Course Highlights
  • Understand the importance of Unit Operations in the Chemical Industry
  • Identify relevant Unit Operations in Process Flow Diagrams
  • Get to know the basic concepts behind Unit Operations
  • Recognize typical Equipment Design & Operation
  • Pressure Changers: Pumping, piping, fittings, compressing, etc...
  • Heat Exchange: heaters, coolers, condensers, boilers
  • Separation Processes: flashing, distillation, absorbers, fractionation columns
  • Reactors: Batch, Stirred Tank, Plug Flow, etc...
Curriculum

4 Topics
Welcome to the Course!
Objectives
What are Unit Operations?
Slideshow & Resources

35 Topics
Introduction to Momentum Transfer Operations
Pressure Changers
ERRATA - Lecture 7 - OD & ID
Piping & Fittings
Piping - Models
Piping - P&ID Symbols
Momentum - Reference
Fittings - General
Fittings - Models
Fittings - P&ID Symbol
Fittings - Reference Books
Fluid Metering - General
Fluid Metering - Models
Fluid Metering - P&ID Symbol
Agitation & Mixing - General
Agitation & Mixing - Models
Agitation & Mixing - P&ID Symbol
Pumps - General Overview
Positive Displacement Pumps
Positive Displacement Pumps - P&ID Symbols
Kinetic / Centrifugal Pumps
Centrifugal Pumps Models
Centrifugal Pumps - P&ID Symbols
Cavitation
Pump & System Curves
System Curve
Pump Curve
Series vs. Parallel Pumps
Fans & Blowers
Compressors - General
Compressors - Models
Compressors - P&ID Symbols
Fluidization Introduction
Fluidization Bed - Applications
Fluidized Bed - P&ID Symbols

23 Topics
Introduction to Heat Transfer Operations
Heat Transfer
Heat Transfer Reference
Shell & Tube Exchanger
Plate Exchangers
Spiral Exchangers
Tubular Exchangers
Heat Exchangers Models
Heat Exchangers - P&ID Symbols
Condensers
Condensers - Utilities
Condensers - P&ID Symbol
Evaporators & Reboilers - General
Batch Evaporator
Forced Circulation Evaporator
Natural Circulating Evaporator
Falling Film Evaporator
Rising Film Evaporator
Kettle Reboiler
Thermosyphone
Evaporators - P&ID Symbos
Furnace - General
Furnace - P&ID Symbol

45 Topics
Introduction to Mass Transfer Operations
Mass Transfer Operations
Mass Transfer and Separation Processes Reference Books
Gas Dispersion - General
Sparged Vessel (Bubble Column)
Tray Towers
Bubble Cap Trays
Sieve Trays
Liquid Dispersion - General
Venturi Scrubber
Spray Towers
Wetted Wall Towers
Packed Tower
What is Absorbtion?
Singel vs. Multiple Stages
Absorber Columns
Sour Gas - Absorption/Stripping Example
What is Flashing?
T-xy Diagrams
Flash Drum
Distillation - General
Binary Distillation - General
Binary Distillation - Models
Column Design
Multicomponent Distillation
Fractionation Column
Distillation Columns - PID
Liquid-Liquid Extraction
Solvent Selection
Ternary Diagrams
Column Equipment for Liq-Liq Extraction
Mixer -Setller Extractors
What is Adsorption?
Adsorption Column
Industrial Adsorption Columns
Adsorption - P&ID Symbol
What is Drying?
Psychrometric Chart (Humidity content of Air)
Batch Dryers
Tunnel Dryers
Turbo Type Dryer
Rotatory Dryer
What is Crystallisation?
Crystallisers
Cystallizers - P&ID Symbols

8 Topics
Introduction to Reactor Engineering Operations
Reactor Engineering Overview
Reaction kinetics & Reactor Reference books
Batch Reactors
Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR)
Plug Flow Reactor (PFR)
Packed Bed Reactor (PBR)
Reactors - P&ID Symbols

9 Topics
Introduction to PFD & P&ID
What is a PFD?
Process Flow Diagram - Exercise 1
Process Flow Diagram - Exercise 2
Process Flow Diagram - Exercise 3
P&ID Intro
P&ID Exercise 1
P&ID Exercise 2
P&ID Exercise 3

1 Topic
Course Wrap-up

2 Topics
Bonus Lecture
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