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Separation Processes: CHE 4M3

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Course outline Course videos from 2012 Copyright and other legal stuff Comments, questions, feedback? Don't wait for official course evaluations. Announcements (previous ones) Please do not wait for feedback on your course project outline to get started with your work (the project is due on 9 November) . You will receive feedback by Friday and over the coming weekend, however, you should start to collect the information you need to work on your report, such as equations on how to design the separator and capital & operating costs. The feedback will be simple: at the most, we will suggest additional references for you to consider. In exceptional cases we will adjust the project scope, but most of you have the correct idea in mind: to focus on 1 major separation unit operation. For class on Friday: Make sure you watch and understand this video on ternary phase diagrams: the class is going to rely heavily on that. I recommend you attempt the 5 questions in the course slides prior to class. Bring a ruler, pencil and eraser to class to work with ternary diagrams.

Overview of separation processes Thickeners and clarifiers (sedimentation), screens, centrifuges and cyclones Membranes, dialysis, reverse osmosis, filters and bioseparations Liquid-liquid extraction Adsorption, ion-exchange and chromatography Evaporation, drying and overview of crystallization Course wrap up Supplementary readings Course pack for 2011

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Assignments: Assignment 1 - 2012 (with solutions) Assignment 2 - 2012 (with solutions) Assignment 3 - 2012 (with solutions) Assignment 4 - 2012 Assignment 5 - 2012 New: How to submit an assignment electronically Tests, exams and project Take-home exam Course project Written midterm (with solutions) Final exam Practice questions for tests and exams