Faculty Of Chemical Engineering Research Articles

Comparative Study of Energy Consumption Intensity: A Case Study of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (FEI) Versus the Faculty of Chemical Technology (FChT) in the City of Pardubice

Abstract The study’s comparative aspect between the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (FEI) and the Faculty of Chemical Technology (FChT) buildings is pivotal for elucidating nuanced differences in energy consumption practices within academic institutions, facilitating targeted energy efficiency measures. The research methodology adopts a comparative case study approach to examine two focal research buildings. Analysis entails computing energy consumption intensity per unit area for both buildings and comparing energy consumption data to identify disparities. The need for understanding energy consumption patterns and improving energy efficiency in academic infrastructure is directly addressed through variables studied in the comparative analysis, including energy consumption comparison, annual and monthly variations, ratio, and intensity. The data indicates that the average heating intensity in the FChT building surpasses that of the FEI building by a factor of 2.3, signifying significant disparities in heating energy consumption trends between the two structures and suggesting potential areas for targeted energy efficiency interventions. Moreover, the average electrical intensity in the FChT building is over 1.7 times higher than in the FEI building. Interestingly, despite the FChT building being 2.6 times larger than the FEI, its intensity does not always correspond with the increase in building area, indicating additional factors influencing energy consumption.

A user experience survey of an augmented reality android application for learning Coulomb’s law

In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated social distancing measures, prompting a greater interest in augmented reality (AR) as a means to facilitate accessible physics experiments for students. Recognizing this, we have recently developed an Android mobile application that harnesses AR technology. The application named CoulombsLawAR allows users to investigate how electrical charges and their distance influence the electrical force between them. The primary objective of our study was to assess students’ experiences while using this AR application. To achieve this, we engaged 156 undergraduate students from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology from University of Zagreb in the evaluation process. They were requested to utilize our AR application to complete a task specifically designed to enhance their understanding of Coulomb’s law. Subsequently, the participants were given a series of questionnaires, comprising five open-ended questions and 30 close-ended questions. These questionnaires included the System Usability Scale, User Experience, and Handheld Augmented Reality Usability Scale. In-depth analysis of the students’ feedback provided valuable insights. The majority of the participants found the application to be user-friendly, consistent in its performance, self-explanatory, and enjoyable to use. Additionally, students provided constructive feedback regarding potential enhancements that could be made to the application. Overall, the study findings indicate that the AR application we developed was well-received by undergraduate students, highlighting its potential as an effective tool for teaching and learning physics concepts.

Preface

The 6th International Conference on Chemical Engineering, Food and Biotechnology (ICCFB2023) The 6th ICCFB - International Conference on Chemical Engineering, Food and Biotechnology was successfully held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam during September 29th-30th, 2023. The scientific conference was organized by the Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), VNU-HCM, and co-organized by PetroVietnam University.During the 6th ICCFB, the emerging technologies and scientific advancements in the fields of Chemical Engineering, Food and Biotechnology were disseminated. It served as a platform for strengthening partnership between academia and industry. The scientific papers submitted to the conference were categorized into three sections (Sustainability, Green Technology and Process Safety Engineering; Material Sciences, Environmental Engineering; Agriculture, Biotechnology and Food Technology) and carefully reviewed with a double-blind process. All the accepted papers were presented in the conference.The plenary speeches were given to make the conference more productive and precious.• Prof. Nobuyuki Kijima, Institute of Food Research, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan - What is the major impact of antibiotic-application to agricultural field? • Prof. Won-Chun Oh, Hanseo University, Korea - Recent advances in CO2 reduction applications: progress, challenges and perspectives.• Prof. Suresh Sagadevan, University of Malaya, Malaysia - Nanocomposite photocatalysts for wastewater treatment.• Prof. Sanggono Adisasmito, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia - Energy Transition and Carbon Capture Process for Coal-Fired Power Plants in Indonesia.We thank all distinguished guests, authors, participants for their contributions to make a successful conference and look forward to the 7th ICCFB in 2025.List of Steering Committee and Editors are available in this pdf.

