| Educational guide School of Chemical Engineering |
english |
| Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering (2010) |
 Subjects |
| FUNDAMENTALS OF PROCESS ENGINEERING |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2023_24 |
| Subject | FUNDAMENTALS OF PROCESS ENGINEERING | Code | 20204116 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 9 | Compulsory | First | AN |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| INTRODUCCTION Topic 1 General Information. |
Definition of product engineering. Define what product engineering is. List jobs typical of a product engineer. List the social, economic and historical aspects that make chemical and/or agri-food processes evolve. List and structure the conceptual map of the subjects that make up food engineering. |
INTRODUCCTION Topic 2 Units and Variables |
Process variables used in Chemical Engineering and Agri-Food Engineering: Amount of matter, mass, flow rate, composition, pressure, temperature, etc. Intensive properties of compounds: density, heat capacity, etc. Dimensions and units. Systems of units. Significant figures. Thermodynamic, dimensional and unit consistency of the equations |
| MATERIAL BALANCES Topic 3. |
Classification of processes: Discontinuous and continuous, open and closed, stationary state and non-stationary state. Graphic representation of the processes. Flow charts. Approach to the general equation of the material balance. Choice of system and calculation base. Application of the material balance to several process units. . |
| MATERIAL BALANCES Topic 4 |
. Mass balance in systems with multiple subsystems, recirculation, bypass, purging. Practical applications based on production processes. |
| MATERIAL BALANCES Topic 5 |
. Mass balance applied to systems with chemical reaction. Advancement and conversion rate. Selectivity and performance. Combustion reactions |
| MATERIAL BALANCES Topic 6. |
Mass balances in single-phase systems. Density and heat capacity of solids, liquids and gases. Equations of state. Mixture of pure components. |
| MATERIAL BALANCES Topic 7. |
Multiphase systems. Phase diagrams and phase rule. vapor pressure Multiphase and multicomponent systems. Phase balance. Humidity, evaporation and condensation. Raoult's, Dalton's and Henry's laws. Dew point and bubble Txy and Pxy diagrams. |
ENERGY BALANCES Topic 8. |
Energy and forms of energy. Energy transfer mechanisms. Heat and work. Internal energy and enthalpy. General approach to the energy balance in open and closed systems. Establishment of the reference state in the application of energy balances. |
ENERGY BALANCES Topic 9. |
. Application of energy balances to non-reactive processes. Influence of temperature, pressure and composition and phase change in the calculation of the various forms of energy. |
ENERGY BALANCES Topic 10. |
Application of energy balances to processes with chemical reaction. Standard heat of reaction. Standard heat of formation and combustion. Hess's Law Calculation of heat of reaction under various conditions. Application of energy balances to isothermal and adiabatic systems. Simultaneous resolution of matter and energy balances. |
BALANCES ON TRANSIENT PROCESSES Topic 11. |
Introduction of the concept of accumulation of matter and/or energy. Calculation of the accumulation of a property. Approach to matter and energy balances in a non-steady state. resolution |
