ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 99 Hours of tutorials: 2 Expository Class: 31 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 150
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: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
ATTENTION: The subject guide following instructions from the USC Rector's Office is programmed for Scenario 1 with face-to-face teaching (adapted normality).
Curricular objectives: Concepts and typical methods of chemical engineering; Concept of chemical process; Mass and heat energy balances.
Learning objectives: Strategy of problem-solving; Worksheet; Strengthen capacities of relationship and communication; Explanation of daily events.
According to the memory of the Degree in Chemical Engineering, the contents of this subject must refer to the following epigraphs: "The chemical industry and the role of the chemical engineer. Calculation tools. Systems and unit conversion. Unit operations in the chemical industry. Representative processes and units. Conservation principles and their practical application to process units. Concept of balances: steady and non-steady state, recirculation, purge and bypass. Mass balances: systems without chemical reaction. Systems with chemical reaction: stoichiometry, kinetics, chemical Reactors. Total energy balances. Heat energy balance: systems without and with generation. Use of a process simulator"
These contents are organized in the following theoretical lessons, interactive seminar lessons and interactive lessons in the Computer Lab.
Lectures
1. The first part of the course will be devoted to introduce concepts of chemical engineering through a methodology of "case study". For that purpose, a particular problem will be proposed (producing a particular product from raw materials) and over a few days, the process will be developed interactively with the students. This procedure will include concepts of transport of fluids, heat transfer, mass transfer, kinetics, interface equilibrium and chemical reactors, presenting the typical equipment of each unit. Finally, the operational logics will be studied by analysing the process flow diagrams. 4 CExp + 1 C Int Sem
2. Calculation tools. Systems and unit conversion. 2 CExp + 1CIntSem
3. Mass balances without chemical reaction. Application to problems with recirculation, purge and bypass. 7 C Exp + 3 C Int S
4. Mass balances in systems with chemical reaction. Ideal reactors. 7 C Exp +2 C Int Sem
5. Energy balance in systems without chemical reaction. 5 C Exp + 2 C Int S
6. Energy balance in systems with chemical reaction. Isothermal and adiabatic operation. 6 C Exp + 3 C Int Sem
Interactive seminar classes
In the seminars some typical problems based on the contents of the subject will be solved, delving into the practical aspects of it. Within them, it is contemplated that the students approach, in work teams, the realization of material and energy balances of a chemical process of certain complexity in which the visit to an industrial process plant will focus.
Interactive classes in computer room
The concepts on mass and energy balances exposed and developed in the lectures and interactive classes will be worked on through the application of a simulator to analyze different situations in the operation of an industrial chemical process. Specifically, the following sections will be seen: 1.- Introduction to the simulator; 2.- Definition of streams; 3.- Physical Properties; 4.- Cooler / heater; 5.- Mix balance / Splitting of streams; 6.- Flash separator; 7.- Conversion reactor (adiabatic and isothermal). 8.- Recirculation of streams.
There are 3 practice sessions of 2 hours each, so the first will focus on sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; the second session will be dedicated to working on sections 6 and 7; the third session will focus on section 8 and on the development and delivery of a work that will be evaluative.
Group tutorials
The tutorials in a small group (2h) will be used by the teacher to guide students on the technical visit to a company in the chemical sector and, the other, on the performance of practices and exams.
Basic bibliography
CALLEJA PARDO, G. Introducción a la Ingeniería Química. Madrid. Ed. Síntesis, 1999. ISBN 84-7738-664-1.
FELDER, R.M. and ROSSEAU, R.W. Principios Elementales de los Procesos Químicos. 3ª Ed. México, Ed. Limusa Wiley, 2010. ISBN 9789681861698.
Complementary bibliography
COSTA NOVELLA, E. et al. Ingeniería Química. Vol. I y II. Madrid. Ed. Alhambra, 1988. ISBN 84-205-0990-6 / 84-205-1021-1.
COSTA LÓPEZ, J. et al. Curso de Ingeniería Química: Introducción a los Procesos, las Operaciones Unitarias y los Fenómenos de Transporte. Barcelona. Ed. Reverté, 2002. ISBN 84-291-7126-6.
