Chemical Engineering Practice VI

Code:

EQ0040

Acronym:

PEQVI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Life Sciences, Engineering and Chemical Labs

Instance: 2007/2008 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Chemical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LEQ	0	Plano de estudos de transição para 2006/07	4	3	3	-
MIEQ	60	Syllabus since 2006/2007	4	-	3	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- Consolidation of advanced knowledge in engineering, in the fields of gases separation, wastewater treatment, processes dynamics and control, and polimerization processes.
- Knowledge acquirement regarding the use of advanced software tools for modelling fluid dynamics.

Program

Laboratory works/projects:

1. Asorption on a packed bed
2. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
3. Ultrafiltration
4. PID feedback control
5. Emulsion polymerization
6. Burning of coque particles in fluidized bed
7. Chemical oxidation with Fenton’s reagent

Complementary Bibliography

Mulder, Marcel; Basic principles of membrane technology. ISBN: 0-7923-4248-8
Geankoplis, Christie J.; Transport processes and unit operations. ISBN: 0-13-045253-X
Seborg, Dale E.; Process dynamics and control. ISBN: 0-471-45246-7
Seader, J. D.; Separation process principles. ISBN: 0-471-46480-5
Billmeyer, Jr., Fred W.; Textbook of polymer science. ISBN: 0-471-82834-3

Teaching methods and learning activities

Each class contains 5 groups of 3 students that will perform, along the semester, 7 practical works/projects. Each lab session lasts for 3 hours. For 2 of the performed works, a report is required in the following session. For other 2 a discussion meeting must be done with the responsible teacher (ca. 15 min.). For the remaining works, only a short description of the obtained results is required.

There is another evaluation item that consists in describing an industrial implementation of the technology studied in the first experiment. Such work requires that students contact a company that has such technology. Then, oral presentations (ca. 15 min long) must be done, where students present the results of their “research”.

In one week, some companies will be visited.

Software

Fluent 6.0.12

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	42,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Students must perform at least 6 of the planned works. Students with more than one unjustified absence will not obtain frequency.

Calculation formula of final grade

In-class evaluation = 20%
Written reports + Oral discussion of results = 50% (4 x 12.5%)
Oral presentation = 25%
Presence in one visit = 5%

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The overall evaluation for students which are excused from frequency is replaced by an exam that consists on: i) pre-exam, to ensure that the candidate is able to safely perform the lab work, in which ca. 30 minutes of oral questions are done, also concerning the handling of the main equipments, ii) lab exam (LE), where is required that students perform three practical works among those described in the subject program (but in a shorter version, as required by the teacher), iii) discussion of the results (DR) for two of the performed works, and iv) extended/complete report (CR) for one of the performed works.
CLASSIFICATION = 0.3 x LE + 2 x 0.2 x DR + 0.3 x CR
A minimum classification of 10 is required in the lab exam (LE).

Classification improvement

Students that have attained frequency and wish to improve their final classification must perform a lab exam (with practical and theoretical components - LE), corresponding to one of the works mentioned in the syllabus, and write a full report on that work (CR). The continuous evaluation classification will be maintained.
CLASSIFICATION = 0.40 x LE + 0.40 x CR + 0.20 x CA
A minimum classification of 10 is required in the lab exam (LE).

Observations

It must be stressed that the wastewater treatment unit through chemical oxidation with Fenton’s reagent was lent by Prof. Carlos Costa, from LEPAE.