| Part I : Physical Chemistry and Thermodynamics 1. Introduction: Overview, achieving high pressure, range of parameters. 2. Influence of pressure on properties of fluids: P,v,T-behaviour, enthalpy, internal energy, entropy, heat capacity, viscosity, thermal conductivity, diffusion coefficients, interfacial tension. 3. Influence of pressure on heterogeneous equilibria: Phenomenology of phase equilibria 4. Overview on calculation methods for (high pressure) phase equilibria).
Influence of pressure on transport processes, heat and mass transfer. Part II : High Pressure Processes 5. Separation processes at elevated pressures: Absorption, adsorption (pressure swing adsorption), distillation (distillation of air), condensation (liquefaction of gases) 6. Supercritical fluids as solvents: Gas extraction, cleaning, solvents in reacting systems, dyeing, impregnation, particle formation (formulation) 7. Reactions at elevated pressures. Influence of elevated pressure on biochemical systems: Resistance against pressure Part III : Industrial production 8. Reaction : Haber-Bosch-process, methanol-synthesis, polymerizations; Hydrations, pyrolysis, hydrocracking; Wet air oxidation, supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) 9. Separation : Linde Process, De-Caffeination, Petrol and Bio-Refinery 10. Industrial High Pressure Applications in Biofuel and Biodiesel Production 11. Sterilization and Enzyme Catalysis 12. Solids handling in high pressure processes, feeding and removal of solids, transport within the reactor. 13. Supercritical fluids for materials processing. 14. Cost Engineering Learning Outcomes: After a successful completion of this module, the student should be able to - understand of the influences of pressure on properties of compounds, phase equilibria, and production processes. - Apply high pressure approches in the complex process design tasks - Estimate Efficiency of high pressure alternatives with respect to investment and operational costs
Performance Record: 1. Presence (28 h) 2. Oral presentation of original scientific article (15 min) with written summary 3. Written examination and Case study ( 2+3 : 32 h Workload) Workload: 60 hours total |
