System Technology

Course contents

Piping technology:
- Wall thickness calculation
- Material selection
- Thermal linear expansion
- Insulation
- Pipe connections

Pump technology:
- Types and functionality of relevant pump types in process engineering
- Selection criteria for pumps
- Flow rate adjustment in pump systems
- Avoiding cavitation in pump systems
- Vacuum technology

Heat exchangers:
- Design
- Selection criteria and operating modes of heat exchangers using the example of double-tube, shell-and-tube and plate heat exchangers
- Fouling in heat transfer

Department

Bachelor's program Environmental, Process & Energy Engineering