Offer 1 with catalog number 1004007BNR for all students in the 2nd semester
at
a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.
- Semester
- 2nd semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Impossible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Enrollment Requirements
- Om te kunnen inschrijven voor Mechanische en thermische bewerkingen moeten bachelorstudenten in de ingenieurswetenschappen reeds geslaagd zijn voor Chemie: structuur en transformaties van de materie en voor Mechanica: kracht en beweging en moeten zij ingeschreven of geslaagd zijn voor Thermodynamica (ID 003094) en voor Warmte- en stromingsleer: basisbegrippen (ID 003658). Bovendien geldt voor hen de bijkomende vereiste ingeschreven of geslaagd te zijn voor het technologieproject Leefmilieutechnologie en duurzame materialen en 1 van de 3 overige technologieprojecten.
Bachelorstudenten in de bio-ingenieurswetenschappen moeten alsvorens te kunnen inschrijven geslaagd zijn voor Chemie: bouw van de materie en chemische reacties I en II, voor Fysica: inleiding mechanica en voor Thermodynamica (ID 001704) en ingeschreven of geslaagd zijn voor Warmte- en stromingsleer: basisbegrippen (ID 007459). Bovendien geldt voor hen de bijkomende vereiste reeds 33 SP te hebben behaald binnen de module basiswetenschappen.
- Taught in
- Dutch
- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering
- Department
- Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry
- Educational team
- Joeri Denayer
(course titular)
Fréderick Matheuse
- Activities and contact hours
-
24 contact hours Lecture
24 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
- Course Content
This course deals with the classical mechanical and thermal unit operations. The operation principles, design, calculation are presented. During the lab sessions, experiments are performed on a number of pilot units (distillation, absorption, fluidisation, stirred tank, axial dispersion, heat regeneration).
The most common mechanical and thermal unit operations in process industry and biotechnology (filtration, sedimentation, cyclones, evaporation, drying, crystallisation, evaporation) are discussed. Simple models are applied to a range of unit operations. A methodology to understand, analyse and optimize the operation of chemical processes and sequences of unit operations is educated. The theoretical background is applied in (compulsary) lab exercises (distillation, sedimentation, fluidisation, stirred tank, axial dispersion, heat regeneration) in small student groups. A selected series of problems is solved in exercise sessions. Problem solving abilities, team work and reporting skills are trained.
The objectives of this course are to describe the fundamentals of mechanical and thermal unit operations and to be able to develop and use simple models for unit operation design and analysis.
- Course material
- Digital course material (Required) : Mechanische en thermische bewerkingen, Syllabus, Joeri Denayer, Canvas
- Additional info
Own notes
J.M. Coulson and J.F. Richardson
Chemical Engineering, Vol. 1-6
Pergamon, Oxford 1990
- Learning Outcomes
-
General competencies
- Develop models and balances for unit operations in chemical industry, based on fundamental aspects of thermodynamics, fluid flow, mass and heat transfer.
- Explain the functioning of equipment in unit operations based on schemes and technical drawings.
- Explain the relationship between operational parameters and performance and behavior of selected unit operations (filtration, centrifugation, distillation, cyclones, evaporation, drying, crystallisation).
- Cooperate in a constructive way in small teams (2/3 students) to perform experiments on test installations.
- Written reporting on experimental work.
- Apply formulas and principles to solve problems of different levels of complexity.
- Grading
-
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 20% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 60% of the final mark.
PRAC Practical Assignment determines 20% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- oefeningen examen
with a relative weight of 1
which comprises 20% of the final mark.
Note: schriftelijk open boek oefeningen examen
Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- examen theorie
with a relative weight of 1
which comprises 60% of the final mark.
Note: schriftelijk & mondeling examen over de leerstof zoals behandeld tijdens de hoorcolleges
Within the PRAC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- WPO practica evaluatie
with a relative weight of 1
which comprises 20% of the final mark.
Note: beoordeling van vaardigheden en bijdrage tijdens practica en verslag
- Additional info regarding evaluation
- exam on theoretical aspects of course: testing knowledge and insight
- written problem exam
- in order to succeed for this course, a minimum of 35% has to be obtained for all parts of the exam
- participation to lab sessions is compulsory. In case of non legitimated absence, marks will be lost in proportion to the number of absences
- during the lab excercises, attitudes, practical skills, team work and cooperation are evaluated. Also the reports based on the results from the experiments are evaluated (based on contents, accuracy, correctness).
- Non legitimated absence during the practical sessions might lead to exclusion from the exam
- Partial marks for the exercises exam and the lab sessions, if the student obtains at least half of the score (for this part), are transferred to the second session, and to the next academic year. Students may not relinquish partial marks.
- Allowed unsatisfactory mark
- The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.