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Welcome to "Separation Process - 1" module:

 

Aim(s)

  • To introduce students to the fundamental concepts and laws of; evaporation; liquid-liquid extraction; leaching; gas absorption.

  • To extend the students’ knowledge of chemical engineering separations and put such processes in context.

  • To provide students with appropriate calculation techniques.

Unit-I
Slides

Introduction

  • Separation process like Filtration, Chromatography, Centrifuging , Evaporating, Crystallization, Dissolving, Decantation, Sieving

Unit-IV
Slides

Leaching and Washing

  • Rate controlling steps,

  • process equipment's,

  • Mass transfer,

  • Multi-stages

Unit-II
Slides
  • Evaporation Vs Drying

  • Processing factors

  • Types of evaporation equipment

  • Methods of Operation in Evaporators

  • Calculation Methods for Single & multiple Effect Evaporator

Unit-V
Slides

GAS ABSORPTION & STRIPPING

  • Mechanism of absorption & Stripping.

  • Types of Column Packing

  • Rate of Absorption

  • Height of Column Based on Conditions in Gas Film and Liquid Film

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Unit-III
Slides

Liquid-Liquid Extraction

  • Basic Principles of Extraction

  • Phase Diagrams

  • Choice of Solvent

  • Single/Multi stage extraction

 

Unit-VI
Slides

Membrane Separation

  • Applications of Membranes

  • Advantages of Membrane Processes

  • Microfiltration

  • Ultrafiltration

  • Reverse Osmosis

  • Advantages and disadvantages of each process

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