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Why Study Chemical Engineering at University

Chemical engineering students study unit operations like solid-liquid separation processes. Solid-liquid separation involves separating a suspension into liquid and solid phases using different techniques. These techniques include sedimentation, flotation, filtration, and screening. The goal can be recovering one phase, recovering both phases, or preventing pollution. None of the separation devices work perfectly, as some fine solids may remain in the liquid stream. Solid-liquid separation processes are classified based on whether the liquid constrains the particles or the particles are constrained by a medium. Gravity sedimentation uses settling tanks for thickening or clarification.

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Why Study Chemical Engineering at University

Chemical engineering students study unit operations like solid-liquid separation processes. Solid-liquid separation involves separating a suspension into liquid and solid phases using different techniques. These techniques include sedimentation, flotation, filtration, and screening. The goal can be recovering one phase, recovering both phases, or preventing pollution. None of the separation devices work perfectly, as some fine solids may remain in the liquid stream. Solid-liquid separation processes are classified based on whether the liquid constrains the particles or the particles are constrained by a medium. Gravity sedimentation uses settling tanks for thickening or clarification.

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Why study chemical engineering at

university?
There are many reasons to study a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. Exciting
and various career prospects, developing a wide skill set and having the opportunity to
change the world are just three examples. Read on for more details.

Unit Operations
Uniting major processing steps into a complete, production style system requires an experienced
manufacturing integrator. Equipment sizing, material flow, reaction control and many other
factors must be carefully designed for.

6/solid-liquid separation involves the separation of two phases, solid and liquid, from a suspension.
It is used in many processes with the aim of

1. recovering the valuable solids (the liquid being discarded);

2. recovering the liquid (the solids being discarded);

3. recovering both the solids and the liquid;

4. recovering neither (but for example to prevent water pollution).

A perfect solid-liquid separation would result in a stream of liquid going one way and dry solids
going another. Unfortunately, none of the separation devices work perfectly, all are imperfect in
some way or other. Typically (see Figure 1.1) there may be some fine solids leaving in the liquid
stream

Figure 1.1. A schematic diagram of a separator


1.1 SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION PROCESSES
Solid-liquid separation processes may be classified according to the principles involved (see
Figure 1.2). If the liquid is constrained and particles can move freely within it (due to fields of
acceleration) we have sedimentation and flotation. For sedimentation, a density difference
between the solids and the liquid is necessary. If particles are constrained by a medium and the
liquid can flow through we have filtration and screening, for which a density difference is not
necessary. Further sub-division of these two main groups can be seen in Figure 1.2. Most of
these processes are dealt with in some depth in this book; only a brief description is included
here.

1. Gravity sedimentation
The sedimentation of solids by means of gravity is employed in settling tanks; these are
used either for thickening or for clarification. Thickeners are designed to produce a sludge,
generally of the greatest possible density, while clarifiers

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