Description
Aims:
- To reinforce lecture material from other modules by use of laboratory equipment;
- To provide practical experience on equipment assembly, operation and disassembly;
- To promote a safe approach to laboratory work;
- To develop experimental, teamwork and communication skills
Learning Outcomes:
On completion, the students would be expected:
- to be familiar with a range of process equipment, such as stirred vessels, packed towers, pumps;
- to be familiar with the use of flow measuring devices and be able to measure flow rates;
- to be familiar with the use of pressure measuring devices and be able to measure pressure differences;
- to be able to assemble and disassemble flow lines;
- to be able to run experiments and collect data;
- to have an appreciation of, and be able to calculate, experimental errors;
- to have practised data analysis and comparison with theory;
- to be able to present their work orally, in writing or in posters;
- to know how to write technical reports;
- to have developed skills in team working
Synopsis:
This module consists of lectures, experiments and presentations.
Lectures include laboratory safety, experimental methods and presentation of engineering information.
For the experiments the students normally work in groups on topics such as:
- transport properties
- pumping and flow
- dimensional analysis and scale-up
- drag coefficients of spheres
- packed towers
- flowline assembly and operation
- heat transfer
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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