Process Flow Systems

Lecture sessions with an interactive approach to students conducted in a classroom setting. Lecture conducted using modern technologies and multimedia. Educational materials available on the Moodle platform.

Familiarization with KOP (Item Description Cards). Presentation of assessment conditions and methods. Discussion of subject literature.
Introduction to Process Flow Systems. Significance in the industrial sector.
Definitions and fundamentals of fluid rheology: Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, thixotropic behavior; characteristics and examples.
Pressure drop in pipelines ( frictional, local, and hydrostatic pressure components). Loss coefficients for pipeline elements.
Pump types and characteristics. Total pump head. Criteria for pump selection. Pumping systems characteristic.
Cavitation phenomenon (causes and effects of cavitation, characteristics of the cavitation process, prevention and control).
Technical aspects of operating piping systems.
Written test.

Materials prepared by lecturer.
White F.M.: Fluid Mechanics, McGraw-Hill, 1999.
McCabe W.L., Smith J.C.: Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering 7 ed. McGraw-Hill Education, 2005.
Płaczek M., Filipczak G.: Handbook of Engineering Design - selected issues for process and construction calculation of apparatus and installations, OWPO, Politechnika Opolska 2023.
Płaczek M., Pietrzak M., Witczak S., Wzorek M.: Handbook for Process Engineering Calculations, OWPO, Opole 2019
Ciesielczyk W, Kupiec K: Chemical Engineering calculations, Part I. Flow processes, PK, Kraków 2012.
Kolev N.I.: Multiphase Flow Dynamics Vol. 1, 2, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 2015.
Couper J.R., Penney W.R., Fair J.R., Walas S.M.: Chemical Process Equipment (Third Edition), Butterworth-Heinemann, 2012.

Lecture: meeting the criteria for passing the written test with a positive grade.

Students who fail the initial examination will be able to take a resit exam. The rules for resit exams, including the number of allowed attempts and the scheduling, will be determined in consultation with the teacher.

Calculation classes - final written test. Calculation classes end with a written final exam, including solving tasks directly related to the subject matter covered in the course.

Seminar: Active participation under the seminar, oral presentation of set task or essay (10 pages).