| Competences |
| Type A | Code | Competences Specific |
| Professional | ||
| AP1 | A1.1 Effectively apply knowledge of basic, scientific and technological materials pertaining to engineering. | |
| AP4 | A1.4 Know how to establish and develop mathematical models by using the appropriate software in order to provide the scientific and technological basis for the design of new products, processes, systems and services and for the optimization of existing ones. (G5) | |
| AP6 | A2.2 Conceive, project, calculate and design processes, equipment, industrial installations and services in the field of chemical engineering and related industrial sectors in terms of quality, safety, economics, the rational and efficient use of natural resources and the conservation of the environment. (G2) | |
| AP8 | A3.1 Apply knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and other natural sciences by means of study, experience, practice and critical reasoning in order to establish economically viable solutions for technical problems (I1). | |
| AP9 | A3.2 Design and optimize products, processes, systems and services for the chemical industry on the basis of various areas of chemical engineering, including processes, transport, separation operations, and chemical, nuclear, elctrochemical and biochemical reactions engineering (I2). | |
| AP10 | A3.3 Conceptualize engineering models and apply innovative problems solving methods and appropriate IT applications to the design, simulation, optimization and control of processes and systems (I3). | |
| Type B | Code | Competences Transversal |
| Professional | ||
| BP1 | B1.1 Communicate and discuss proposals and conclusions in a clear and unambiguous manner in specialized and non-specialized multilingual forums (G9). | |
| BP5 | B4.1 Be able to learn autonomously in order to maintain and improve the competences pertaining to chemical engineering that enable continuous professional development. (G11) | |
| Type C | Code | Competences Nuclear |
| Common | ||
| CC1 | Have an intermediate mastery of a foreign language, preferably English | |
| CC2 | Be advanced users of the information and communication technologies | |
| Learning aims |
| Objectives | Competences | ||
| To identify the relevant mechanisms of transference in systems with mass and energy transport. | AP1 AP4 AP8 AP10 |
BP1 |
CC1 |
| To formulate the transport equations in systems involving chemical reactions. | AP1 AP6 AP8 AP10 |
BP1 |
CC1 CC2 |
| To establish which kinds and when, initial and boundary conditions are needed. | AP1 AP6 AP8 AP10 |
BP1 BP5 |
CC1 CC2 |
| Use of the appropriate software for resolution of the transport equations. | AP1 AP6 AP8 AP10 |
BP1 |
CC1 CC2 |
| To apply the transport equations for the design of microreactors and microchannels. Simplifications and order of magnitude analysis. | AP1 AP8 AP9 AP10 |
BP1 |
CC1 CC2 |
| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. Introduction | Combination of the microscopic balance of a conserving property and the constitutive flux law. |
| 2.Heat Transfer | System delimitation. Set out the transport equations. Implementation in a simulation code. |
| 3. Mass transfer with chemical reaction | Identificació dels processos rellevants. Necessitat de l'equació de transport d'energia. Aplicació a un problema industrial. |
| 4. Nanoscale applications. | Design of microreactors. Processes identification, emphasis in microchannel flows. Simplifications from order of magnitude analysis. |
| Planning |
| Methodologies :: Tests | |||||||||
| Competences | (*) Class hours | Hours outside the classroom | (**) Total hours | ||||||
| Introductory activities |
|
0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | |||||
| Lecture |
|
9.5 | 15.5 | 25 | |||||
| Presentations / expositions |
|
2 | 6 | 8 | |||||
| Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms |
|
10 | 15 | 25 | |||||
| Problem solving, exercises |
|
4 | 4 | 8 | |||||
| Case study |
|
4 | 4 | 8 | |||||
| Personal tuition |
|
0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||
| (*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | |||||||||
| Methodologies |
| Description | |
| Introductory activities | Activities aimed to contact and to gather information from the students and presentation of the subject. |
| Lecture | Presentation of the subject contents. |
| Presentations / expositions | Oral presentation by the students of a topic or of a study (with a previous written report). |
| Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms | Application, at a practical level, of the theory of a knowledge area in a certain context. Practical exercises using IT. |
| Problem solving, exercises | Formulation, analysis, resolution and debate of a problem or exercise, related to the subject. |
| Case study | Set out a situation (real or simulated) in which the student has to work to give a solution according to the topic, to solve a series of questions or to realize a global reflection. |
| Personal tuition |
| Personalized attention |
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| Assessment |
| Description | Weight | ||
| Presentations / expositions | Presentation of one, or diverse, simulation studies. | 25 | |
| Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms | Studies, using suitable software, about simulation of processes where transport phenomena are significant. | 25 | |
| Problem solving, exercises | Resolution and delivery of exercises in the classroom. | 20 | |
| Case study | Individual development of a practical study. | 30 | |
| Other comments and second exam session | |||
| Sources of information |
| Basic |
Incropera, DeWitt, Bergman, Lavine, Fundamentals of Heat and mass tranfer, 6, Wiley
A. Faghri; Y. Zhang, Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Systems, , Elsevier |
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| Complementary |
Norbert Kockmann, Transport phenomena in micro process engineering, , Springer
R. Bird; W.E. Stewart; E.N. Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, 2a, Wiley |
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| Recommendations |
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