98883 - LABORATORIO DI GESTIONE IMPIANTI CHIMICI

Academic Year 2023/2024

Learning outcomes

The laboratory activities will aim to develop the ability to operate in a plant and ensure its proper management through experiences focused on the use of handling devices, industrial measuring instrumentation, separation and heat exchange equipment, and apparatus for the treatment of gaseous effluents.

Course contents

  • Exercises on the UNICHIM regulations for the representation of chemical plants. •
  • Exercise on fluid motion, evaluation of the power required for handling devices. Numerical solution using spreadsheets. 
  • Experimental evaluation of the error induced by the use of flow meters for liquid and gas phases. Assembly of centrifugal and volumetric pumps. 
  • Exercises on heat exchange equipment. Numerical solution using spreadsheets and comparison with experimental data collected during laboratory sessions. 
  • Analysis of flash, continuous, and batch distillation separation processes. Numerical solution using spreadsheets and comparison with experimental data collected during laboratory sessions. 
  • Analysis of separation/stripping processes. Numerical solution using spreadsheets and comparison with experimental data collected during laboratory sessions. 
  • Analysis of the sedimentation separation process. Numerical solution using spreadsheets and comparison with experimental data collected during laboratory sessions.

Teaching methods

The practical exercises will be conducted in the laboratory, and the analysis of the acquired data will be discussed in the classroom according to the official schedule.

Assessment methods

The assessment of learning is done through a presentation of the results at the end of the laboratory experiments via an oral presentation of the findings.

Teaching tools

The educational material useful for exam preparation is made available to students in electronic format via the internet. To access the educational material, students need to connect to the website: https://virtuale.unibo.it/ . The username and password are reserved for students enrolled at the University of Bologna and will be provided by the instructor.

Office hours

See the website of Federico Alberini

See the website of Nicodemo Di Pasquale