Process equipment
Course objective
Upgrading knowledge related to key process equipment in heat transport and exchange systems, pressure and vacuum systems with reference to safety equipment as well as auxiliary systems. Through the course, students acquire knowledge about the purpose and method of work as well as construction solutions of characteristic process equipment.
Course implementation program
1. Materials for making equipment. Useful properties and test procedures. Possibilities of improving individual properties. Modern procedures for making and processing materials. Material selection criteria.
2. Applied strength and kinetics. 2D state of stress and strain. Stress concentration, thermal and initial stresses. Criteria for dimensioning equipment parts, strength theory. Inertial loads, static and dynamic mass balancing of rotating parts of equipment. Examples of budgets.
3. Propulsion machines: types, selection criteria. Electric motors and drives: working principle, application, performance and characteristics. SUI engines: principle of operation, application, performance and characteristics. Steam and gas turbines: scheme, features, performance, efficiency. Power and motion transmissions: general, gear ratio, types, application.
4. Fluid transport equipment: pipelines and fittings. Pipelines-purpose, standards, basic design sizes, pipe joints, markings; basic hydraulic and mechanical calculation, thermal insulation, corrosion protection, ensuring impermeability sealing and seals. Overview of pipe elements (fittings).
5. Fluid transport equipment: pumps and compressors. Pumps-purpose, division, designs (construction solutions), operating characteristics. Compressors: purpose, division, performances (construction solutions), operating characteristics. Fans. Examples of budgets.
6. Flow of compressible fluids - rules related to isothermal and adiabatic flow. Linking sound speed limit factors with resistance factor and expansion factor. Solving examples in class.
7. Heat exchange-equipment. Heat exchanger designs. Overview of factors when choosing the type of inverter. Special purpose heat exchangers-air coolers, condensers, evaporators. Influence of thermal process (condensation, evaporation) on the total heat transfer coefficient.
8. Resistance to heat conduction. Pressure drop. Plate heat exchanger characteristics and calculation. Example of dimensioning a plate heat exchanger.
9. Pressure systems. EU guidelines and regulations of the Republic of Croatia related to pressure systems. Pressure vessels. Pressure valves. Mass calculation and stress of materials for pressure vessels. Standards.
10. Auxiliary systems. Circular water cooling system. Torch system. Wastewater treatment system. Budget examples. Cooling systems. Characteristics. Budget examples
11. Air purification equipment (filters, cyclones, scrubbers).
12. Water treatment equipment (tanks, precipitators, filter presses, oil separators, mixers). Stoves, fireplaces, incinerators.
13. Equipment for mechanical and separation processes.
14. Measuring equipment and instruments. Display and analysis of measurement results.
15. Field classes (INA-Molve plant, EL-TO, Zagreb)
Prerequisites for enrolling in the course
Passed exams: Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, Technical Thermodynamics, Mechanical and Thermal Operations, Transfer of Matter and Energy, Balance of Matter and Energy
Developing general and specific student competencies
The acquired knowledge helps the student to understand the work with the equipment when used in real conditions as well as the knowledge of the basic principles of equipment performance. In addition, students will be trained to understand the meaning of collaboration between different professions in designing and working with equipment.
Student obligations in teaching and ways of their execution
Mandatory attendance of lectures and seminars. At the seminar, assignments.
Teaching methods
Auditorium for lectures and seminars. Getting to know the equipment at the process plant.
Method of testing knowledge and taking exams
Preparation of a seminar paper with a presentation, 2 colloquia or written exam, oral exam
Course learning outcomes
1. recommend specifications for simpler process equipment elements
2. review the basic principles of engineering mechanics during the recommendation of process equipment system parts
3. rank the importance of the engineering materials testing process
4. determine the purpose, construction solutions, properties and application of basic elements and assemblies of process equipment and evaluate their most significant characteristics
5. rank appropriate elements and assemblies of equipment from the point of view of efficiency and economy
Learning outcomes at the program level to which the course contributes
1. apply innovative methods in solving problems based on fundamental principles
2. develop design solutions for processes or their parts, including the processes coming from the new or borderline fields of chemical engineering
3. evaluate the application of new and emerging technologies
4. demonstrate capability to function effectively as a member of a team that may be composed of different disciplines and levels
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