Course syllabus

Processberäkningar
Chemical Process Calculations

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

Valid for: 2016/17
Decided by: Education Board C
Date of Decision: 2016-04-12

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
Assessment: Computer excercises and final examination. The grade is based on the final examination.

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, 2015.
• Grimsberg, M.: Processberäkningar. Institutionen för Kemiteknik, 2016.

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