Intellectual migration, industrialization, and educational reform in Colombia: Juan Luis Consuegra de la Cruz’s case

This paper remarks the noteworthy role of the European intellectual migration of the first decades of the 20th century in the configuration of higher education linked to industry in Antioquia, Colombia. We use as a case study the Spanish chemical and industrial engineer Juan Luis Consuegra de la Cruz, who was the first dean of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, and one of the personalities who contributed to the advancement of governmental entities focused on economic and social development in Colombia. The primary sources used to reconstruct the case derive from historical archives, mainly university archives, and the press of the time. Studies on the impact and consequences of migratory phenomenon on the Colombia industrialization, and particularly in Antioquia, are scarce. The obtained results are consistent with the hypothesis about the close relationship between intellectual migration, educational reforms, and industrialization in Latin America during the period under review.

Research Activities at Faculty of Chemical Technology, Hanoi University of Industry ‐ 20 Years of Growth and Development

AbstractHanoi University of Industry, with a 125‐year history of construction and development, is the leading institution for training and applied scientific research in Vietnam. It offers a wide range of disciplines, types, and levels of education to produce high‐quality human resources for the country's industrialization, national modernization, and international integration efforts. The university currently boasts over 1,500 staff and lecturers, three campuses covering nearly 50 hectares, and a student population of more than 30,000. Hanoi University of Industry provides multidisciplinary training, providing high‐quality human resources for society. In which, the Faculty of Chemical Technology was established on March 1, 2003, in 20 years of construction and development, the faculty has constantly grown, annually providing the society with many high‐quality human resources, with many fields of study diverse, learning, training: Chemical engineering technology, Environmental engineering technology, Food technology and Pharmaceutical chemistry. Besides, the faculty, students and students of the faculty have made great efforts in training, studying and doing scientific research, achieving many excellent achievements.

SIMULATION-BASED AND VIDEO-BASED APPROACHES TO DIVERSIFYING PHYSICS HOMEWORK

Physics homework often boils down to solving end-of-chapter quantitative problems. For targeting different learning goals of physics education, different types of homework are needed. The aim of this research was to compare the effectiveness of simulation-based, video-based, and paper-and-pencil homework in developing an understanding about Newton’s laws and forming positive attitudes towards physics homework. 150 first-year students from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology at the University of Zagreb (Croatia) were randomly assigned to one of the three above-mentioned homework approaches. After, students had lectures and seminars on Newton’s laws, they were administered a pre-test. In the next three weeks, the students completed three homework assignments on Newton’s laws, after which they completed a post-test. For students from all three homework approaches a substantial improvement in conceptual understanding has been observed. Although the three approaches proved to be equally effective when it comes to developing understanding, the simulation-based approach was found to be superior when it comes to developing positive attitudes towards physics homework. If one controls for target knowledge, the modality of the homework assignment does not affect cognitive outcomes, but it does affect students’ attitudes towards homework. Keywords: conceptual understanding, experimental study, simulation-based homework, video-based homework

Directive Emergency Evacuation Procedures Using MATLAB

This paper presents the development of directive emergency evacuation procedures for occupants of academic buildings. The development has four steps: determining a location as a starting point for evacuation, identifying the number of occupants in the building, referring to regulations and guidelines of emergency evacuation procedures, and designing an algorithm to be programmed in MATLAB software for desktop application. One academic building of the chemical and energy engineering faculty in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia is chosen to demonstrate the evacuation simulation. The algorithm is developed to direct occupants from any room in the building to a nearby assembly point. Occupants must provide inputs to the evacuation simulation, particularly the room’s number and level. Based on the inputs, occupants will get a word-based direction to the assembly point within an estimated time. Fifty students demonstrated the use of an emergency evacuation simulation in MATLAB. They are provided feedback concerning their awareness of emergency evacuation and the interaction with the simulation. Half of them responded that the evacuation simulation in MATLAB and their satisfaction was good and excellent. However, the algorithm is for one potential hazard and its location at a time, making it incapable of having inputs for many hazards. It is recommended that the algorithm is programmed to be used on a smartphone, allowing much easier dynamic emergency calling.

