Course Description
Physical unit operations for processing plants. Systems for handling liquids or gases include pump or fan driven systems. Physical separation of solids in liquid or gas medium. Psychometrics for process environment control. Water or solvent transport from materials.
Athena Title
Physical Unit Operations
Prerequisite
(ENGR 3160 or ENGR 3160E) and (ENGR 3150 or ENGR 3150E or ENVE 3220)
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The objective is to provide the student with expertise in selecting among a variety of physical unit operations in designing a processing system. The student is expected to understand individual unit operations and how they could be combined with others up-stream and down-stream in a process line.
Topical Outline
Introduction Hydraulic systems and fluid flow measurements Pump selection and characteristics Fans selection and characteristics Solid separation Solid-Liquid Separation Solid-Solid Separation Grinding-size reduction Materials handling Heat Transfer Drying and storage Liquid-Gas separation systems
Syllabus