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 that 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 found in process engineering, from which the dimensionless numbers can be derived. In the second part, the thermodynamic properties of the air/water vapor mixtures will be used to derive basic dimensioning 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 goals of this course will be able to:

• Compare the orders of magnitude of the phenomena governing a process by means of dimensionless numbers.
• Establish semi-empirical correlations between dimensionless numbers by means of dimensional analysis.
• Determine the thermodynamic properties of the air/water vapor system.
• Simplified the drying process by applying psychrometrics.
• Understand a course consisting mainly of quantitative concepts that are taught entirely in English.
• Convey technical concepts, mainly of a quantitative nature, in English.

• Basic math – pen and paper and spreadsheet
• Macroscopic mass and energy balances
• Basic thermodynamics

Continuous assessment

Evaluation method:

Written examination 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 Program in Chemistry Secretariat

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