Peer Review Statement

All papers published in this volume have been reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing.1. Type of peer review: Double anonymous2. Conference submission management system: Morressier3. Number of submissions received: 624. Number of submissions sent for review: 505. Number of submissions accepted: 366. Acceptance Rate (Submissions Accepted / Submissions Received × 100): 58.1%7. Average number of reviews per paper: 2.008. Total number of reviewers involved: 659. Contact person for queries:Name: Dr. Tien Dat HuynhAffiliation: Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Food Technology, Nong Lam University Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamEmail: dat.huynhtien@hcmuaf.edu.vn

A hybrid-flipped course in numerical methods for chemical engineers

In 2022, the numerical methods course taught at the Technion's Faculty of Chemical Engineering was transformed to hybrid-flipped format based on seven years of successful experience. This course involves three phases each week: (1) online pre-class preparation by students, (2) face-to-face class meeting with the instructor to introduce open-ended problem solving, and (3) an online active tutorial, where students solve problems for themselves. This paper describes the course learning objectives, content and format, data on students’ engagement and perceptions, learning analytics tools used, and the summative outcomes assessment, as brought by the final exam results. The main conclusions are: (a) High-engaging students indicated that their confidence in mastery significantly improves with each phase, with the low-engagers indicating no significant improvement, and (b) High-engagers significantly outperformed low-engagers in learning outcomes: 86% of the students scoring over 90 were high-engagers, and 83% of the students who failed the exam were low-engagers.

Implementace konceptu regenerativního rozvoje do výuky ekonomicko-manažerských předmětů

The issue of sustainable development has resonated across society for several decades. Industrial practice is currently significantly affected not only by the transformation of the industry and the tough competitive environment, but also by climate change and the measures taken in this context - especially the adoption of the Green Deal agreement. In industrial enterprises, the demand for decarbonization, the management of ESG activities and the related interest in the environmental and social dimensions of entrepreneurship are increasingly being enforced. The topic of business sustainability is also evolving, and sustainable development is often seen as insufficient. The principles of the concept of regenerative development move the reach of sustainability to a higher level, and the goal is no longer simply to maintain the current state, but to move to a better state. This contribution summarizes the general outputs of the implementation of the concept and principles of regenerative development into the teaching of economics and management subjects at the Faculty of Chemical Technology at the University of Pardubice.

Engineering process safety research instrument: Assessing students’ moral reasoning in process safety contexts

Process safety decision making is a key component of undergraduate chemical engineering education. Despite this, there are no existing survey instruments designed to measure students’ moral reasoning in the context of process safety decision making. The Engineering Process Safety Research Instrument (EPSRI) was developed to address this deficit in process safety assessment. The EPSRI was modeled after existing moral reasoning instruments including the DIT2, EERI, and ESIT. The process safety scenarios included were drawn from personal experience and reports from the Chemical Safety Board. Each scenario in the instrument was followed by a decision prompt and 12–15 considerations. The EPSRI went through content validation with chemical engineering industry practitioners and chemical engineering faculty members. Subsequently, three rounds of exploratory factor analysis were conducted to finalize the instrument design before a final confirmatory factor analysis was completed to ensure validity and reliability of the instrument. Completion of the exploratory factor analysis resulted in five dilemmas with 9–12 considerations each that loaded onto pre-conventional, conventional, and post-conventional reasoning constructs according to Kohlberg’s moral development theory. Confirmatory factor analysis reaffirmed the validity and reliability of the instrument and its ability to measure chemical engineering students’ moral reasoning within process safety contexts.

Faculty of Chemical Technology – the Flagship of UCT Prague

The Faculty of Chemical Technology (FCT) of the University of Chemistry and Technology (UCT) in Prague was established in 1969 by merging the Faculty of Inorganic Technology and the Faculty of Organic Technology. At the time of its establishment, the FCT was the largest faculty of the university and had 12 departments and 2 laboratories. So far, 10 deans took their turn in managing it. Today FCT comprises 11 departments and 1 laboratory. Although originally focused solely on chemical technology, the FCT has expanded also to the research and teaching of materials, pharmaceuticals, conservation-restoration of arts and crafts, and chemical and biochemical informatics. Today, the FCT of the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague represents a modern higher education and research institution, respected at home and abroad.