IZQUIERDO, J.F. et al. Introducción a la Ingeniería Química. Problemas resueltos de balances de materia y energía. 2ª ed. Barcelona. Ed. Reverté, 2015. ISBN 978-84-291-7116-7.
SOLEN, K.A. and HARB, J. N. Introduction to Chemical Engineering: tools for today and tomorrow. Wiley, 2010. ISBN 9780470885727.
DENN, M.M. Chemical Engineering: an introduction. Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 9781107669376.
Specific skills
CQ.1.1. Knowledge about mass and energy balances.
CQ.1.2. Knowledge about biotechnology.
CQ.1.3. Knowledge about mass transfer and separation operations.
CQ.1.4. Knowledge about chemical reaction engineering.
CQ.1.5. Knowledge about reactor design.
CQ.1.6. Knowledge about valorisation and transformation of raw materials and energy resources.
CQ.2.1. Capacity for analysis and design of processes and products.
CQ.2.2. Capacity for simulation and optimization of processes and products.
General skills
CG.3. Knowledge about basic and technological subjects, which allow learning new methods and theories and giving versatility to adapt to new situations.
CG.4. Ability to solve problems with initiative, decision making, creativity, critical reasoning and communicate and convey knowledge, skills and abilities in the field of industrial chemical engineering.
Cross-disciplinary skills
CT.1. Capacity for analysis and synthesis.
CT.6. Resolution of problems.
CT.8. Team work.
CT.10. Skills in interpersonal relationships.
CT.13. Ability to apply knowledge in practice.
CT.14. Adaptation to new situations.
The USC Virtual Classroom will be used through the Moodle application with the following objectives:
• Provide information on the subject (teaching schedule, schedules, exams, various announcements, etc.)
• Provide the necessary materials for the classes (presentations of the topics, bulletins of problems, complementary material, etc).
• Serve as a communication tool with students through the news forum.
• Propose tasks.
• Eventually, propose evaluation tests.
• Include, if necessary, access to videoconference sessions by Teams.
The classes are structured in lectures, interactive and practical in the computer room, two group tutorials with different contents will also be developed, as explained below. The lectures will be in Scenario 1 and, therefore, in the case of the School of Engineering for teaching in the first year of the ChemEng Degree, telematics (taught using the Teams platform).
In the first part of the subject, a “case study” methodology will be applied, always trying to involve the student. The case taken as a reference will be that of the process carried out in a real industry to which a technical visit will be carried out. An hour of a lecture class will be dedicated to this topic for the technical visit. Unit 2 will be done almost exclusively on the basis of problem solving related to its contents. In the remaining subjects, the contents will be presented and standard problems will be solved that allow the analysis of the concepts studied. Some problems will be solved with a spreadsheet and the results will be analyzed. (Competences CQ1.1, CQ1.2, CQ1.3, CQ1.4, CQ1.5, CQ1.6, CQ2.1, CG3, CG4)
The seminar sessions will be dedicated to working with the students to solve the problems raised in the respective bulletins. Students will be directly involved in their resolution, so it is assumed that students have previously prepared the content as personal work. Likewise, one of the interactive seminar classes of topic 1 will be dedicated to working with the students the process carried out in the industry in which the technical visit will be carried out (Competences CG4, CT1, CT6, CT13)
In each topic, a problem bulletin will be provided, as well as the necessary work material (data, tables, etc.) through the Virtual Classroom of the matter. Different activities will be proposed throughout the course. (Competences CG4, CT8)
The activities in the computer room will consist of solving problems of a different nature related to the contents of the lectures and the simulation of the chemical process studied in the lectures, trying to get the student to assimilate the concept of process and to analyze the interrelation between the various operating variables. (Competences CQ2.2, CT6, CT14)
The Aspen Hysys process simulator will be used to initiate students in process simulation, simulating different units of chemical processes studied in class. (Competences CQ2.1, CQ2.2, CT1)
The technical visit, referred to above, will take place during the month of October (date to be confirmed). The company will be from the chemical sector and will have a process similar to that considered in class. Students will be proposed to carry out group work and prepare a report in which they especially consider the application of the concepts contemplated in the matter, with the identification of the basic operations and the equipment and units seen in class, as well as a global vision of the process. (Competences CG3, CT13, CT14). Said visit will be subject to the availability of financing.
