ENCH251

Mechanical Operation

3credits
125total marks

Course objective

To provide basic understanding of particulate solid characterization, storage, and handling, and to equip students with the principles of size reduction and mixing and the operation of equipment used for these processes, focusing on the working principles of solid-liquid, solid-gas, and solid-solid mechanical separation processes and the associated equipment.

Syllabus at a glance

  1. 1Particles Properties
  2. 2Storage and Conveying of Solids
  3. 3Mixing of Particulate Solid
  4. 4Mechanical Separation
  5. 5Size Reduction and Enlargement
  6. 6Settling
  7. 7Agitation and Mixing of Liquids
  8. 8Filtration
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