LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students understand physical phenomenon of drying and evaporation as well as the most common drying and evaporation processes. Students understand how to improve the energy efficiency of dryers and evaporators. Students are able to solve practical engineering problems related to drying and evaporation processes.
Credits: 5
Schedule: 10.01.2022 - 13.04.2022
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Henrik Holmberg
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
Water in porous material
Drying and evaporation as a physical phenomena
Practical methods to affect heat and electricity consumptions of drying and evaporation processes
The most common industrial dryers and evaporators
Selection of dryers and evaporators for different industrial processes.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Execution: Lectures + exercises
Assessment methods and criteria: Exam. You must get 7.5/20 points in the exam to pass the course. You can get extra points by returning calculation problems. Extra points are taken into account since you have passed the exam.
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
Lectures 20h (1x2h)
Exercises 12h (1x2h)
Individual studying 103h
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
Compedium + other additional material
Book: Mujumdar Arun S. Handbook of industrial drying Vol. 1
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
7 Affordable and Clean Energy
13 Climate Action
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Period:
2020-2021 Spring III-IV
2021-2022 Spring III-IV
Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=EEN-E3003
Registration for Courses: In the academic year 2021-2022, registration for courses will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi) instead of WebOodi.