Basics of Chemical Engineering (5 cr)
Code: TE00BO36-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 02.12.2020 - 31.01.2021
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 11.01.2021 - 28.05.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 1 cr
- Virtual portion
- 4 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Kemiantekniikan koulutus
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
Content:
The course consentrates on the basic demands of resource efficient production.
-unit operations
-mass- and heat transfer equipment and -technologies
-mass balance,
-basics of mass balance, materials flow and heat transfer calculations
-design and scaling of unit processes
- simple calculations of unit processes
Timing:
Intro week 2, 15.1.2021
Workshops
15.1.2021
18.2.2021
26.3.2021
23.4.2021
24.5.2021
Weekly meeting in Zoom at 18-19.
Unit processes, 1,5 cr weeks 2-7, Eija Kulju
Heat Technology 1,5 cr, weeks 8-14, Juha Nurmio
Flow Technology and Mass Balance, 2 cr, weeks 15-21 Liisa Lehtinen
Objective
Having completed the study unit, the participants are able to
- calculate and scale simple material and heat transfer processes
- describe equipment and technologies required in unit operations and unit processes as well as in heat and material transfer processes
- tell about special characteristics of different processes in chemical engineering and choose and scale equipment for processes.
- describe the importance of planning and scaling to resource efficient production
Content
- Material flow calculations
- Heat transfer calculations
- Material and heat transfer equipment and processes
Materials
Materials in Itslearning
Teaching methods
The course consists of workshops, web-lectures, independently done tasks and calculations.
Exam schedules
To be announced by the start lecture.
Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development
The technologies are studied during web-lessons, by independent studying and calculating simple practical examples. The tasks will be done individually and in groups.
Completion alternatives
None
Student workload
The work consists of workshops, web-lectures, calculation task, independent work and exams. 5 credit equal to 133 h.
Evaluation methods and criteria
The course consists 3 individual courses. You must pass all the courses. The final grade will be the average of the 3 individual courses.