Educational guide 2023_24 School of Chemical Engineering

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Topic	Sub-topic
Measurement of physical properties.	Determine the viscosity of liquids with the Cannon-Fenske viscometer. Analyze the dependence of viscosity with concentration and temperature.
Force on surfaces.	We will calculate the force exerted by a jet that impacts on different types of static plates.
Open, semi-open and closed flow: head losses, flow measurement, inertial effects and visualization.	We will determine the air velocity profile inside a pipe and the pressure drop in the same pipe. We will calibrate different flow meters: an Orifice Plate, a Venturi and a Rotameter of variable section.
Heat transfer	Measurement of radiation heat transfer. Measurement of free and forced convection.
Mass transfer: diffusivity.	Experimentally find the mass diffusion coefficient in the liquid phase.
Hydraulic machines: pumps and turbines.	Determine the characteristic H-Q curves of two simple centrifugal pumps at a fixed rotation speed and of two centrifugal pumps associated in series and in parallel. Determine the operating characteristics of a Pelton turbine at different speeds and study the variation of engine torque, power, discharge and performance of the turbine according to its rotational speed.