The second tutorial in a small group will be used to guide students in two very important aspects. Thus, on the one hand, it will be oriented on the dynamics of carrying out the practices and, on the other, on the type of questions and structure of the subject exams. Attendance at this tutorial is mandatory.
The learning assessment will be carried out both through on going assessment and examinations.
On going assessment will account for 30% of the overall mark and consists of the following sections:
- Computer classroom activities. The activities in the computer room will have a weight of 20% of the final grade for the subject. There are three practice sessions. It is mandatory to do this activity.
- Guiding group tutoring of the visit to the company. Student participation in group tutorials has a weight of 10% in the final grade. The evaluation will be carried out on the report delivered by each group of students in relation to the technical visit to the company. A tutorial will be used to guide students on how to carry out group work during the visit to the company, considering the different contents reviewed on the subject related to chemical processes and how to refer them to the visualization of operations and real equipment in the plant process, as well as the structure and preparation of the report. It is mandatory to do this activity.
The non-attendance (without justification) to more than a 20% of the overall of the compulsory activities supposes the fail in the subject. In case of justified non-attendance, a substitute alternative for the part not performed by the student will be proposed.
The exam part will account for 70% of the grade, it consists of:
- 2 intermediate tests. There will be two intermediate tests in the months of October and November, in one hour of class that will be communicated a week in advance. The tests will allow removing material if a minimum grade of 4. Intermediate test 1 will be on the contents of topics 1, 2 and 3 (balances in systems without recirculation, purge and by-pass). Test 2 will be carried out on topics 3 (balances with recirculation, purge and bypass) and 4.
- Final exam. There will be a final exam divided into Theory and Problems. Both the Theory and Problems exams will be divided into three parts related to different contents: Part 1: contents of intermediate test 1; Part2: contents of intermediate test 2; Part 3: contents of topics 5 and 6. Those students who have passed one or both of the previously examined parts will only have to perform the unsuccessful parts and part 3. The weight in the exam grade for each part is: Part 1 30%, Part 2 30% and Part 3 40%.
The overall mark will be obtained by the following formula:
OVERALL MARK = 0.3 · (Mark Test 1 or Mark Part 1 Final Exam) + 0.3 · (Mark Test 2 or Mark Part 2 Final Exam) + 0.4 · (Mark Part 3 Final Exam)
In any of the exams, Theory will have a weight of 30% and Problems a weight of 70%. A grade lower than 3.5 in Theory and / or Problems supposes a failure in the subject. An overall mark of less than 4 in the exam supposes the failure of the subject. In any other case, the average mark for the subject will be obtained from the combined mark of those obtained in the on going assessment part (30%) and exam (70%), being necessary to obtain a mark equal to or greater than 5 pass the course.
The consideration of “not presented” will be had if none of the activities object of evaluation is carried out.
For the evaluation of the second opportunity, all the grades of the on going assessment of the course will be maintained, in such a way that the student will only have to take a new final exam. In accordance with the provisions of the Resolution of June 15, 2011, which is published in the Regulations for the assessment of academic performance of the students and for the review of qualifications, approved by the Government Council on June 15, 2011, the qualifications of the Practices at the computer room and the tutoring of the technical visit will be maintained from one course to the next, if applicable.
