Thermal seperation process

• Physics Basics: balance equilibrium; phase diagrams; mass transfer
• Distillation: separation step approach; the theory of separation cascade; distillation in tray columns; separation unit concept; distillation in packed columns; hydraulic design of columns
• Absorption: physical absorption, absorption with chemical reaction
• Extraction: Gibbsch’s phase diagram; extraction in stage equipment - extraction in columns
• Adsorption: adsorption equilibrium; adsorber types
• Drying: Drying course curve; dryer designs
• Special Procedures: Membrane processes; gas centrifuge

Thermal separation processes II

Prerequisite: If possible knowledge from lecture: Thermal separation processes I (W 8625)

• Multi-phases thermodynamics: Thermo dynamic equilibrium; fugacity; activity, vapor-liquid equilibrium; gas-liquid equilibrium, liquid-liquid equilibrium
• Mass transfer: Maxwell-Stefan equation; film theory; surface renewal theory, mass transfer coefficients
• Distillation of multi-component mixtures: Ideal mixtures; real mixtures

Gas-liquid flows (multi-phase currents I)

Prerequisite: If possible knowledge from lecture: Thermal separation processes I (W 8625)

General principles; gas-liquid flow in pipes, gas-liquid flow in packings; fluidized beds, growth, movement and coalescence of bubbles and droplets, gas-liquid flow in spray columns, gas-liquid flow in column trays; residence time

Process Technology

Prerequisite: If possible knowledge from lecture: Thermal separation processes I (W 8625)

• Definition and layout of process engineering systems, degree of freedom of process engineering elements and systems, modeling the structure of process systems, modeling of elements of process engineering; steady and unsteady state simulation of process engineering systems, computer programs for steady and unsteady state simulation of process engineering systems, optimization of process engineering systems; influence of inaccurate initial values on the design of equipment
  

Bioprocessing I & II

Importance of biotechnology and its main products, microorganisms, enzymes, kinetics and energetics of biochemical processes; selected biological processes: baker's yeast, single cell proteins, biological wastewater treatment

• Fundamentals of Microbiology
• Upstream Processing
• Down Stream Processing
• Bioanalytics
• Biothermodynamics
• Systembiologie
• Units and Process engineering
• Example processes

Pharmaceutical Engineering

Process engineering of Life Science. Familiarization with the basics of the chemical and biotechnological pharmaceutical industry and an introduction to pharmacology, drug effects, product design and employed operations is given. The differing approaches in the development and manufacture of pharmaceutical products are also explained.

• Introduction to the Life Sciences and Life Science Engineering
• Fundamentals of medical basic functions
• General Pharmacology
• Action of a Drug
• Drug Design
• Classification of drugs
• Poisoning, Toxicology
• General and technological basics
• Dosage Forms
• Genetic engineering, biotechnology
• Equipment, construction, plant design
• Examples: aspirin, paracetamol, penicillin, cocaine, insulin, EPO, ....
• Group exercises: Synthetic molecules process development and biotechnology

Project planning of mass transfer equipment

Prerequisite: If possible knowledge from lecture: Thermal separation processes I (W 8625) and Thermal separation processes II (S 8626) 

• Application of the basics of thermal separation processes, the multi-phase flows and process technology on the selection and design of equipment and/or processes such as: 
  Evaporator, tray columns, packed columns, adsorbents, extraction, capacitors

Stationary simulation with Aspen Plus®

1. Introduction
2. Mathematical Foundations 
3. Simulation
4. Examples

Dynamic simulation with Aspen Custom Modeler®

1. Introduction
2. Mathematical Foundations
3. Simulation
4. Examples