OVERVIEW

The course aims at deepening the concepts of thermodynamics concerning the description, modelling and management of facilities related to the unit operations of chemical industry.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

To provide a basic knowledge of the chemical-physical principles and methods that can be used as tools to understand and investigate industrial chemical processes. Therefore, potential applications will be presented for the laws that regulate technical thermodynamics, fluid dynamics and heat transmission.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Capability to evaluate the combination of mass / energy conservation equations with the thermodynamic / kinetic constitutive equations for the design or analysis of the most important auxiliary operations in the process industry and to acquire the necessary familiarity in the use of tables and graphics for the most important substances.

Teaching methods

Oral lessons and exercises to the blackboard.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Mass , energy and entropy balance in open non-reactive systems.
Characteristics, performance and efficiency of industrial equipment.
Direct and inverse cycles. Heat pumps.
Elements of psychrometry. Moisturing and drying processes.
Basic equations of fluid dynamics.
Fluid motion in ducts. Distributed and local hydraulic losses.
Conductive, convective and radiative heat transfer.
Thermal resistances in series and parallel.
Heat exchangers.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

 M. J. Moran, H. N. Shapiro, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics (Wiley, New
York, 1992).
 G. Cornetti, Macchine termiche (Il Capitello, Torino, 1994).
 G. Cornetti, Macchine idrauliche (Il Capitello, Torino, 1994).
 F. Kreith, Principi di trasmissione del calore (Liguori, Napoli, 1974).
 G. Guglielmini, C. Pisoni, Elementi di trasmissione del calore (Masson, Milano, 1996).
 

Teaching methods

Oral lessons and exercises to the blackboard.

LESSONS START

From September 28, 2020 (following the timetable on http://www.chimica.unige.it/didattica/orari_CTC  and/or https://corsi.unige.it/8757)

Exam description

the exam consists of an oral discussion.

Assessment methods

The exam aims at checking:

• the learning level ;
• the skilfulness in applying the learned concepts to solve problems concerning the themes proposed.

The assessment standards concern the ability to stay on topic, the quality of expression, the logic pattern of the reasoning and the critical reasoning skills.

Exam schedule