Evaluation of competences
Competencies... 1=Professors Report... 2=Activities... 3=Computer Lab... 4=group tut... 5=Tests
General
CG.3..................... 1........................................................................4........................5
CG.4..................... 1.....................2.................................................4........................5
Specific
CQ.1.1.................. 1.....................2.........................3................................................5
CQ.1.2... 1... 4... 5
CQ.1.3... 1... 4... 5
CQ.1.4... 1... 4... 5
CQ.1.5... 1... 4... 5
CQ.1.6.................. 1........................................................................4
CQ.2.1.................. 1.....................2.........................3......................4........................5
CQ.2.2……………………………………………….3
Cross-disciplinary
CT.1..................... 1......................2.........................3......................4........................5
CT.6 ............................................ 2.........................3................................................5
CT.8............................................. 2
CT.10................... 1......................2.........................3......................4
CT.13........................................... 2.........................3......................4........................5
CT.14................... 1.................................................3……................. 4
ATTENTION: In cases of fraudulent completion of exercises or tests, the provisions of the regulations for evaluating the academic performance of students and reviewing grades will apply. This indicates that the fraudulent performance of any exercise or test required in the evaluation will imply the qualification of failure in the corresponding call, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be followed against the offending student. It will be considered fraudulent, among others, the realization of plagiarized works (for example, from classmates) or obtained from sources accessible to the public without reworking or reinterpretation and without citations to the authors and sources. The distribution, by different means (for example, web pages) and without the consent of the teachers, of any teaching material posted in the virtual classroom or provided by other means is also strictly prohibited.
The following table lists the hours scheduled for each activity:
Activity... Face to face (h)... Personal work (h)
Classes.................................... 31......................... 41
Seminars... 12......................... 14
Computer lab... 6.......................... 4
Group tutoring... 2.......................... 8
Individual tutoring... 2.......................... 3
Review and revision... 5........................ 22
Total....................................... 58........................ 92
• Attending the Computer Lab lessons and the Group Tutorial is mandatory. Attendance to the theoretical and seminar lessons is highly recommended for the good follow-up of the subject and as an aid for the preparation of evaluable activities.
• The use of the Virtual Campus (Moodle) of the subject is recommended.
• The use of individual tutoring are recommended to solve any doubts that can arise.
• Follow the course daily.
• Participate actively in the seminars and group tutorships.
• To solve problems. Not "see how they are solved".
LANGUAGE: there are two teaching groups, which the student must choose during the enrolment period.
Teaching group in Spanish: all the teaching of the subject will be taught in Spanish.
Teaching group in English: all the teaching of the subject will be taught in English.
The use of the Virtual Campus (Moodle) is recommended as the axis of all the activities to be carried out in this subject, as well as MS Teams (if necessary depending on the scenario).
In the case of telematic teaching, it will be necessary to have a computer with a microphone and a camera to carry out the telematic activities that are programmed throughout the course.
The use of computers with the MS Windows environment is recommended, since other platforms do not support some of the computer programs available at USC that are used in the subjects.
• Improve informational and digital skills with the resources available at USC.
It is recommended to use a mask during your time in the ETSE, as well as to wash your hands frequently with soap and water or to use hydrogel following the indications in this regard. Whenever possible, you must maintain a safe distance from the rest of the students and teachers in the classroom and other spaces in the center. All the indications of the health authorities and of the USC itself, for the protection of health against Covid-19 must be scrupulously followed.
"CONTINGENCY PLAN"
WARNING: The subject guide following instructions from the USC Rector's Office is programmed for Scenario 1 with face-to-face teaching (adapted normality).
Regardless of the scenario in which we find ourselves during the teaching of the subject, the Virtual Classroom of the USC will be used through the Moodle application with the following objectives:
• Provide information on the subject (teaching schedule, schedules, exams, various announcements, etc.)
• Provide the necessary materials for the classes (presentations of the topics, newsletters, complementary material, etc).
• Serve as a communication tool with students through the news forum.
• Propose tasks.
• Propose evaluation tests.
• Include access to videoconference sessions by Teams (for scenarios 2 and 3).
Literature
In scenarios 2 and 3, the following electronic book will be used to support the classes:
SIMPSON, R. and SASTRY, S.K. Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering. Springer-Verlag New York Ed., 2013. eBookISBN978-1-4614-9126-2. Hardcover ISBN 978-1-4614-9125-5. SIGNATURES: 160 27; A160 13.
Teaching methodology
Scenario 2: distancing
• The lectures will be non-face-to-face through MS Teams.
