Course syllabus

Processberäkningar
Chemical Process Calculations

KETA10, 7,5 credits, G1 (First Cycle)

Valid for: 2017/18
Decided by: PLED B/K
Date of Decision: 2017-03-29

General Information

Main field: Technology.
Compulsory for: K1
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish

Aim

A key competence for engineers is to be able to break down large problem complexes into smaller problems that are computable. For a chemical engineer, formulating balances for mass and energy is a method both for breaking down large problem complexes and for describing problems mathematically.

The aim with this course is that the student should acquire a basic ability to use mass and energy balances to describe simple systems relevant for a chemical engineer and to be able to use computing techniques to solve these systems.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to setup basic chemical engineering models using steady-state material and energy balances
• be able to set up unsteady material and energy balances for chemical engineering processes with one unit
  
  

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to solve models in chemical engineering using numerical methods
• be able to calculate the solution to the chemical engineering relationships with computer aids

Contents

Basic chemical engineering: Material balances. Mutilphase systems. Energy balances. Unsteady processes
Computional methods: Matlab. Numerical methods for linear equation systems, non-linear equation, integrals, non-linear equation systems, interpolation and differential equations.

Examination details

Grading scale: TH - (U,3,4,5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment: Computer excercises and final examination. The grade is based on the final examination.

The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.

Parts
Code: 0117. Name: Computational Methods.
Credits: 2,5. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Written examination.
Code: 0217. Name: Material- and Energy Balances.
Credits: 5. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Written examination and hand-in assaignments for extra points.
Code: 0317. Name: Computer Exercises.
Credits: 0. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Computer exercises.

Admission

The number of participants is limited to: No
The course overlaps following course/s: KKK060, KKK065, KETA01

Reading list

• Murphy, Regina M: Introduction to Chemical Processes, Principles,Analysis, Synthesis. McGraw-Hill, 2007, ISBN: 007-125429-3.
• Chapra, Steven: Applied Numerical Methods with Matlab. McGraw-Hill, 2012, ISBN: 978-007-131484-8.
• Grimsberg, M.: Börja med Matlab. Institutionen för Kemiteknik, 2016.
• Grimsberg, M.: Processberäkningar. Institutionen för Kemiteknik, 2017.

Contact and other information

Course coordinator: Univ.adj. Michaël Grimsberg, Michael.Grimsberg@chemeng.lth.se
Course homepage: http://www.chemeng.lth.se/keta10?lang=en