Revision Course in Process Technology

Studiengang

Masterstudiengang Umwelt-, Verfahrens- & Energietechnik

Kennzahl der Lehrveranstaltung

UVET_MA17_1_5

Anzahl der zugewiesenen ECTS-Credits

10.0

Name des/der Vortragenden

FH-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Pillei Martin, BSc MSc, Dr.-Ing. Schallhart Verena, MSc, FH-Prof. Dr. techn. Hofmann Angela

Art der Veranstaltung

face-to-face

empfohlene optionale Programmeinheiten

Derzeit nur in Englisch verfügbar
none

empfohlene Fachliteratur

Derzeit nur in Englisch verfügbar
- Ignatowitz, E.: Chemietechnik, Verlag Europa, 1997.
- Ingham, J., Dunn, I.J., Heinzle, E., Prenosil, J.: Chemical Engineering Dynamics, Wiley VCH, 2000.
- Onken, U., Behr, A.: Chemische Prozesskunde, Georg Thieme Verlag, 1996.
- Fogler, H.S.: Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 4th ed., Prentice Hall International Series, 2006.
- Himmelblau, D.M., Riggs, J.B.: Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering, 7th ed., Pearson Education International, New Jersey, 2004.
- Froment, G.F., Bischoff, K.B., De Wilde, J.: Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design, 3rd ed., Wiley, 2011.
- Wankat, P.C.: Separation Process Engineering: Includes Mass Transfer Analysis, 3rd ed., Prentice Hall International Series in the Physical and Chemical Engineering Sciences, 2011.
- Yang, Wen-Ching (edit.): Handbook of fluidisation and fluid-particle systems, Dekker, 2003.

Prüfungsmethode

Exam, Course immanent examination, Homework

Zusatzinfo zu Prüfungsmodalidäten

The overall grade consists of the following parts:
- performance review Chemical Process Engineering (weighting: 1/3)
- performance review Mechanical Process Engineering (weighting: 1/3)
- performance review Thermal Process Engineering (weighting: 1/3)

The performance reviews for each subarea consist of two parts weighted at 50% each:
- homework
- written exam

Niveau der Lehrveranstaltung laut Lehrplan

Master

Studienjahr

Fall 2025

Semester in dem die Lehrveranstaltung angeboten wird

1

Unterrichtssprache

English

Lernergebnisse der Lehrveranstaltung

Derzeit nur in Englisch verfügbar
Chemical process engineering:
Students are familiar with the methods of chemical process engineering and fundamentals of calculation. They know how to calculate mass balances for simple reactions.
Thermal process engineering:
Students are familiar with the most essential thermal unit operations. They know how to plan previously discussed thermal separation processes in line with characteristic operational parameters by means of numerical and graphical methods.
Mechanical process engineering:
Students acquire the basic principles of the description of disperse systems. They are acquainted with the most important methods of particle measurement technology and familiar with devices and machines commonly employed in mechanical process engineering.

Voraussetzungen laut Lehrplan

Derzeit nur in Englisch verfügbar
Relevant bachelor’s degree

Lehrinhalte

Derzeit nur in Englisch verfügbar
Chemical process engineering:
• Introduction to the basic physicochemical principles of the description of reaction engineering processes with a focus on chemical equilibrium and reaction kinetics
• Basic types and operating modes of reactors
• Evaluation criteria for reactors
• Calculation of conversion, yield, and selectivity in complex reactions
• Introduction to kinetics
• Kinetics of homogeneous reactions
• Principles of heterogeneous catalysis
• Analysis of reaction kinetics data
• Residence time distribution in ideal reactors
Thermal process engineering:
• Phase equilibrium
• Vaporization (p-x diagram)
• Distillation (t-x diagram/McCabe-Thiele)
• Rectification
• Ad-/absorption
• Extraction
Mechanical process engineering:
• Characterization of particles and particle systems in mechanical process engineering
• Particle measurement technology
• Basic principles of separation, classification, and sorting processes
• Gas-particle separation processes
• Solid-liquid separation processes
• Mixing processes
• Agitation

Lehr- und Lernformen

Derzeit nur in Englisch verfügbar
The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.

Praktikum

none

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