619-3018/01 – The Numerical Tools for CHemical Engineers (NNCHI)
| Gurantor department | Department of Physical Chemistry and Theory of Technological Processes | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Pavel Leštinský, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Pavel Leštinský, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Students will acquire the basic knowledge of numerical modelling, because numerical simulation is nowadays commonly used by engineers in various fields of industry. Students will be able to create physical model, to treat calculated data and interpret results, from which they will can make general conclusions to solve the technological problem.
Teaching methods
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Project work
Other activities
Summary
The subject of Numerical tools for chemical engineers is designed for students as a computational laboratory. Students will use commercial software for numerical simulation of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer. Students will also solve examples that are chosen from the real engineering practice.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
List of conditions for graded credit:
- elaboration of the semester project in the form of a written report together
with a presentation of the results.
Points scoring for graded credit:
Min. number of points - 51
Max. number of points - 100
E-learning
Other requirements
No other activities are required.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction to the numerical modelling, history of numerical tools,
dividing of software by the type of calculation (FEM, FVM, etc.).
Calculation in the MATLAB:
2. Fundamental orientation in used guide interface, the material balance
solved by matrix.
3. Calculation of the flue gas temperature in mixer from enthalpy balance by
iteration
4. Calculation of mass transfer in the absorption column by numerical
integration of ODE.
Calculation in the COMSOL Multiphysics:
5. Fundamental orientation in the user guide interface (drawing geometry,
meshing, choice of suitable physical model, boundary and additional
conditions, type of solver – stationary and transient) and post-processing.
6. Basic simulation of stationary and nonstationary heat and mass transfer
(comparison of analytical and numerical solutions).
7. Hydrodynamics simulation (laminar and turbulent flow).
8. Hydrodynamics simulation (creeping flow around solid body).
9. Multiphysics simulation of mass transfer and hydrodynamics (mixing).
10. Multiphysics simulation of mass transfer and hydrodynamics (RTD).
11. Multiphysics simulation of heat transfer and hydrodynamics (convection)
12. Multiphysics simulation of heat transfer and hydrodynamics (heat
exchanger).
13. Multiphysics simulation of heat and mass transfer and hydrodynamics
(chemical reactor).
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction