Course detail

Process Machinery and Equipment

ÚSI-2CDSZAcad. year: 2016/2017

The course deals with the basics of procedural techniques from the theory of their function, basic design approach for their design and implementation, and last but not least, as a source of emergency situations and accidents. The topics of discussion are mainly systems for transport and storage media (piping systems, pressure vessels, tanks ...), problems of reaction engineering, process powder materials (raw materials extraction, milling and sorting, storage, transport ...). Particular attention is paid to single European Community standards for the construction of process equipment, pricing optimization product, as well as marketing aspects of production. An important part of the course is to care about the safety of the proposed facility in terms of environmental protection, their safety against a possible violation and the subsequent outpouring of hazardous substances into the environment.
In laboratory exercises, students will learn the basic processes and modelling of key process variables.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students undergoing this course will gain insight on the issues of production processes in the multi-layered context moving between function, design, implementation, cost and risk of essential procedural knots used in chemical industry, food industry, processing of raw materials and many other areas.
In laboratory exercises, students are introduced to capture the current basic process parameters and their interpretation in the design and control processes.

Prerequisites

Basic courses of mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching is carried out through lectures and seminars. Lectures consist of interpretations of basic principles, methodology of given discipline, problems and their exemplary solutions. Seminars particularly support practical mastery of subject matter presented in lectures or assigned for individual study with the active participation of students.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Continuous random testing in the lectures, assessment protocols of practical exercises and a final oral exam, which will be evaluated as the level of basic knowledge of the topics discussed and the student's ability to interconnect issues in terms of process building, technological function, investment and operating costs and risks of malfunction and accidents.

Course curriculum

1. Design principles of process machinery and equipment
2. Non-pressure vessels, tanks, storage
3. Pressure vessels
4. Piping systems
5. Raw materials, mining, processing
6. Machinery and equipment for solids processing
7. Equipment for conveyance and homogenization of particulate solids
8. Machinery and equipment for the transport of fluids
9. Machines for waste recycling
10. Process equipment in energetics
11. Process equipment in the food industry
12. Process equipment in chemical industry
13. Process equipment for environmentalism

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Understanding the relationships between function, design, implementation, cost and risks of basic procedural knots used in chemical industry, food industry, processing of raw materials and many other areas.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

KŘUPKA, S.: Výpočet tenkostěnných kovových nádob a potrubí. Praha, SNTL, 1967, 1. vyd. 245 s.
KŘUPKA, V., SCHNEIDER, P.: Konstrukce aparátů. Brno, 1998, PC-DIR, ISBN: 80-214-1124-4, 290 s.
LUKAVSKÝ, J.: Konstrukce a stavba aparátů. ČVUT Praha, 1980, 2. vyd., skripta, 213 s.
MEDEK, J.: Mechanické pochody, skripta VUT Brno, 1998; ISBN: 80-214-1264-X
SCHNEIDER, P.: Základy konstruování procesních zařízení. Brno, PC-DIR Real, 1999, 1. vyd., ISBN 80-214-1483-9, 169 s.
SVĚRÁK, T., NĚMEC, Z.: e-learningové materiály předmětu Procesní stroje a zařízení, ÚSI VUT v Brně

Recommended reading

FERJENČÍK, P., SCHUNN, J., MELCHER, J. a kol.: Navrhovanie ocelových konštrukcií, 1. časť, 2. časť, ALFA Bratislava - SNTL Praha, 1986, 603 s.
TIJMS, H. C.: A first course in Stochastic Models. John Wiley and sons, 2003, ISBN 0-471-49881-5

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MRzI Master's

    branch RCH , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer