Guia docente 2020_21 Escola de Enxeñaría de Minas e Enerxía

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Subject 1.- Introduction	Introduction. General concepts.
Subject 2.- Mass and Energy Balances	Mass balances in steady and non-steady state. Mass balances with and without chemical reaction. Energy balances in systems with chemical reaction.
Subject 3.- Separation units	Unit operations based on mass transfer. Rectification of liquid mixtures. Liquid-liquid extraction: Single and multiple contact. Gas absorption
Subject 4.- Chemical reactors	Ideal isothermal reactors: design equations. Introduction to catalytic reactors.
Subject 5.- Natural gas and petroleum refining	Oil fractional distillation. Reforming, cracking, alkylation and coking. Stream purification. Product blending
Subject 6.- Petrochemical processes	Methane derivatives. Ethylene derivatives. Propylene derivatives. Benzene derivatives
Subject 7.- Coal processing: technological use of coal	Coal pyrolysis. Coal gasification