• Molecular interactions: Adsorption and adhesion

• Particle nucleation and growth

• Particle stabilization

• Particle size and shape.

• Particles in motion

• Particle size distributions

• Unit operations: separations, mixing, comminution

• Packed and fluidized beds
  

The associated exercises and homework cover all topics and allow students to develop their understanding independently with follow-up support from the course tutors.

Learning objectives and skills
Students who successfully participate in this module can

• understand the relevance of interfaces in the natural and artificial world.

• master the fundamentals of the subject and apply them to the specific case of wetting, particle nucleation, growth and stabilization

• analyse interfacial-dependent processes in their connection with engineering challenges and develop solutions.

• define the societal relevance of particle technology

• give examples of unit operations of particle technology

• differentiate between the various approaches for defining particle size and shape

• analyze the motion of particles according to physical and engineering principles

• analyze particle size distributions, distinguish between accepted norms for their presentation, and apply them for the analysis of separation equipment

• describe the structure of packings and bulk materials and the perfusion of those

• describe the fundamentals of the processes of separation, mixing, comminution and fluidization

• apply their acquired knowledge and skills in the additional exercises and tutorials in order to solve independently problems from interfacial and mechanical processes engineering

• Peukert: Script

• H. Rumpf: Particle Technology

• Stiess: Mechanische Verfahrenstechnik

• Butt, H.-J., Graf, K.; Kappl, M.; Physics and Chemistry of Interfaces, Wiley-VCH, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-527-41216-7

• Israelachvili J.; Intermolecular and Surface Forces, Rev. 3rd Edition, Academic Press, ISBN: 9780123919274

• Stokes, Robert J. / Evans, D. Fennell; Fundamentals of Interfacial Engineering, 1997; John Wiley & Sons; ISBN 978-0-471-18647-2

• Adamson, A., Physical chemistry of surfaces, Wiley-VCH, 1997

• Hunter, R. J., Introduction to modern colloid science, Oxford University Press, 1993

• Lyklema, J., Fundamentals of interface and colloid science, Elsevier, 2005

• Coulson and Richardson's Chemical Engineering Volume 2 - Particle Technology and Separation Processes (5th Edition) 2002

• Rhodes, Martin Introduction to Particle Technology, Weinheim, Wiley-VCH, 2008

• Svarovsky, Ladislav. Solid-liquid Separation, Oxford, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000

• Schubert: Handbuch der Mechanischen Verfahrenstechnik