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CHEN40150

Academic Year 2024/2025

Advanced Separation Processes (CHEN40150)

Subject:
Chemical Engineering
College:
Engineering & Architecture
School:
Chem & Bioprocess Engineering
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Eoin Casey
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module will provide an advanced presentation of the techniques for the analysis, optimisation and design of separation processes. Topics will include equilibrium cascades, distillation, crystallisation and various rate-controlled processes. Emphasis is placed on industrially relevant aspects of these processes.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. analyse a variety of separation processes in terms of equilibrium stages.
2. analyse batch distillation processes
3. solve and analyse problems in batch and continuous crystallization processes
4. evaluate the performance of highly non-ideal distillation systems
5. analyse a variety of rate-controlled separation processes
6. evaluate separation process options in a wider context of sustainability, SHE and commerical considerations.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

36
Tutorial

12
Autonomous Student Learning

80
Total

128

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Module introduces background theory and practice for a number of separation and purification operations. A focus is placed on solving realistic industrial problems, in the course through worked examples.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:
CHEN30020 - Unit Operations, CHEN30030 - Chemical Thermodynamics

Equivalents:
Advanced Separation Processes (CHEN30070)


 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Exam (In-person): End of trimester exam
 End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Graded No
80
 No
Exam (In-person): mid trimester exam (week 7) Week 7 Graded No
20
 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feed back following the mid-term examination will be conducted via worked solutions provided to students. The final examination will make up the remainder of the assessment, marks for which will be returned with examination results.

1. Separation Process Principles’, 3rd ed., Seader and Henley, John Wiley and Sons, 2011
2. ‘Unit Operations in Chemical Engineering’, McCabe, Smith & Harriott, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2005

Name Role
Professor Eoin Casey Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Steven Ferguson Lecturer / Co-Lecturer

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks Tues 09:00 - 10:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12 Wed 14:00 - 14:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Wed 14:00 - 15:50
Autumn Tutorial Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12 Wed 15:00 - 15:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Wed 16:00 - 16:50
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