Chemical Engineering Program

Faculty of Engineering
Separation Process and NT

HW 3. New Separation Technologies

This assignment has the objective to evaluate the following ABET student’s outcomes:
i) Outcome C: Ability to design a system, a component, or a process to meet the desired
requirements within realistic restrictions (i.e., economic, environmental, social, political, ethical,
health, and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability)
ii) Outcome i: Recognize the ability to keep under a continuous self-learning.

The need to optimize industrial processes, in order to reduce either environmental or

economic costs, has driven the development of new technologies that seek to complement
or replace conventional unit operations. Regarding separation processes, there are several
technologies that continue to be developed, others that are at implementation or escalation
stage, and some are already replacing old operations.

Accordingly, the present work intends the students to make a state of the art of one of these
new technologies. In the following table, an operation has been assigned for each group:

Group Operation
1 Spray drying
2 Molecular sieves
3 Supercritical fluids
4 Ion Exchange
5 Adsorption
6 Crystallization
7 Carbon capture and utilization
8 Ionic liquids
9 Cryoconcentration
10 Spray drying
Table 1. Assignment operation process

Besides books, at least five scientific papers from 2018 must be referenced. With the
information collected you will make a paper of maximum 5 pages, which have the following
items:

1. Tittle, name of the students and group number

2. Abstract of not more than 200 words
3. Theoretical fundament of the technology and its applications
4. Design aspects and equipment used for the technology and the implementation of
green engineering principles
5. One specific case of study obtained from one paper more recently than July of 2018
6. Conclusions
7. References

The homework is going to be graded according to the following rubric.

 Chemical Engineering Program
Faculty of Engineering
Separation Process and NT

Insufficient Beginner Proficient Very proficient (Enhanced

Description
(Little or no learning) (Partial learning) (Expected learning) learning)

In addition, the document is

The document is not clear and the
Presentation
sections are not clearly identified.
The document is partially clear The document is easy to read. beautiful, organized, uses
or some sections are missing. It All the sections are clear colors, page numbers, etc.
is difficult to read. identified. Figures are clear and axis well
identified.

1 4 6 8
Outcome C. Ability to design a system, a component, or a process to meet the desired requirements within realistic restrictions (i.e., economic,
environmental, social, political, ethical, health, and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability)

Some theoretical fundament is In addition, all the fundaments

Theoretical fundament of the Some theoretical fundament is Theoretical fundament is well
shown but it is not related with the are well explained and easy to
separation process assigned. shown. explained.
operation understand.
1,25 5 7,5 10
The analysis is well supported In addition, most of the green
The analysis does not include The analysis partially includes
Green engineering principles. on green engineering engineering principles are well
green engineering principles. green engineering principles.
principles. analyzed in this technology.
1 4 6 8
In addition, the equipment
description is presented in a
Equipment description is PFD, which include design
There is analysis of design
There is no analysis of design complete by the use of figures, parameters, operation
Design specifications and specifications but it is not
specification of the operation not parameters, conditions, conditions and a description
equipment. coherent. Equipments are not
equipment. general considerations and the for each part of the
well presented.
specifications are clear. equipment. All the possible
variables which affect the
process are analyzed.
1 4 6 8

The case of stuy is well

There is not an analysis of a case
Analysis of the case of study
of study.
The source of the case of study In addition, the deeper
presented and all the important
is older than July 2018 and is comprenhension of the paper
test and results are well
not complete. is noticeble.
analyzed.

1,25 5 7,5 10
Outcome I. Recognize the ability to keep under a continous self-learning
Ability to perform a Most of the references were In addition, reference style is
bibliography search by Most of the references were obtained from books (different obtained from an international
There is not a reference section.
employing a wide variety of obtained from web pages. from the guide book), review, journal. (e.g., Applied
sources. research articles and patents. Catalysis A).
1,25 5 7,5 10
There is partially evidence of
Report new knowldege to There is evidence of self-
self-learning through out the
design the separation process learning through out the use
Ability to create its proper use of new knowldege to
There is not evidence of self- (e.g., use of heuristics, design of new knowldege to design
learning opportunities, design the separation process
learning. based on real applications), but the separation process (e.g.,
evidence of self-learning (e.g., use of heuristics, design
there is not evidence of its use of heuristics, design
based on real applications), but
application. based on real applications).
it is not well applied.
1,25 5 7,5 10

In addition, the conclusions

The conclusions are not clear The conclusions are deep,
Conclusions There are not conclusions. show high level of
and coherent. clear and coherent.
understanding the matter.

1 4 6 8

Teamwork distribution is not Teamwork is convincent and

Teamwork distribution seems
There is not an explanation of the appropiate to make that all the detailed. All the members
Teamwork appropiate but it is lack of
teamwork strategy. team members have learn what seem to be involved in all the
details.
they have to learn. activities.

1 4 6 8
Total 10 40 60 80
Grade 0,5 2,0 3,0 4,0