Thermal Processes
- Faculty
Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
- Version
Version 1 of 19.12.2025.
- Module identifier
11B2128
- Module level
Bachelor
- Language of instruction
German
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
only summer term
- Duration
1 semester
- Brief description
The thermal processes module covers the essential basic operations for separating homogeneous mixtures of substances using thermal energy. The principle of the apparatus, relevant material properties, balances, simple laws of kinetics, simple designs and apparatus conversions are presented. Numerous example calculations and several laboratory experiments are carried out.
- Teaching and learning outcomes
1. material properties 2. evaporation 3. crystallisation 4. drying 5. distillation 6. rectification 7. absorption and adsorption 8. extraction 9. calorific apparatus
- Overall workload
The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").
- Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 45 Lecture - 15 Laboratory activity - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 20 Preparation/follow-up for course work - 20 Exam preparation - 50 Work in small groups -
- Graded examination
- Written examination or
- oral exam
- Ungraded exam
- Field work / Experimental work
- Remark on the assessment methods
The examiners choose the type of examination from the options provided and inform the students at the beginning of the semester.
- Exam duration and scope
- Written examination: see the applicable study regulations
- Oral examination: see the applicable General Part of the Examination Regulations (ATPO)- Experimental work: approx. 2-3 experiments
- Recommended prior knowledge
Fundamentals of thermodynamics, energy conversion and energy, momentum and mass transport
- Knowledge Broadening
Students at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences who have successfully completed this module are familiar with the main separation principles of thermal process engineering and heat exchanger designs.
- Knowledge deepening
They recognise the connections between physical requirements for material separation and requirements for the design of process engineering equipment.
- Knowledge Understanding
They will be able to describe the requirements for the applicability of individual separation processes to the properties of the substances to be separated and name typical apparatus.
- Application and Transfer
Graduates who have successfully completed this module understand the individual steps of various basic operations as part of complex multi-stage processes.
- Communication and Cooperation
Students master technical terms for communicating with specialists in the field of process engineering, enabling them to understand technical specifications, for example.
- Literature
1. Mersmann, A.; Kind, M.; & Stichlmair, J.: Thermische Verfahrenstechnik. Berlin: Springer 2005
2. Sattler, K.; Adrian, T.: Thermische Trennverfahren. Weinheim: VCH 2016
3. Schwister, K.; Leven, V.: Verfahrenstechnik für Ingenieure. München: Carl Hanser Verlag 2020
4. VDI-Wärmeatlas. Berlin: Springer Vieweg VDI Gesellschaft Verfahrenstechnik Chemieingenieurwesen 2019
5. Baehr, H. D.; Stephan, K.: Wärme- und Stoffübertragung. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag 2019
6. Gnielinski, V. M.: Verdampfung, Kristallisation, Trocknung. Wiesbaden: Springer 2013
7. Schlünder, E. U.: Einführung in die Wärmeübertarrgung. Braunschweig: Vieweg+Teubner 1996
- Applicability in study programs
- Power, Environmental and Process Engineering
- Power, Environmental and Process Engineering B.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Person responsible for the module
- Schweers, Elke
- Teachers
- Schweers, Elke