Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering II - B409002
Title: Chemické inženýrství II
Guaranteed by: Department of Chemical Engineering (409)
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Engineering
Actual: from 2024 to 2025
Semester: both
Points: 6
E-Credits: 6
Examination process:
Hours per week, examination: 2/3, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: winter:unlimited / 144 (unknown)
summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
Qualifications:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Guarantor: Kočí Petr prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Rejl František doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Interchangeability : AB409002, N409003, N409003A, N409503
Is interchangeable with: AB409002
Examination dates   Schedule   
This subject contains the following additional online materials
Annotation -
The subject focuses on quantitative description of processes and calculation of unit operations in industrial production of chemicals. This is a follow-up to the course Unit operations of chemical engineering I.
Last update: Kočí Petr (15.02.2018)
Literature -

Z: Himmelblau D. M., Basic priciples and calculations in chemical engineering, Prentice Hall, New York, 1992, 981-00-3771-6

Z: McCabe W., Smith J. C., Harriott P., Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2004, 978-0072848236

Last update: Kočí Petr (15.02.2018)
Syllabus -

1. Enthalpy balances of systems with chemical reactions

2. Balances of non-isothermal reactors, heating and cooling power

3. Cascade of reactors, tubular reactor with variable flow velocity along the reactor

4. Particle size distribution in dispersion systems

5. Sedimentation, gravity separators and centrifuges

6. Fluidization, fluid columns, buoyancy and escape thresholds

7. Repeated and countercurrent extraction with limited miscible solvents

8. Introduction to mass transfer: diffusion, convection, mass transfer coefficients between phases

9. Absorption in columns with continuous phase contact, determination of column height and diameter

10. Membrane processes I: types of membranes and modules, mechanism and driving force of processes, micro/ultra/nano-filtration

11. Membrane processes II: reverse osmosis, electrodialysis, gas permeation, pervaporation

12. Crystallization: nucleation and crystal growth, types of crystallizers, material and energy balance

13. Integration of unit operations in industrial processes

14. Reserve

Last update: Kočí Petr (09.09.2025)
Learning resources -

Lecture notes available on the web pages www.vscht.cz/uchi

Last update: Kočí Petr (15.02.2018)
Learning outcomes -

Student will learn how to apply balance equations, kinetic and equilibrium expressions to describe processes and unit operations

Last update: Kubová Petra (04.12.2017)
Registration requirements -

Mathematics I

Chemical Engineering I

Last update: Kubová Petra (04.12.2017)
Teaching methods
Activity Credits Hours
Účast na přednáškách 1 28
Příprava na přednášky, semináře, laboratoře, exkurzi nebo praxi 2.5 70
Příprava na zkoušku a její absolvování 1 28
Účast na seminářích 1.5 42
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