Mechanical separations - 2014

Class date(s):	10 September 2014
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Date	Class number	Topic	Slides for class	Video and audio files		References and Notes
10 September	02B	Sedimentation	Slides	See magnetic separation in the bacon production process Video	Audio	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. Geankoplis, C.J. "Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles", Chapter 14 in 3rd and 4th edition, McMaster Libraries Seader et al., "Separation Process Principles", Chapter 19 in 3rd edition (not present in 2nd edition), McMaster Libraries 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)
12 September	02C	Sedimentation	Slides	Video	Audio	YouTube video on hindered settling YouTube video on sedimentation lab tests Interesting article on water treatment with flocculants
16 September	03A	Sedimentation	Slides	Video	Audio	YouTube video about the lamella separator A general video about water treatment
17 September	03B	Sedimentation	Slides	Video	Audio	We didn't cover this, but check out the concept of elutration for plastics recycling, which is when the fluid stream is also moving (read the Wikipedia article)
17 September	03C	Particle size characterization	Slides	Video	Audio	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 Geankoplis, C.J. "Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles", Chapter 14 in 3rd and 4th edition, McMaster Libraries [very little in here on this topic]
19 September	03D	Particle size characterization	Slides	Video	Audio	We wrap up particle size characterization in this class.
19 September	03E	Centrifuges	Slides	Video	Audio	We will cover the topic of centrifugal separations; some references for reading ahead are listed below: Geankoplis is the most relevant. Geankoplis, C.J. "Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles", Chapter 14 in 3rd and 4th edition, McMaster Libraries 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 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
23 September	04A	Centrifuges	Slides	Video	Audio	We continue our coverage of centrifugal separations.
24 September	04B	Centrifuges	Slides			We wrap up our coverage of centrifuges with a design problem. Bring laptops!
26 September	04C	Filtration	Slides ← these are new			Kushlani will lead the class (I am away today) and introduce the topic of filtration. [There won't be a video recording of this class].