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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING


MASS TRANSFER PROCESSES 1B MODULE

SECTION 1 - ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

MODULE NAME MASS TRANSFER PROCESSES 1B


MODULE CODE ECE 2201
MODULE FACILITATOR DR T. T. MANHONGO
OFFICE SD1
PHONE NUST EXT. 2464
E-MAIL [email protected]

SECTION 2 - CONTENT

SYNOPSIS:

Gas absorption and desorption (Stripping), Liquid-liquid extraction, Leaching, Drying of process
material, Humidification and dehumidification, Cooling towers.

COURSE OUTLINE:

1. Gas absorption

 Industrial applications of gas absorption and desorption


 Equipment
 Equilibrium Solubility of gases
 Counter current mass transfer and concept of transfer units.
 Tower design

2. Liquid-liquid extraction;

 Industrial applications of liquid liquid extraction


 Equipment.
 Use of immiscible and partially miscible solvents.
 Batch and continuous separations.
 Single and multi-stage separations.
 Ternary systems and triangular diagrams.
 Equilibrium conditions, tie lines and their extrapolation.
 Use of graphical methods for calculating number of theoretical stages required.

3. Leaching;

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• Basic principles, techniques, equipment, and industrial application.
 Batch and continuous separations.
 Single and multi-stage separations.
• Ternary systems and triangular diagrams.
• Equilibrium conditions, tie lines and their extrapolation.
• Use of graphical methods for calculating number of theoretical stages required.

4. Drying of process materials;

• Basic principles, techniques, equipment, and industrial application.


• Rate of drying and drying time

5. Humidification and dehumidification;

• Psychrometry
• Interpretation of psychrometric charts
• Vapor liquid equilibrium
• Adiabatic operations

6. Cooling towers
• Basic principles, types, features and operation of various cooling towers.
• Cooling tower design.
• Water and air based systems.

PRE-REQUISITES

ECE 1101: Chemical Engineering Calculations


ECE 2101 :Transport Phenomena
ECE 2101 : Mass Transfer Processes 1A

CO-REQUISITES

SECTION 3 – OBJECTIVES

At the end of the course students should be able to;

• Explain the principles of operation of equipment for various types of mass transfer
processes.
• Explain the differences among various mass transfer processes.
• Design for any separation process given feed condition and desired separation.
• Determine graphically, by stepping off stages, or algebraically the required number of
equilibrium stages in a countercurrent cascade to achieve a specified component recovery.
• Interpret psychrometric charts.
• Estimate drying times.
• Determine the height requirements for cooling towers.

SECTION 4 - COURSE ASSESSMENT

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ASSESSMENT DATE CONTRIBUTION TO FINAL MARK

FINAL EXAMINATION TBA 75 %

CONTINOUS ASSESSMENT SEE BELOW 25 %

TEST 1 Monday 20 February 2023 10.0 %


ASSIGNMENT 1 Wednesday 15 February 2023 7.5 %
ASSIGNMENT 2 Friday 17 February 2023 7.5 %

SECTION 5- SUGGESTED REFERENCE MATERIAL

Below is a list of suggested reading material, please note that any textbook on mass transfer
operations or separation processes can be used.

1. Mass transfer operations, R E Treybal


2. Separation process Principles J.D Seader and H. Henley
3. Coulson and Richardson Volume 2
4. Equilibrium staged separation, P Wankat
5. Unit Operations McCabe, Harriot and Smith
6. Mass Transfer Principles and Operations, A P Sinha & Parameswar De
7. Mass Transfer Operations for the practicing Engineer, F Ricci & L Theodore

SECTION 6 – ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 The lectures are a guide to the scope of practical learning. Tutorials provide examples and
guidance in calculation methods.
 Use of cellphones is not allowed during the lecture.
 It is the students’ responsibility to provide stationery for Tests.
 Punctuality: “Better never than late” said George Bernard Shaw.
 Refer to the NUST year book for further regulations.
 **Any candidate found using unauthorized material, or attempting to obtain information
from other candidates or their papers, or otherwise guilty of misconduct during a test will be
disqualified.
 **Plagiarism is an academic offence: In the case of plagiarism being discovered in a piece of
work e.g. essay or report, the student will be given a warning and will be given the
opportunity to re-submit an acceptable piece of work after one week, and will be awarded a
maximum mark of 45%. Further offences will be reported to the Deans’ office.

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