operations$ All(n) *acon +nc,,e-ton,.ass, /012. - "oulson ,#... , 3ichardson,#.4.,*ac!hurst,#.3 and 5ar!er,#.5.$ "hemical Engineering 6 vol.7 (&article %echnolog( and separation processes), 8th Edition, &ergamon &ress,9xford,'.:, /00/. $e%erences - "oulson ,#... , 3ichardson,#.4.and ;innott, 3.:.$ "hemical Engineering 6 vol.< (Design) , &ergamon &ress,9xford,'.:, /012. - %re(bal,3.E., 6.ass %ransfer 9perations$ 2rd Edition, .c ra- 5ill, ,e- =or!, /01>. - 4oust,A.;.,et al , 6&rinciples of 'nit 9perations, 7nd Edition, #.?ile(, ,e- =or!,/01>. Instructor: Pro%& Hamid '& 'usta%a opics to "e co(ered : 1. &hase Equilibrium relations and phase diagrams & (3 classes) ). 4undamentals of stage operations. %he equilibrium stage . raphical and anal(tical stage determination. Differential versus staged contactors & ( * classes) 3& Application of equilibrium stage anal(sis to:3&1 Distillation: (1+ classes) i) %(pes of distillation: differential, E4@, aAeotropic and steam distillation. ii) Anal(sis of binar( distillation processes, .c"abe-%hiele, &onchon-;avarit graphical methods and stage-to-stage calculations. iii) +ntroduction to multicomponent distillation. plate-to- plate calculations and short-cut methods of stage determination. i() Efficienc( of vapor-liquid contactors. ()Design and operating characteristics of plate columns. Determination of column height and diameter. (i) Distillation tra( design and d(namics. 3&) ,i-uid-li-uid E!traction and ,eaching: ( . classes) i) 4ields of application, choice of solvent, modeling and anal(sis of single, multiple crosscurrent and multistage countercurrent extraction cascades. Equipment in common use. ii) Beaching: ;olid liquid equilibrium, design of countercurrent leaching equipment. 4& /"sorption ( 1) classes ) as absorption as an example of a differential contact process. a) as absorption relationships. ") *asic design equation of pac!ed columns. c) &ac!ings, characteristics of to-er pac!ing, flo- of fluid through to-er pac!ing and phenomena associated -ith it such as flooding and loading etc.... d) +ntroduction to absorption -hen accompanied b( chemical reactions, and multicomponent absorption. 0(erall educational goals : %he course -ill familiariAe the student -ith the stage-ise and differential approaches and their use as tools in design, anal(sis and modeling of industrial phase contactors. Speci%ic instructional goals: /. %o familiariAe students -ith the application of material and energ( balances, phase rule and chemical equilibria. 7. %o introduce them to the design of tra( distillation columns, pac!ed absorption to-ers, extraction cascade and their operating characteristics.

Class $e-uirements: /. 5ome-or! assignments 7.%-o in class tests. 2. 9ne final examination. Computer usage: 'se of pac!ages for flash calculation, design of distillation columns ,tra( calculations. ,a"orator1 pro2ects: ,one Assessment of course goals: %hrough home-or! (13 pts)4 in- term examinations (43 pts) and final semester examination (+3 pts)& "ontribution to professional component: .athematics or basic science------ credits Engineering science and design 3 credits eneral educational requirements------ credits. .aCor design experience ------ credits Contri"ution to program o"2ecti(es : %he course provides engineering and technical basic information necessar( to process and plant design chemical engineers