- Docente: Camilla Luni
- Crediti formativi: 3
- Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
- Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: Laurea Magistrale in Offshore engineering (cod. 9249)
Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire
The students will be provided with an introduction to sustainable technologies applicable in innovative offshore processes, as water desalting, water treatment and natural gas purification.
Contenuti
Requirements
The course provides a brief overview on membrane science and membrane engineering, with emphasis on gas separation membranes for oil and gas applications.
A prior knowledge and understanding of basic concepts of process engineering and transport phenomena is required to attend profitably this course.
Contents
Introduction on membrane technology
Basic feature of separation processes in the oil and gas sector relevant for offshore applications. Fundamentals of membrane technologies and basic definitions. Introduction on the most relevant aspects of membranes and membrane processes and their classification. Identification of the relevant parameters and properties for the description of gas transport.
Membranes and modules
Description of the main polymeric membranes and manufacturing techniques. Illustration of technical features of membrane modules in three different geometries: planar, spiral wound, hollow fibers.
Gas separation membrane technologies
Basic principles and applications: gas separation and vapor permeation; membrane vs. conventional processes and identification of advantages/disadvantages. Emerging methods (e.g., facilitated transport). Identification of the major problems in gas separation membrane applications: aging, plasticization, effect of impurities, etc.
Analysis of relevant test cases
Natural gas sweetening, H2S removal, hydrogen purification, air fractionation, biogas upgrading, carbon capture applications.
Testi/Bibliografia
Teaching notes and relevant review papers will be uploaded in the UNIBO website “Virtuale”.
Metodi didattici
Lectures and seminars from membrane experts about ongoing research activities.
Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento
Preparation of a written report on a project, assigned by the end of the course, on the qualitative and quantitative analysis of a specific gas separation problem performed by a membrane process.
Strumenti a supporto della didattica
Lecture slides.
Orario di ricevimento
Consulta il sito web di Camilla Luni
SDGs
L'insegnamento contribuisce al perseguimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile dell'Agenda 2030 dell'ONU.