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Process Systems Engineering (6 cr)

Code: ELA18PT01-3003

General information


Enrollment

15.11.2021 - 09.01.2022

Timing

03.01.2022 - 24.04.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

6 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Campus

Vasa, Wolffskavägen 33

Teaching languages

  • Svenska

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Electrical Engineering and Automation

Teachers

  • Joachim Böling

Teacher in charge

Ronnie Sundsten

Scheduling groups

  • ELA20-V-A (Size: 40. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • ELA20D-V
    Ingenjör (YH), el- och automationsteknik, h20, dagstudier

Small groups

  • ELA20-V-A

Objective

The goal of the course is that after the course the student should understand the basic physical and chemical principles of the process systems, be able to execute basic dimension analysis, understand and be able to execute basic balance equation calculations, and have a basic knowledge in the basic principles of common unit processes and transport processes in the process technology.

Content

- process- och anläggningsteknikens grundprinciper
- processtekniska anläggningar
- dimension analysis
- balance equations
- mass balances
- energy balances
- heat transfer
- pipe flow system
- unit processes

Location and time

Vaasa, spring 2022

Materials

Will be informed in Moodle

Teaching methods

Lectures
Assignments
Individual studies

Exam schedules

Will be informed during the course in Moodle

Completion alternatives

Pass in assignments and examination

Student workload

162 working hours

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student has basic skills in basic dimension calculations in process systems..
The student is able to execute basic mass and energy balance calculations.
The student has basic skills in material transport in process systems.
The student has basic skills in heat transfer in process systems.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student has good skills in dimension calculations in process systems..
The student is able to execute more advanced mass and energy balance calculations.
The student has good skills in the principles of material transport in process systems.
The student has good skills in the principles of heat transfer in process systems.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has excellent skills in dimension calculations in process systems..
The student is able to execute complex mass and energy balance calculations.
The student has excellent skills in the principles of material transport in process systems.
The student has excellent skills in the principles of heat transfer in process systems.

Assessment methods and criteria

- Competence in process engineering unit operations
- Competence in mass, substance and energy balances
- Competence in heat transport
- Competence in various industrial standards, e.g. ATEX/Ex

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

- process engineering unit operations are unknown a
- lacks knowledge of mass, substance and energy balances
- lacks knowledge of the principles of heat transport
- lacks knowledge about industrial standards

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

- knows the most common process engineering unit operations
- can handle simple mass, substance and energy balances
- knows the basics of the industrial standards reviewed
- knows the principles of heat transport

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

- has a good understanding of the most common process engineering unit operations
- can handle more extensive mass, substance and energy balances
- is well acquainted of the industrial standards reviewed
- is well versed in the principles of heat transport

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- can see the overalls when interconnecting process engineering unit operations
- can derive and utilize complex mass, substance quantity and energy balances
- can fluently apply the industrial standards reviewed
- can perform more complex heat transport calculations

Qualifications

No requirements in advance