The curricular unit of Separation Process II B aims to equip students with knowledge of membrane separation, adsorption and ion exchange chromatography. At the same time it is intended that students acquire the knowledge to analyze and to scale up the separation equipment.

After the approval of this course, students should be able to: 1) Identify and apply advanced separation processes such as distil ation optimized, supercritical extraction, membrane separation, adsorption, exchange and ion chromatography. 2) Know to scale up equipment for separation processes studied to simpler and complex mixtures. 3) Analyze and study the operation of this equipment.

1. Sorption processes: adsorption, chromatography and ion exchange. Kinetics and equilibrium. Equilibrium. Fixed beds. Linear theories. Solute movement theory. Application to chromatography and adsorption. Dispersion mechanisms in columns.
2. Chromatography processes: adsorption chromatography, ion exchange, molecular exclusion, affinity, reverse phase, covalent, hydrophobic interaction. Operating conditions: Darcy, Kozeny and Ergun equations. Scale-up. Large-scale chromatographic processes.
3. Filtration at constant flow and pressure. Filter sizing.
4. Membrane processes. Processes under pressure. Transport models. Concentration polarisation. Modes of operation. "Membrane fouling. Selection and sizing. Synthesising sequences of operations. Liquid membranes.

Theoretical material will be presented to promote the involvement and participation of all students by developing their reasoning skills and stimulating their critical thinking. Materials about the subjects lectured will be available for consultations on Moodle. It will be proposed to carry out a group work to deepen the application of one of the processes learned during theorical lessons. Some guided technical visits are foreseen to consolidate the topics taught. At any time, students can contact the teacher through the same platform.

The assessment consists of 10% for the accomplishment of three exercises proposed throughout the semester, 10% for group work and 80% of the theoretical component.

In the assessment regime by final exam, 10% is considered for group work and 90% for the classification of the exam.

In continuous assessment, all assessment elements are classified between 0 and 20 values and their weighted average according to the percentage coefficients indicated should be 9.5 values.

The non-realization of an element assumes a zero in its classification.