ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 1 Interactive Classroom: 51 Total: 52
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Chemistry Engineering
Areas: Chemical Engineering
Center Higher Technical Engineering School
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
The objective of the subject "Laboratory of Fluid Transport and Heat Transfer" is to put into practice the knowledge acquired in the corresponding subjects of theoretical content "Fluid Transport" and "Heat Transfer". The purpose pursued is twofold, on the one hand to reinforce and fix the knowledge acquired in the theoretical subjects and, on the other, to make contact with and study the operation of various equipment that students may encounter in their future professional activity in the chemical industry.
Experimentation applied in the field of fluid transport and heat transfer.
The practices to be carried out include the application of basic concepts of both specialties and the analysis of practical units of fluid transport and heat transmission. The knowledge necessary to address these practices is developed in the subjects "Fluid Transport" and "Heat Transfer" of the same year (3rd and 4th semester, respectively).
The available practices fall into the following five groups:
GROUP 1. FLUID TRANSPORT BASICS
Calibration of a narrowing for the measurement of liquid flow rates
Calibration of a narrowing for the measurement of gas flow rates
Proof of Bernouilli's theorem
GROUP 2. FLUID CIRCULATION
Fluid Plant
Fluid flow through porous beds
Fluidized bed
Testing of valves for liquids
GROUP 3. PUMPS
Study of centrifugal pumps
Study of a pump and its components
Bernouilli (Venturi effect and diaphragm). Pumps (characteristic curves and cavitation)
GROUP 4. HEAT TRANSFER BASICS
Thermal insulation
Heat conduction in non-steady mode: determination of transport properties
Electrical Analogy of Heat Conduction
Two-stage heat transfer (liquid-steam)
GROUP 5. HEAT EXCHANGERS
Study of a heat exchanger (I): Double tube and flat plates
Study of a heat exchanger (II): Double tube, shell and tubes, and flat plates
BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY:
INCROPERA, F.P. and DEWITT, D.P. Fundamentals of Heat Transfer. 4th Ed. Mexico: Prentice Hall Hispanoamericana, 1999. ISBN: 970-17-0170-4 (Spanish). ETSE CODE: A114 17, A114 17A
MOTT, R.L. and UNTENER J.A. Fluid Mechanics. 7th ed. Mexico: Pearson Educación de México, S.A. de C.V., 2015 and previous editions. ISBN 978-607-32-3288-3. SINATURA ETSE: A113-3. There is an e-book version (in Spanish) and eBook (in English): ISBN: 9786073232890 (Editorial Pearson)
ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY:
BERGMAN, LAVINE, INCROPERA y DeWITT. Incropera’s principles of Heat and Mass Transfer, 8th Edition, Ed. Wiley, 2017 and previous editions. ISBN-13: 978-1119382911. SINATURA ETSE: A115-7
ÇENGEL, Y.A. Heat and mass transfer. 3rd ed. Mexico: McGraw-Hill Interamericana Editores S.A., 2007. ISBN 978-970-10-6173-2. SINATURA ETSE: A114-12
COSTA NOVELLA, E. Chemical Engineering. Vol. 3. Fluid flow. Madrid: Alhambra, 1985. ISBN 84-205-1119-6. SINATURA ETSE: A110-1
HOLMAN, J.P. Heat Transfer. 8th ed. (1st in Spanish). Madrid: McGraw-Hill, Interamericana de España, S.A.U., 1998. ISBN 84-481-2040-X. SINATURA ETSE: A114-5
INCROPERA, F.P., DEWITT, D.P., BERGMAN, T.L. y LAVINE, A.S. Introduction to heat transfer. 5ª ed. USA: John Wiley & Sons, 2007. ISBN 978-0-471-45727-5. SINATURA ETSE: A114-9
KREITH, F., BOHN, M.S. Principles of heat transfer. 6th ed. Madrid: Thomson, 2002. ISBN 84-9732-061-1. SINATURA ETSE: A114-3
LEVENSPIEL, O. Fluid flow and heat exchange. Barcelona: Reverté, S.A., 1993. ISBN 84-291-7968-2. SINATURA ETSE: A113-2
PERRY, R.H., GREEN D.N. AND MALONEY, J.O. Perry, Chemical Engineer's Manual. 7th ed., 4th ed. in Spanish, Madrid: McGraw-Hill/Interamericana de España, S.A.U., 2001 et seq. ISBN 84-481-3008-1. SINATURA ETSE: 100-3
WHITE, F.M. Fluid Mechanics. 6th ed. Madrid: Mc Graw Hill/Interamericana de España, S.A.U., 2008 and earlier. ISBN 978-84-481-6603-8. SINATURA ETSE: A113-1
WILKES, J.O. Fluid Mechanics for chemical engineers. London: Prentice Hall PTR, 1999. ISBN 0-13-739897-2. SINATURA ETSE: 113-13
Knowledge or content:
Con05: Basic knowledge and principles of applied thermodynamics or heat transmission and their application to the resolution of engineering problems.
Con06: Knowledge of the basic principles of fluid mechanics and their application to problem solving in the field of engineering. Calculation of pipes, channels and fluid systems.
Skills or Abilities:
H/D01: Teamwork.
H/D02: Oral and written communication in their own languages and some foreign languages.
H/D05: Ability to apply knowledge in practice.
