Fundamentals of Process Engineering

The goal of this course is to enable students with a background in chemistry to understand the fundamentals of process engineering.

The course consists of two main parts, both of which are illustrated by the same process.

In the first part of the course, a drying process will be used to introduce the most common heat and mass transfer phenomena encountered in process engineering, from which the dimensionless numbers can be derived. In the second part, the thermodynamic properties of air/water vapor mixtures will be used to derive basic sizing rules for the same drying process.

This course will be taught entirely in English.

Hourly volumes*:

CM: 10

TD: 10

A student who has met the course objectives will be able to:

• Compare the orders of magnitude of the phenomena governing a process using dimensionless numbers
• Establish semi-empirical correlations between dimensionless numbers using dimensional analysis.
• Determine the thermodynamic properties of the air/water vapor system.
• Dimension simplified the drying process by applying psychrometrics.
• Understand a course that consists primarily of quantitative concepts and is taught entirely in English.
• Communicate technical concepts, primarily of a quantitative nature, in English.

• Basic math – pen and paper and spreadsheets
• Macroscopic mass and energy balances
• Basic Thermodynamics

Ongoing Assessment

Evaluation method:

Written exam or report based on a theoretical case,

• Common Governing Phenomena in Chemical Process Engineering: Application to a Drying Process
• Qualitative derivation of dimensionless numbers.
• Quantitative derivation of dimensionless numbers: dimensional analysis.
• Psychrometrics: Thermodynamic Properties of the Air/Water Vapor System.

Administrative contact(s):

Master's in Chemistry Office

https://master-chimie.edu.umontpellier.fr/