Course detail
Hydraulic Processes
FSI-KHLAcad. year: 2010/2011
The course is concerned with a unit operation in a liquid medium. Theoretical knowledge of unit operation is characterized by mass and momentum transfer in different rheological properties. Design of main dimensions of industrial apparatus. Ecological aspects are accepted.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
Principles and design of main dimensions of process plant equipments including pump and compressors.
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Lecture
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Syllabus
2. Rheological quality of liquids (Newtonian and non-Newtonian).
3. Industrial piping and fitting.
4. Hydraulic of porous partitions.
5. Filtration of suspension. Industrial filters.
6. Gravitational sedimentation of particles - theory.
7. Industrial sedimentation plants
8. Flotation and aeration of liquids.
9. Centrifugal sedimentation. Cyclones.
10. Fluidization, theory and industrial use.
11. Mixing of liquids.
12. Pumps in process engineering.
13. Compressors and vacuum pumps.
Exercise
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2. Non-Newtonian (anomalous) liquid - properties viscosity.
3. Calculation of pressure loss in piping.
4. Design of industrial piping.
5. Pressure loos in porous partition.
6. Calculation of sedimentation velocity.
7. Calculation of main dimensions of sedimentation tanks.
8. Calculation of centrifugal.
9. Design and calculation of cyclone.
10. Calculation of fluidisation velocity.
11. Power consumption in mixing of liquids.
12. Characteristic of pumps, working point.
13. Compressors. Fundamental calculations.