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Archived Version 2011 - 2012
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Description This modules gives the student an introduction to the basic principles of heat and mass transfer in the context of modern bioprocessing technology. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Formulate and solve simple problems involving heat conduction in planar and cylindrical geometries. 2. Formulate simple conductive heat transfer problems in terms of single-phase and overall heat transfer coefficients. 3. Design a double pipe heat exchanger using the log-mean temperature difference. 4. Formulate and solve simple problems involving mass diffusion in planar geometry. 5. Formulate simple conductive mass transfer problems in temrs of single-phase and overall mass transfer coefficients. 6. Design and analyse batch and continuous liquid-liquid extraction systems. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Activities Steady conduction in planar and cylindrical systemsHeat transfer by convection: single-phase and overall coefficientsAnalysis of the sterilisation of a bioreactorDesign of double-pipe heat exchangersSteady and quasi-steady state diffusionInterfaces, single phase mass transfer coefficients and overall mass transfer coefficients.Liquid-liquid extraction in batch and continuous systems. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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