Universidad de Jaén

TOPIC 1,- CHEMICAL ENGINEERING: GENERAL CONCEPTS. 1.1. Chemical industry. 1.2. Chemical engineering definition. 1.3. Areas of Chemical Engineering. 1.4. Aspects for the design and use of industrial equipments. 1.6. Description of chemical engineering processes.

TOPIC 2.- MASS BALANCES. INTRODUCTION. 2.1. Laws of conservation of mass and energy. 2.2. Definition of `Mass balance´. 2.3. Application and classification of mass balances. 2.4. Variables in mass balances. 2.5. Concept and selection of a basis of calculation.

TOPIC 3.- MASS BALANCES. STEADY STATE WITHOUT CHEMICAL REACTION. 3.1.- General procedure for solving mass balance calculations. 3.2. Simple unit. 3.3. Sequential multi-unit systems. 3.4. By-pass systems. 3.5. Recycle and purge systems. 

TOPIC 4.- MASS BALANCES. STEADY STATE WITH CHEMICAL REACTION. 4.1. Stoichiometry and terminology of chemical reactions. 4.2. Molecular species balances. 4.3. Atomic species balances. 4.4. Mass balances with chemical reactions, ideal separation and recycle.

TOPIC 5.- ENERGY BALANCES. 5.1. Forms of energy. 5.2. Energy balances on closed systems. 5.3. Energy balances on open systems. 5.4. Some practical applications for continuous systems.

 TOPIC 6.- MAGNITUDE AND UNIT SYSTEMS. 6.1. Physical quantities and measurement. 6.2. Fundamental and derived magnitudes. 6.3. Unit systems. 6.4. International System of Units: Advantages and limitations. 6.5. Direct and indirect methods of measurement. 6.6. Scientific notation and prefixes. 6.7. Conversions between systems. 6.8. Instruments precision and types of measurement errors. 6.9. Practical exercises.

TOPIC 7.-  TRANSPORT PHENOMENA IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. 7.1. An introduction to transport phenomena. 7.2. Molecular flux densities. 7.3. Three-dimensional transport of mass and heat. 7.4. Heat transfer by conduction. 7.5. Mass transfer by diffusion. 

TOPIC 8.- INTRODUCTION TO GAS-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM. 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. Vapor-liquid equilibrium for ideal systems. 8.3. Bubble and dew points calculations. 8.4. Vapor-liquid equilibrium for non-ideal systems. 8.5. Liquid-gas systems: gas absorption. 8.6. Enthalpy-concentration diagrams. 8.7. Distillation of binary mixtures.

TOPIC 9.- INTRODUCTION TO LIQUID-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM. 9.1. Introduction. 9.2. Liquid-liquid equilibrium. 9.3. Equilibrium diagrams: binodal curve and tie lines. 9.4. Numerical exercises.

 TOPIC 10.- INTRODUCTION TO SOLID-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM. 10.1. Introduction. 10.2. Solid-liquid equilibrium. 10.3. Equilibrium diagrams. 10.4. Numerical exercises.

 LABORATORY.

Thoughout this four-month period, investing about 30 total hours, the proffesors will deal with theoretical aspect, in the classroom, related to the ten topics of the subject (see subsection `developed contents´). It will be used a methodology based on master classes, employing both traditional learning resources (classical blackboard) and ICT facilities (ILIAS platform, digital blackboard...).

While introducing the theoretical contents of the subject, alternatively and considering those hours established for practices (investing a total of 52 hours), it will solved different numeric exercises related to the mass and energy balances, physical magnitudes and units systems, transport phenomena and phases equilibrium. Student will deliver a exercise book with the class activities resolved and those ones proposed to be solved out of the classroom.

Also, it will be performed laboratory practices (4 h face-to-face teaching).

Finally, students will carried out a group work whose main theme will be determined at the beginning of the firts term. (It will be closely related to the discipline content). For the development of this activity, 4 h of on-site teaching will be reserved.

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

Class attendance

It represents a 10% of the overall final mark. It takes into account the student´s class attendance during the teaching days (independently of the treated contents). It will be registed by a control list. The score distribution is lineal.

Written exam

At first, the implementation of partial exams is not convered. It represents a 50% of the overall rating.

The written exam will consist of two parts: theoretical test and numeric exercises. A minimum score of 4.0 points, for the two parts, must be obtained to pass the exam, and a minimum mark of 4.5 if the arithmetic average is performed.

It allows to evaluate the 1 and 2 learning achievements.

Group work

It represents a 20% of the total mark. It will be evaluated according to the quality* of both presented written report and presentation of a class work (PowerPoint presentation).

It enables to evaluate 1 and 2 learning achievements.

*Depending on different general aspects such as: work structure, scientific-technical quality of the presented documentation, level of originality, spelling, bibliography quality, exposure security and adaptation to the exposure period.

Implementation of the numerical exercises

It represents a 20% of the final score. It will be evaluated by the correction of the activity book. The rating distribution is lineal, taking into account the total exercises number.

It allows to evaluate the 2 learning achievement.

Laboratory practices

They will be evaluated by the attendance control.

Each one of the sections included in the evaluation system (class attendance, written exam, group work, numerical exercises and laboratory practices) allow to evaluate the competences CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CEQ1 and CEQ3.

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To overcome the subject content, students have to obtain a final mark not less than 5.0 points.

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Note: The previous evaluation system would be applied to those students that can regularly attend to class (continuous evaluation system). However, there are isolated students cases with special difficulties for a normal follow-up of the class routine already metioned because they are working (sometimes quite far from Linares). In this case, if previously a justification exits that impedes the continuous evaluation system, the student would be evaluated by a written exam exclusively, and he would overcome the subject if he obtained a minimum mark of 6.0 points.