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Learning target / Competences
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The students understand the context of energy and raw material input, processes, production plants including process control equipment and plant safety, and final product. They are able to materialze this context in planning research and development programmes and in the production. They are capable of identifying the process engineering key problems and questions, and of describing them to colleagues or to representatives of clients and ancillary companies.
For this purpose they have broadened their knowledge and understanding of process engineering unit operations as well of special technologies such as plant safety and water processing. They know the relevant hard and software compounds of process control equipment, and are able to decide which is the best option for a given problem.
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Requirements for awarding credit points
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Biotechnological Conversion Processes: Written exam, 60 min; weighting of the module grade: 25%.
Chemical Engineering: Written exam, 60 min. Prerequisite for the participation in the written exam "Chemical Engineering" is the successful participation in the technical course "Technical School Process Engineering"; weighting of the module grade: 25%.
Technical School Process Engineering: Laboratory work; weighting of the module grade: 25%.
Water Processing: Written exam, 60 min.; weighting of the module grade: 25%.
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Lectures
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Biotechnological Conversion Processes
| Type |
Lecture |
| Nr. |
M+V928 |
| Hours per week |
2.0 |
| Content |
- Biogas Process: engineering aspects, biological stages, economical and ecological aspects, current research topics
- Biotechnological ethanol process: microbiological background, application, current research topics
- Biotechnological aceton/butanol process
- Research in Biotechnological Conversion Processes: Microbial fuel cells; Microalgae technology (cultivation, oil production)
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| Literature |
- Khanna, M.: Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy; E-book edited by Khanna, M.; Scheffran, J.; Zilberman, D.; Springer, New York 2010; ISBN 978-1-441-90369-3; PPN 327001704
- Deublein, D.; Steinhauser, A.; Biogas from Waste and Renewable Resources An Introduction; 2. rev. and expanded edition, ISBN-10: 3-527-32798-3; Wiley-VCH, Weinheim October 2010
- Blaschek, H.-P.; Ezeji, T.; Scheffran, J.; Biofuels from Agricultural Wastes and Byproducts ISBN: 978-0-8138-0252-7; 276 pages; Wiley-Blackwell; August 2010
- Vertes, A. (Editor); Qureshi, N.; Yukawa, H.; Blaschek, H.-P.; Biomass to Biofuels: Strategies for Global Industries; ISBN: 978-0-470-51312-5; 584 pages; Wiley; January 2010
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Chemical Engineering
| Type |
Lecture |
| Nr. |
M+V931 |
| Hours per week |
2.0 |
| Content |
- mass transport and heat exchange in chemical production plants
- thermal separation processes: distillation and rectification
- chemical reaction engineering
- thermal safety: adiabatic temperature rise, time to maximal rate, criticality
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| Literature |
- Praxiswissen der chemischen Verfahrenstechnik, Christen (Springer, ISBN 3-540-40322-1, 2009)
- Chemical Reaction Engineering, Levenspiel (Wiley, ISBN 0-471-25424-X, 1999
- Chemietechnik (Europa-Lehrmittel), Ignatowitz (Haan-Gruyten, ISBN 3-8085-7046-6, 1997
- Perry's Chemical Engineers Handbook, Green, Perry (McGraw-Hill, ISBN 978-0-07142-294-9, 2008)
- Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, McCabe, Smith, Harriot (McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-072-84823-5, 2005)
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Technical School Process Engineering
| Type |
Lab |
| Nr. |
M+V932 |
| Hours per week |
2.0 |
| Content |
experimental investigations on selected process engineering operations, for example:
- calorific value and combustion of biomass
- rectification- quasi-adiabatic, exothermic reactions
- pressure filtration with subsequent dewatering of the filter cake
- mass transfer in stirred tanks
- mixing time in stirred tanks
- extrusion of synthetics
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Water Processing
| Type |
Lecture |
| Nr. |
M+V913 |
| Hours per week |
1.0 |
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- water chemistry: water chemistry, water hardness, lime
- carbonic acid equilibrium, humic substances
- ressources of potable water: legal aspects, drainage areas, global supply
- water processing: chemical-physical and biological operations
- transport, materials, corrosion
- conditioning of process water, industrial water cycles
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| Literature |
- Parso, S.; Introduction to Potable Water Treatment; Blackwell, 2006
- Roeske, W.; Trinkwasserdesinfektion, Oldenbourg, 2007
- Hancke, K.: Wasseraufbereitung, Springer Verlag, 1998
- Technical Rule "Code of Practice W 101", DVGW Regelwerk, Bonn (Germany) 2006
- Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption; Official Journal of the European Communities, 5.12.98
- Darbi, A.; Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality;3rd ed.;Volume 1: Recommendations; WHO, Geneva 2008; ISBN 978 92 4 154761 1
- Gregory, J.; Review Organic polyelectrolytes in water treatment; Elsevier Ltd 2007
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