Chemical Engineering Laboratories II

Code:

M.EQ008

Acronym:

LEQ

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Technological Sciences (Chemical Engineering)

Instance: 2021/2022 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Chemical 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
M.EQ	61	Syllabus	1	-	6	39	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

- Consolidation of advanced knowledge in engineering, in the fields of gases and liquids separation, wastewater treatment, processes dynamics and control, and non-catalytic reactions.

- Acquirement of knowledge regarding the use of advanced software tools for modelling fluid dynamics.

Learning outcomes and competences

- Acquirement of knowledge regarding experimentation and scientific research (hypothesis formulation and test, experimental planning, information research).

- Development of critical and creative thinking towards resolution of engineering problems. - Acquisition of oral and written skills.

- Development of team work skills.

- Direct contact with industrial contexts.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Laboratory works/projects:

1. Adsorption of CO2 in a packed bed

2. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

3. Ultrafiltration

4. Chemical oxidation with Fenton’s reagent

5. PID feedback control

6. Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA)

7. Burning of coke particles in a fluidized bed

Mandatory literature

Dale E. Seborg, Thomas F. Edgar, Duncan A. Mellichamp; Process dynamics and control. ISBN: 0-471-00077-9 (Lab protocols)

Complementary Bibliography

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

Comments from the literature

For each work, there are available lab protocols, which include several additional bibliographic references.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Each class contains 7 groups of 2-3 students that will perform, along the semester, 7 practical experiments. The duration of each lab session is 3 hours. For 1 of the performed experiments, a report/paper must be delivered, written in English. For another experiment, an oral discussion meeting will take place with the designated teacher(s) (ca. 30 min. per group). For the first lab work, a short oral presentation will be made in the following week for the entire classroom. For the remaining experiments, only a short description of the obtained results is required. Another evaluation item consists in a field research of an industrial implementation of the technology studied in the second lab session. Such work requires that students contact a company that has such technology. An oral presentation (ca. 15 min long + 5-10 min. for discussion) must be given on the results of this work. Some field trips to local industries are also planned.

If the pandemic situation associated with COVID-19 does not allow it, the research work concerning the industrial implementation will be based on research but without face-to-face contact with companies; likewise, study visits will be canceled.

Software

Fluent

keywords

Technological sciences > Engineering > Chemical engineering

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Prova oral	60,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Trabalho laboratorial	10,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	30,00
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	20,00
Estudo autónomo	40,00
Frequência das aulas	42,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

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

Calculation formula of final grade

In-class evaluation = 10%

Written report/paper + Oral discussion of results = 55% (30% + 25%)

Oral presentations (2) = 35% (10% + 25%)

Examinations or Special Assignments

n.a.

Internship work/project

n.a.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The overall evaluation of students which are excused from attendance will be 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 students will perform three practical works among those described in the course program (but in a shorter version, as specified by the teacher), iii) discussion of the results (DR) for two of the works performed, and iv) extended/complete report (CR) for one of the works performed. 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 (CA) will be maintained. CLASSIFICATION = 0.40 x LE + 0.50 x CR + 0.10 x CA

A minimum classification of 10 is required in the lab exam (LE).

Observations

Acknowledgements:

 - Prof. Carlos Costa, for giving the wastewater treatment unit through chemical oxidation with Fenton’s reagen;

- Prof. João Rui Guedes de Carvalho, for giving the burning of coke particles in a fluidized bed unit;

- Sysadvance, for offering the PSA unit;

- CIN SA, for co-funding this lab.