Thermal process engineering

Department

Bachelor's program Environmental, Process & Energy Engineering

Course unit code

UVET_BA_4_4

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3.0

Name of lecturer(s)

FH-Prof. PD DDipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Möltner Lukas

Mode of delivery

face-to-face

Recommended optional program components

none

Recommended or required reading

Cerbe,G.: Einführung in die Thermodynamik, Hanser Verlag, 1999

Cube, Steimle, Lotz, Kunis, Lehrbuch der Kältetechnik, C.F. Müller Verlag, Heidelberg, 1997 (beide Bände)

Bosnjakovic F., K.F. Knoche, Technische Thermodynamik Teil I, Steinkopf Verlag, Darmstadt, 1998

Bosnjakovic F., K.F. Knoche, Technische Thermodynamik Teil II, Steinkopf Verlag Darmstadt, 1997

Wankat P.C.: Separation Process Engineering: Includes Mass Transfer Analysis (3rd Edition), Prentice Hall International Series in the Physical and Chemical Engineering Sciences, 2011

Level of course unit

Bachelor

Year of study

Spring 2025

Semester when the course unit is delivered

4

Language of instruction

English

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students understand the most important thermal power, cooling and drying processes and/or procedures. They know all influencing parameters and the characteristics of components.

Besides, they are able to carry out simple layout calculations for the procedures/machines. Students also know the fundamental thermal unit operations such as distillation, rectification, absorption, adsorption, extraction, desiccation, membrane process. They are able to interpret the thermal separation processes dealt with in the course via mathematical and graphic methods for characteristic operation parameters. Besides, they can estimate the influence of essential operation parameters on the separation task at hand.

They are also able to safely operate a semi-industrial plant and to determine the corresponding layout and operation parameters by experiments.
The knowledge acquired in the associated courses shall be completed by practical experiments at the laboratory.

Course contents

• Phase equilibrium
• Vaporisation (determination of vapour pressure and p,x diagram)
• Distillation (T,x diagram and McCabe Thiele procedure)
• Rectification (stepwise construction),
• Absorption
• Extraction (work with triangular diagrams)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.

Work placement(s)

none