58100 - Laboratory of Unit Operations in the Chemical Industry

Academic Year 2023/2024

Learning outcomes

The laboratory activities will aim to apply material and energy balances to evaluate the effects of changes in feed and operating conditions of the plants. As a result, students will be able to ensure a correct interpretation of operational variations and identify possible corrective interventions.

Course contents

  • Exercises on material and enthalpy balances in steady-state systems. Numerical solution using spreadsheets and comparison with experimental data collected during laboratory sessions.

• Exercises on liquid-vapor equilibria. Numerical solution using spreadsheets and comparison with experimental data collected during laboratory sessions.

• Exercises on convective/conductive heat transfer mechanisms. Numerical solution using spreadsheets and comparison with experimental data collected during laboratory sessions.

• Exercises on the schematization of continuous and batch reactors. The CSTR and PFR models. Numerical solution using spreadsheets and comparison with experimental data collected during laboratory sessions.

Teaching methods

The practical exercises will be carried out in the laboratory of the chemical engineering group, located at 28 Terracini Street.  Please pay attention to this last point, as the hours in the lesson schedule only reflect the reserved classrooms. During the classroom hours, the processing of the acquired data will be discussed and will follow 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