Department of Process Engineering

Lecturer	Saliha BOURANENE
Information	Master - chemical engineering Department of Process Engineering Website : https://www.univ-soukahras.dz/en/module/4567 Semester : S1 Unit : UEF 1.1.1 Credit : 4 Coefficient: 2
Content	Chapter 1: Operations on solids Definitions. Grain morphology and stacking. Properties of solids. Grinding. Screening. Sieving. Chapter 2: Particle movement in a fluid Fluid flow around grains. Vertical movement of particles or globules in the field of gravity. Equation of motion (terminal velocity). Collective fall of particles in a fluid. Chapter 3: Fluid flow through a porous medium Flow of a single fluid through a bed. Dispersion. Heat transfer in a fixed bed. Packed columns. Flow of a suspension. Constant flow filtration. Constant pressure filtration. Ruth\\\\\\\'s law. The case of compressible cakes. Chapter 4: Fluidisation Characteristics of fluidised systems. Liquid-solid systems. Gas-solid systems. Fluidised beds (gas-solid). Heat and matter transfer between fluid and particles. Chapter 5: Sedimentation Sedimentation of fine particles. Sedimentation of large particles. Kynch\\\\\\\'s theory. Design of a settling tank. Chapter 6: Filtration Filtration theory. Filtration at constant flow rate, constant pressure, Ruth\\\\\\\'s law. The case of compressible cakes.
Evaluation	Continuous assessment: 40%; Exam: 60%. TD note= (Micro-interrogation (50%) + Mini-project (50%))