• The interactive seminar and computer classroom classes will be face-to-face as long as the classroom capacity allows maintaining the distancing measures established by the competent authorities.
• Group tutorials will take place through MS Teams on the date set.
• The individualized tutorials will be exclusively virtual through MS Teams.
• A visit to a company in the chemical sector with a process similar to that considered in class will be conditional on being in scenario 1. As an alternative to visiting the company, a group task will be proposed to carry out mass and energy balances on a diagram of process flow of an industrial plant.
Scenario 3: facility closure
• The lectures and interactive seminar classes will be completely non-face-to-face and will be taught synchronously through the MS Teams platform according to the scheduled calendar.
• Students will have available the necessary software to carry out the computer classroom practices, which will be developed synchronously through MS Teams. In the event of a software failure, its use would be explained to them and the results of the case studies obtained from the software would be provided to them to proceed with their analysis.
• Group tutorials will be carried out through MS Teams on the date set.
• The individualized tutorials will be exclusively virtual through MS Teams.
• The visit to a company of the chemical sector with a process similar to that considered in class will be conditionned on being in scenario 1. However, as an alternative, if the visit to the company cannot be carried out, a group task of solving mass and energy balances on a process flow diagram will be proposed.
Learning Assessment
The only variation would be the activity proposed on the visit to a company of the chemical sector which, if it cannot be carried out, as an alternative a group task of carrying out mass and energy balances on a process flow diagram will be proposed. Otherwise, there are no changes in the proposed activities or in the evaluation criteria depending on the scenario. The difference is exclusively in the face-to-face or telematic nature (scenarios 2 and 3) of the activities involved in the evaluation.
The evaluation of learning will be carried out both through on going assessment, as well as intermediate and final exams.
Scenario 2 and 3: distancing and closure of facilities
The intermediate tests will be carried out in a virtual synchronous or asynchronous way using teams and virtual campus. The delivery of works and activities corresponding to the on going assessment will be carried out through the module tasks and / or questionnaire of the virtual campus.
The final exam will preferably be face-to-face in scenario 2, except in those circumstances of official justified absence, for which case it will be synchronous or asynchronous telematic that will be presented through the Questionnaire and / or Tasks module of the Virtual Classroom of the subject with support through MS Teams.
In scenario 3, the final exam will be synchronous or asynchronous telematic that will be presented through the Questionnaire and / or Tasks module of the Virtual Classroom of the subject with support through MS Teams.
Enrique Roca Bordello
Coordinador/a- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816774
- enrique.roca [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
| Monday | |||
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| 09:00-10:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom A1 |
| Tuesday | |||
| 09:00-10:00 | Grupo /CLE_02_inglés | English | Classroom A1 |
| Wednesday | |||
| 12:00-13:00 | Grupo /CLE_02_inglés | English | Classroom A1 |
| 13:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom A1 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom A1 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_02_inglés | Classroom A1 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Classroom A1 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIS_02 | Classroom A1 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIS_03 | Classroom A1 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIS_04_inglés | Classroom A1 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIL_01 | Classroom A1 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIL_02 | Classroom A1 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIL_03 | Classroom A1 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIL_04_inglés | Classroom A1 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_02_inglés | Classroom A2 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Classroom A2 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIS_02 | Classroom A2 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIS_03 | Classroom A2 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIS_04_inglés | Classroom A2 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIL_01 | Classroom A2 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIL_02 | Classroom A2 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIL_03 | Classroom A2 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIL_04_inglés | Classroom A2 |
| 01.11.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom A2 |
| 06.20.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIL_04_inglés | Classroom A1 |
| 06.20.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom A1 |
| 06.20.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_02_inglés | Classroom A1 |
| 06.20.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Classroom A1 |
| 06.20.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIS_02 | Classroom A1 |
| 06.20.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIS_03 | Classroom A1 |
| 06.20.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIS_04_inglés | Classroom A1 |
| 06.20.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIL_01 | Classroom A1 |
| 06.20.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIL_02 | Classroom A1 |
| 06.20.2022 09:15-14:00 | Grupo /CLIL_03 | Classroom A1 |