Advanced Separation Processes (seminar)

Professor Riitta Keiski

Contents: The course is divided into lectures given by visiting experts from different fields (industry, research institutes and universities) and seminars given by students and senior researchers. The lectures open up the newest innovations in separation and purification technologies. The lectures can include for example the following themes: Phenomena in Supercritical fluid extraction, Pressure-activated membrane processes, Reverse osmosis, Nanofiltration, Ultrafiltration, Microfiltration, Pervaporation, Polymer membranes, Dialysis, Electrolysis and Ion-exchange, Forces for adsorption and Equilibrium adsorption isotherms, Sorbent materials and heterogeneity of surfaces, Predicting mixture adsorption, Rate processes in adsorption/adsorbers and adsorber dynamics, Cyclic adsorption processes, Temperature and pressure swing adsorption. Innovative separation methods, Phenomena integration, New hybrid materials as separation agents. Fluids and their application in gas extraction processes, Solubility of compounds in supercritical fluids and phase equilibrium. Extraction from solid substrates: Fundamentals, hydrodynamics and mass transfer, applications and processes (including supercritical water and carbon dioxide). Counter-current multistage extraction: Fundamentals and methods, hydrodynamics and mass transfer, applications and processes. Solvent cycles, heat and mass transfer, methods for precipitation. Supercritical fluid chromatography. Membrane separation of gases at high pressures. The topics of the course seminars will change annually depending on the research relevance. The course will be arranged for the first time in spring 2010. The course will be arranged every second year.

Literature: The course literature will be chosen when the course is planned. Latest scientific research articles.