Mechanical separations - 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
Cyclones
- Richardson and Harker, "Chemical Engineering, Volume 2", 5th edition, Chapter 1 ebook
- Sinnot, "Chemical Engineering Design, Volume 6", 4th edition, Chapter 10 ebook
- Svarovsky, "Solid-liquid separation", Chapter 6 (3ed and 4ed)
- Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, Chapter 17.2, Direct link (McMaster subscription)
- Geankoplis, C.J. "Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles", Chapter 14 in 3rd and 4th edition, McMaster Libraries (reserve)
Filtration
- Seader, Henley and Roper, "Separation Process Principles", Chapter 19 in 3rd edition
- Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, Chapter 18.7, Direct link (McMaster subscription)
- Geankoplis, C.J. "Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles", Chapter 14 in 3rd and 4th edition, McMaster Libraries (reserve)
Class slides and videos
10 September 2013 (02A): sedimentation
- 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): sedimentation
- 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): sedimentation
- Slides for class (same slides as for 12 September)
- Audio and video recording of the class
17 September 2013 (03A): screens and particle sizes
- 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): centrifuges
- 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): centrifuges
- 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
24 September 2013 (04A): cyclones
- We will wrap up centrifugal separations with a review the beer-yeast separator design (spreadsheet). The rest of the class will on cyclones.
- Slides for class
- Audio and video recording of the class
26 September 2013 (04B): cyclones
- This class will wrap up the section on cyclones.
- Slides for class
- Audio and video recording of the class
- A spreadsheet with the cyclone calculation, so you can solve the problem started in class.
27 September 2013 (04C): filtration
- This class will start the final section of mechanical separators: filtration
- Slides for class
- Audio and video recording of the class
01 October 2013 (05A): filtration
- This class will consider some filtration examples.
- Slides for class.
- Audio and video recording of the class
03 October 2013 (05B): filtration
- This class will finish off the filtration section.
- Slides for class.
- Audio and video recording of the class
Interesting applications / Enrichment materials
- Wastewater treatment in a lab
- Newspaper article on the large volume of sewage we have to deal with in Hamilton
- Interesting article on water treatment with flocculants