Course program

Program

Objectives
The purpose of the course is to provide students with complementary training in experimental methods related to chemical engineering. The lectures review basic principles of chemical processes, and the work in the laboratory illustrates the application of these principles. The course involves informal lectures, experimental work, and visits to industrial plants. The lectures will cover not only the basic aspects of the experiments, but also issues such as laboratory safety and hygiene, and report writting.
Student evaluation
Student evaluation will be based on performance in the laboratory and the individual reports for the various experiments. In addition, brief memoranda will be required for the industrial visits. Attitude and profesionalism will also be considered.
Course evaluation
The students will be asked to fill an internal form concerning the quality of the course (organization, methods, teaching, etc.).
	List of experiments
	F1 Reaction in a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor F2 Distillation in Plate / Packed Towers F3 Reverse Osmosis / Electrodialysis F4 Pumping and Mixing F5 Residence Time Distribution Functions for Different Reactor Networks F6 Heat Exchangers + Finite element analysis I1 Adiabatic Calorimetry I2 Hydrodynamic and Heat Transfer Characteristics of a Fluidized Bed I3 Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Starch I4 Ultrafiltration I5 V-L Equilibrium and Batch Distillation I6 Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Organic Acids I7 Rheology I8 Chemical Process Simulation using HYSYS I9 Ion exchange I10 Flow in Open Channels I11 Air conditioning I12 Catalytic Packed Bed Reactor I13 Spray Drying I14 Friction in Flow through Beds of Solids