Department of Process Engineering

Lecturer	Saliha BOURANENE
Information	Master - Environmental process engineering Department of Process Engineering Website : https://www.univ-soukahras.dz/en/module/4607 Semester : S2 Unit : UEM 1.2 Credit : 3 Coefficient: 2
Content	Chapter 1: Introduction to Porous and Dispersed Media - Natural porous media - Artificial porous media - Operations on solids: crushing, screening, sieving. - Dispersed media Chapter 2: Characterisation of porous media - Grain morphology - Morphology of a population of grains - Size distribution of solid particles - Classification of solid particles - Characterisation of a grain bed Chapter 3: Particle movement in fluids - Vertical movement of particles - Calculation of the velocity at which a particle falls (terminal velocity). - Sedimentation of a particle suspension - Movement of colloids - Movement of drops and bubbles Chapter 4: Fluid flow through a porous medium - Reminder: Bernoulli\'s continuity equation - Darcy\'s law - Relationship between Bernoulli\'s equation of continuity and Darcy\'s law - Permeability of a porous medium - Kozney-Carmen model - Consistency between Darcy\'s law and the Kozney-Carmen equation - Burke-Plummer model Chapter 5: Filtration - Theory of filtration. - Theory of filtration on a support - Constant flow filtration - Constant pressure filtration.
Evaluation	Continuous assessment: 40%; Exam: 60%.