Mechanical separations - 2013

Class date(s):	10 September 2013
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We will start the course by looking at mechanical separations: i.e. separations where some sort of mechanical energy is added/used during the separation.

References

Please use these references to read ahead and prepare for this section of the course

Sedimentation

• Geankoplis, C.J. "Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles", Chapter 14 in 3rd and 4th edition, McMaster Libraries (reserve)
• Seader, Henley and Roper, "Separation Process Principles", Chapter 19 in 3rd edition (not present in 2nd edition), McMaster Libraries (reserve)
• Richardson and Harker, "Chemical Engineering, Volume 2", 5th edition, Chapter 5, page 237 ebook
• Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, Chapter 18.5, Direct link (McMaster subscription)

Screens and particle size characterization

• Richardson and Harker, "Chemical Engineering, Volume 2", 5th edition, Chapter 1 ebook
• Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, Chapter 21.1, Direct link (McMaster subscription)
• Seader, Henley and Roper, "Separation Process Principles", page 675 to 679 in 3rd edition (p 648 to 653 in 2nd edition), McMaster Libraries (reserve)
• Geankoplis, C.J. "Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles", Chapter 14 in 3rd and 4th edition, McMaster Libraries (reserve) [very little in here on this topic]

Centrifuges

• Geankoplis, C.J. "Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles", Chapter 14 in 3rd and 4th edition, McMaster Libraries (reserve)
• Ghosh, R. "Principles of Bioseparations Engineering", Chapter 6, McMaster (reserve)
• Seader, Henley and Roper, "Separation Process Principles", page 800 to 802 in 3rd edition (not in 2nd edition), McMaster Libraries (reserve)
• Svarovsky, "Solid-liquid separation", Chapter 7 (3ed and 4ed)
• Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, Chapter 18.8, Direct link (McMaster subscription)
• A book on centrifuge separations for biotechnology applications

Week 2

10 September 2013 (02A)

• Slides for class
• Audio and video recording of the class
• YouTube video on elutration, which is when the fluid stream is also moving (read the Wikipedia article)

12 September 2013 (02B)

• Slides for class (we will be considering slides 22 and onwards)
• YouTube video on hindered settling
• YouTube video on sedimentation lab tests
• Audio and video recording of the class

13 September 2013 (02C)

• Slides for class (same slides as for 12 September)
• Audio and video recording of the class

Week 3

17 September 2013 (03A)

• We will cover the topics of screens and particle size distributions. Please see the readings above, if you want some more background.
• Slides for class
• Audio and video recording of the class

19 September 2013 (03B)

• We will cover the topic of centrifugal separations; some references for reading ahead are listed below: Geankoplis is the most relevant.
• Slides for class
• Audio and video recording of the class

20 September 2013 (03C)

• We will continue on the topic of centrifugal separation, wrapping up with an example and a design study.
• Slides for class
• Audio and video recording of the class

Week 4

23 September 2013 (04A)

• We will wrap up centrifugal separations with a review the beer-yeast separator design. The rest of the class will on cyclones.
• Slides for class
• Audio recording of the class

27 September 2013 (04B)

• We will introduce and complete an overview of cyclone separators.
• Slides for class
• Audio and video recording of the class

Interesting applications / Enrichment materials

• The sludge underflow (solid waste) from a wastewater treatment plant gets put to good use
• Wastewater treatment in a lab
• Newspaper article on the large volume of sewage we have to deal with in Hamilton -->