Fees
- The course fee is £1295
- Refreshments & lunch each day
- Dinner on Tuesday 4 November 2008
- The comprehensive course manual
General Information
The course begins with registration from 8.30am on Tuesday 4 November 2008 and finishes after lunch on Friday 7 November 2008.
A Chemist's Guide to Chemical Engineering
4 - 7 November 2008, Barcelona, Spain
A 4 day course given by Dr Keith Turner, Kappa Tau Consulting
Introduction
R&D chemists are very often at a disadvantage when working in process research and development because of their lack of knowledge about the basic principles of chemical engineering.
Most chemical engineering courses, that are aimed at chemists, are actually developed and presented by chemical engineers. Therefore they tend be very mathematically based and not really suitable nor interesting for R&D chemists. This course is different and has been developed and is presented by a chemist for chemists. Therefore, it does not dwell on the derivation of a mathematical formula or equations but focuses on what chemists need to know about the information and data that engineers require. Chemical engineering without mathematics is impossible and so this course does contain mathematics which should not trouble degree level chemists. A chemist only needs to know why a mathematical formula or equation is important and needs to appreciate where and how the data are used. Chemists do not need to know how to design plants and equipment and since most chemists are not interested this course does not attempt to teach them.
In order for chemists and engineers to interact and collaborate they need to understand and appreciate the point of view of the other discipline. This course sets out to give chemists an introduction to the main topics in chemical engineering and help them realise the importance of the subject. The course will not be attempting to convert chemists into design engineers but it is hoped that it will help chemists understand what chemical engineering is and how chemists can improve their own job function and career prospects. The course will attempt to introduce and describe the principles of chemical engineering without resorting to the excessive use of mathematics. It will attempt to assist chemists to appreciate the type of data needed by engineers and why it is needed. In so doing it will allow chemists to realise how a better understanding of chemical engineering will improve their own work in process research and development. It is hoped that attendees on the course will better appreciate the vital interaction between chemistry and engineering.
Course Outline
- What is Chemical Engineering?
- Dimensionless Numbers, what are they and what do they mean?
- Mass Balances
- Energy Balances
- Process Flow Diagrams
- Introduction to Fluid Flow
- Reynolds Number
- Bernoulli’s Equation
- Friction in Pipes
- Pumping Fluids
- Types of Pumps
- Introduction to Heat Transfer
- Heat Exchangers
- Introduction to Drying
- Analysing Drier Performance
- Psychrometric Charts
- Introduction to Mass Transfer
- Introduction to Separation Processes
- Introduction to Column Separations
- Distillation and Gas Absorption Techniques
- Vapour Pressure and VLE Data
- Distillation Terms and Techniques
- Information Required for Column Design
- Introduction to Solid Liquid Separation
- Selecting SLS Equipment
- Centrifugation and Centrifuges
- Evaluating Centrifuge Performance
- Crystallisation and Crystallisers
- Introduction to Extraction Processes
- Mass Balance in Extraction
- Using and Understanding Phase Diagrams
- Types of Reactors
- Reactor Design
- Scale up of Reactors
- Batch Reactor Performance and Modelling
- Types of Reactors
- Reactor Design
- Scale up of Reactors
- Batch Reactor Performance and Modelling
The organisers reserve the right to change the published programme of events and course content as circumstances dictate.