Competences:
Comp06: Ability to design and manage experimentation procedures applied especially for: The determination of thermodynamic and transport properties, and modelling of phenomena and systems in the field of chemical engineering or systems with fluid flow, heat transmission or matter transfer operations or kinetics of chemical reactions and reactors.
Comp08: Ability to solve problems with initiative, decision-making, creativity, critical reasoning and to communicate and transmit knowledge, skills and abilities in the field of Industrial Engineering.
The methodology to be followed for its development is adapted to its experimental nature. As indicated in the section "Study time and personal work", the training activities include: laboratory practices, small group tutoring and exam and review, which require dedication on the part of the students distributed in face-to-face hours and hours of personal work to prepare for the different activities entrusted to them and the exam.
The practical sessions will begin with a joint group session, in which the teacher will present a series of basic questions about the development of the subject:
* Constitution of the work teams (preferably 3 or 2 students per group).
* Each team will do a minimum of 4 practices (preferably 2 on fluid transport and 2 on heat transmission).
* Basic guidelines about work in the laboratory (schedule, rules, safety issues, team work, etc.).
* Instructions for the preparation of Excel spreadsheets and the laboratory notebook.
* Indications on the evaluation of the subject.
* Presentation of the virtual platforms (Moodle) in which, in addition to the internship scripts, safety regulations and delivery dates of the notebook and spreadsheets, all the aspects of the subject previously mentioned will be included so that they are available to the students. These platforms may also be used as a means of communication between teachers and students.
The laboratory practices assigned to each team will be developed in a series of stages that include: preparation of the theoretical concepts necessary for the development of the practice for which they will have to go to the bibliography, class notes, web pages, etc. At this point, the teaching staff will assess whether the students have the necessary knowledge to address the experimental part of the practice and the objective of the practice is clear. After the experimental part, the students will process the data obtained for which the spreadsheet will be used.
The competencies to be developed in the practical laboratory sessions are the following: H/D01, H/D05, COMP06, COMP08, CON05, CON06
The competencies to be developed in the laboratory notebook are: H/D02, H/D05, COMP08
The competencies to be developed in the tutoring are: COMP06, COMP08, H/D02, H/D05.
The distribution of the qualification will be as follows:
* Lab notebook: 20%
* Excel spreadsheets: 20%
* Exam: 40%
* Lab work: 20%
The laboratory notebook, which will be unique per team, is the responsibility of all team members and will contain the experimental data that are considered relevant, notes and incidents observed in the laboratory, as well as the discussion of results once the data has been processed in a spreadsheet. It must be written with criteria of quality, clearness and scientific writing. Its delivery will be made within three school days after the end of the internship period.
A spreadsheet will be prepared for each practice that will contain the experimental data, the calculations made and the corresponding graphic representations resulting from the data processing. Its delivery will be made within three school days after the end of the corresponding internship.
Each student must obtain a minimum grade of 3.5 (out of 10) in each of the assessable parts. In the event that this minimum is not achieved in any assessable part, except for the one corresponding to the Laboratory Work, it may be recovered at the second opportunity. Laboratory work that does not reach the minimum mark indicated is not recoverable in the same course.
In the event of not passing the subject at the first opportunity, and having completed the laboratory practices, on the second opportunity the students will have the option of recovering the part of the subject that they have not passed; except for Laboratory Work, which is not recoverable in the same course.
At each opportunity, in the event that the student does not reach this minimum grade in any assessable part, his final grade of the subject will correspond to that of the part in which he did not reach the minimum grade.
Given the experimental nature of the subject, attendance at the class is considered mandatory, being mandatory in order to be able to also apply to the exam. In addition, it is important to justify the absences according to the USC class attendance regulations. In other cases, the student will be considered as Not Presented, on both opportunities of the same course.
ECTS: 6 (150 h)
Interactive Laboratory Teaching (total face-to-face hours in the laboratory): 51
Small group tutoring: 1
Examination and review: 4
Personal student work: 94
It is very important to have passed the previous subjects of the 2nd year (3rd semester) "Fluid Transport" and "Thermodynamics applied to Chemical Engineering" and to take the subject "Heat Transfer" that is taught simultaneously with this in the 4th semester.
* Teaching will be given in Spanish and English.
* Students will come provided with a lab coat and safety glasses.
* In relation to safety and prevention of occupational risks for each of the internships, students have a basic operating manual in which the most relevant aspects are reflected.
* The admission and permanence of students enrolled in the internship laboratory requires that they know and comply with the standards included in the Protocol for basic training in safety for experimental spaces of the Higher Technical School of Engineering, available in the security section of its website, which can be accessed as follows:
1. Access the ETSE intranet.
2. Go to Government and Management/Dean's Team/Security/Teaching Forms.
3. Click on "Basic safety training protocol for experimental spaces".
In addition, the relevant documents for the receipt of safety-related information will be distributed and signed at the start of the first practice session.
* The Virtual Classroom and Excel spreadsheets will be used.
Jose Antonio Souto Gonzalez
- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816757
- ja.souto [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
Maria Sonia Freire Leira
Coordinador/a- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816758
- mariasonia.freire [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
Diego Gomez Diaz
- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- diego.gomez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Maria Amaya Franco Uria
- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816777
- amaya.franco [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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