2023_24
Educational guide 
School of Chemical Engineering
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Nanoscience, Materials and Processes: Chemical Technology at the Frontier
 Subjects
  ADVANCED SEPARATION PROCESSES
IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject (*) ADVANCED SEPARATION PROCESSES Code 20705224
Study programme
Nanoscience, Materials and Processes: Chemical Technology at the Frontier
 Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period Exam timetables and dates
6 Optional First 2Q
Modality and teaching language See working groups
Prerequisites
Department Chemical Engineering
Coordinator
JIMÉNEZ ESTELLER, LAUREANO
 E-mail laureano.jimenez@urv.cat
guillem.gilabert@urv.cat
bartosz.tylkowski@urv.cat
christine.elkhoury@urv.cat
Lecturers
JIMÉNEZ ESTELLER, LAUREANO
GILABERT ORIOL, GUILLEM
TYLKOWSKI , BARTOSZ
EL KHOURY , CHRISTINE
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General description and relevant information

Attention:

  • Changes in the course schedule agreed with Product and Process Design II (Wednesdays, 15:00 to 19:00).

The course has two different parts, both dealing with separation technologies. Both parts (i.e., modelling and membrane) are totally independent. Classes of these two topics will be done in alternance.

Part 1: separation of complex systems using computer aided process engineering tools as decision support systems.
- The course schedule during the modelling part will be from 15:00 to 18:30 with 10 minutes break.
- This part of the course will be done in the computer laboratory 304.
 
Advanced modelling strategies for the design and rate separation strategies in steady state for complex systems using advance modelling strategies (sensitivy analysis, design specification, optimization, FORTRAN, calculator blocks, optimization, constraints...). To obtain such results AspenPlus and/or AspenHysys modelling tools will be used.

Petroleum and oil separation:
- Pseudocomponents: assay curves, ASTM, TBP, gravity, light ends, blending.
- Pre-flash colum: furnace.
- Atmosferic column: side strippers, pumparounds.
- Vaccum column: furnace, side strippers, side-streams.
- Sulfur content: assay curves, Sulfur distribution in the products...
- Column internals: tray sizing & rating, pack (random &structured) sizing & rating.

Solids separation:
- SiO2 drier: solids.
- Calcite crushing: PSD, crushers.
- Particulate removal: PSD, cyclone, bag-filter, venturi-scrubber, electrostaticprecipitator, ultimate, proximate, and sulfur analyses.
- Coal drying, coal combustion and coal separation: ultimate, proximate, and sulfur analyses, PSD, reactions with solids,
- RGibbs, bag-filter, cyclone, fabric filter.
- Spray drier: generation of particles, spray dryer.

Electrolyte separation:
- Acid-base mixing and flashing: aqueous electrolytes, electrolyte wizard, electrolyte reactions, mixing, flashing
- Sour water stripping: electrolytes wizard, apparent component approach
- Inserts: import inserts, property sets, estimates
- CO2 capture: rate-based models, Henry components, reactive distillation

Part 2: Membrane separation
Membrane technology from micro-filtration to ultra- or nano-filtration and reverse osmosis. Introduction to membrane synthesis and microencapsulation. Use of WAVE simulator.

Part 3: operation of pilot plants (depending on availability)
- Continuous distillation pilot plant with pneumatica actuators and a remote supervisory control and data acquisition system. Preparation of the feed. Plant start-up. Operational procedure. Ziegler-Nicholds tuning method for PID controllers.
- Operation of pilot plants (depending on availability): Multiproduct and multipurpose batch pilot plant with electronic actuators and controlled by a remote programmable logical controller. Preparation of the feed mixture (BACO). Glucose mass balance and decanting. Vaccum distillation operation.