Undergraduate Education of Food Science and Technology,TUST
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Principles of Chemical Engineering

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Course Code: PBRC3107
Credits: 7
Teaching Hour: 120 (96 hours for lecture, 24 hours for laboratory)
Prerequirement: Calculus, Physics, Physico-chemistry
Instructor: Dr Yuanyuan Jia

Course Objective: This course develops quantitative knowledge and skills of important unit operations of chemical engineering in food industry. It serves as the fundamental for food technology, principles of food processing, and food machinery and equipment.

Main Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1Unit operations in the chemical, food and other fields of application
1.2Unit conversion, heat and material balance calculation
Chapter 2 Fluid flow
2.1 Hydrostatic basic equation
2.2 Flow of fluid in the tube
2.3 Fluid flow phenomenon
2.4 Fluid flow resistance in the tube
2.5 Pipeline calculation
2.6 Flow measurement
Chapter 3 Fluid transport machinery
3.1 Liquid transport machinery
3.2 Gas transport and compression machinery
Chapter 4 Mechanical separation
4.1 Particle and particle bed characteristics
4.2 Sedimentation process.
4.3 Filtration.
Chapter 5 Heat transfer
5.1 Three mechanisms of heat transfer and heat transfer in engineering practice
5.2 Heat conduction
5.3 Convective heat transfer
5.4 Calculation of heat transfer process
5.5 Correlation of convective heat transfer coefficient
5.6 Phase heat transfer change, condensation and boiling
Chapter 6 Heat transfer equipment
6.1 heat exchanger classification, application occasions and advantages and disadvantages
6.2 jacket, coil, double pipe and plate heat exchanger.
6.3 Calculation and selection of heat exchanger, pathway for heat transfer enhancement.
Chapter 7 Evaporation
7.1Concepts of evaporation operation
7.2 Calculations single-effect evaporation material and heat constant, the steam consumption calculation
7.3 Multiple effect evaporation process, production capacity, and the effective number of restrictions.
7.4 Temperature difference drops of evaporation equipment.
7.5 Production capacity and the limits of evaporation efficiency.
Chapter 8 Drying
8.1 Property and humidity chart of wet air
8.2 Drying material balance and heat balance calculation
8.3 Drying speed and time
8.4 Drying equipment
Chapter 9 Mass transfer process
9.1 Chemical process mass transfer and phase composition. Fick's law, molecular diffusion and One-component diffusion
9.2 Comparison of laminar diffusion turbulent diffusion, mass transfer film modeling, mass transfer rate equation and mass transfer coefficient.
9.3 Analogy of three transfer processes of momentum, heat and mass.
Chapter 10 Absorption
10.1 Process of absorption and selection of solvent in production
10.2 Absorption and transfer efficiency. The equations of mass transfer rates
10.3 Material balance calculation, operating line equation and gas - liquid operating ratio of the absorber
10.4 Concept of mass transfer unit, calculation of packing layer height.
Chapter 11 Distillation
11.1 Vapor-liquid equilibrium of binary system and Raoult's law, non-ideal solution and the ideal solution.
11.2 Simple distillation and distillation
11.3 Analysis and calculation of two element continuous distillation
11.4 Main calculation and concept of the distillation operation are the material and heat balance calculation.
11.5 Plate method, graphic method and computer simulation

Lecture Hour Allocate
Chapter
Content
Hour
1
Introduction
2
2
Fluid flow
14
3
Fluid transport machinery
8
4
Mechanical separation
8
5
Heat transfer
14
6
Heat transfer equipment
4
7
Evaporation
6
8
Drying
10
9
Mass transfer process
4
10
Absorption
12
11
Distillation
14
Total
 
96


Laboratory Hour Allocate
Laboratory
Title
Content
Hour
1
Physical Teaching Aids and Virtual Stimulation
Identity pipe fittings, valves and pipeline parts, pump casing, impeller, pitot tube, 
rotor flowmeter, venturi tube, orifice plate; Application of simulation software
 understanding straight pipe resistance  and pump performance, heat transfer, absorption, 
distillation and drying,etc
4
2
Straight Pipe Resistance and Pipeline
Using water as working fluid, determine the relationship between the friction coefficient 
λand the Re. Understand the composition of the pipeline, and connect the simple pipeline.
4
3
Pump Performance and Centrifugal Pump
Determine the relationship between the flow Q and pressure head H, shaft power N 
and total efficiency. Understanding the structure and function of the centrifugal pump.
4
4
Heat Transfer and Heat Exchangers
Using tubular heat exchanger, determine the total heat transfer coefficient K, 
the convection heat transfer coefficient α of the tube wall to air. Recognition 
of tube, plate, coil, tubular heat exchanger.
4
5
Distillation
Under total reflux condition, determine the efficiency of the distillation tower with ethanol /water 
as the separation system and the efficiency of the single plate
4
6
Drying and Dryers
Determination of the drying curve of polymer material; know tray, rotary drum, spray 
and fluid bed dryers.
4
Total
 
 
24

Assessment:3 hour written examination at end of the course (60%);Mid-term exam (20%); Laboratory reports (20%).
Qualifying standard: 60%
Penalties: Absence of examination and laboratory and any academic misconduct shall be assigned a mark of zero.
Text book:
Tan Tianen, Principles of Chemical Engineering, 4thed, Chemical Industry Press, 2013
Feng Yayun, Fundamental Experiments of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Industry Press, 2000
References
1. Yao Yuying, Principles of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University Press, 1999
2. Zhang Guoliang, Chemical Transfer Process, Chemical Industry Press, 2002
3. C.O. Bennett, J. E. Myers, Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer (3rd Ed), McGraw-Hill 1982