About the Faculty of Chemical Engineering

The University of Chemistry and Technology Prague celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. On this occasion, this paper devoted to the Faculty of Chemical Engineering is presented. First, the history of the faculty and the development of its departments is summarized. The faculty was established as the Faculty of Chemical Production, Automation and Economics in 1960 and it was renamed to the Faculty of Chemical Engineering in 1969. Further, the key scientists, teachers and deans are introduced and their contribution to the advancement of the faculty highlighted. The current offer of study programs (bachelor, master and doctoral) in both Czech and English is also listed.

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Management of Nematodes in Protected Culture Conditions

Modern Concepts & Developments in Agronomy Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Management of Nematodes in Protected Culture Conditions Daniel Rafael Vuelta Lorenzo1*, Siannah María Mas Diego2, Gerardo Montero Limonta1, Miriela Rizo Mustelier1, Luis Ángel Paneque Pérez1 and Belyani Vargas Batis1 1Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Agronomy, Cuba 2National Center for Applied Electromagnetism, Cuba *Corresponding author: Daniel Rafael Vuelta Lorenzo, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Agronomy, Cuba Submission: April 04, 2022; Published: July 20, 2022 DOI: 10.31031/MCDA.2022.11.000755 ISSN 2637-7659Volume11 Issue 1

A Brief Review of Chromatography in Croatia

Although the Republic of Croatia is a relatively small country geographically, it can boast numerous scientists who have left indelible marks in various scientific fields. However, this paper is exclusively about chromatography as one of the most important analytical techniques of our time. The development of chromatography in the Republic of Croatia and the role that three institutions have played in it—the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology of the University of Zagreb, the Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers, and the Central European Group for Separation Sciences—will be briefly discussed.

Implementation of Integrative Projects as a Contribution to the Major Design Experience in Chemical Engineering

The training of chemical engineers requires creating dynamics that bring them closer to the reality of professional practice and providing active learning experiences to develop skills that strengthen critical thinking, autonomy, teamwork, and communication, as a contribution to sustainable engineering education. However, these experiences are isolated, and sometimes do not show an integrated vision between different areas of knowledge. This work aims to introduce the lessons learned by creating capstone integrative projects as tools for the design and control of processes in the Faculty of Chemical Engineering of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. The capstone project was developed in randomly selected groups to develop a basic engineering proposal for an industrial process of local or national interest. Validation was carried out, consisting of surveys of 54 students in the last year of the program, an opinion query of 60 recent graduates, and a focus group of five graduates, with a profile of employers, management of innovation, development, and design of chemical processes. Between 2016 and 2020, more than 43 processes were evaluated with students, evidencing a significant improvement in the skills defined by the faculty in the graduation profile. A total of 94% of the graduates in that period recognize the capstone project as an integrator of design and process control, and it is concluded that this contributes positively to the professional development of the chemical engineer.

Improving academic outcomes for minority students by highlighting the work of Norbert Rillieux

Focuses on diversity in hiring and promotion have been somewhat successful at increasing representation in chemical engineering and in company management. However, often the chokepoint preventing people of color from becoming involved in chemical engineering and other STEM fields is in undergraduate education. Despite similar levels of initial enrollment in STEM fields, people of color have a much lower rate of completion than their white peers. There are myriad factors for this, including lack of peer support, lack of mentorship opportunities, bias from professors, and other challenges. These problems may be outside the ability of chemical engineering faculty to fix, but one problem that can easily be improved on is the lack of representation of people of color and course materials. In this work, we discuss the contributions of Norbert Rillieux, a 19 th century scientist, entrepreneur, and one of the earliest chemical engineers. Rillieux was the son of a slave and her “owner”, but traveled to France to receive a first-class scientific education. Using a sophisticated separations system, Rillieux turned sugar from a luxury to a staple by improving the quality and quantity of sugar commercially available. Additionally, his work made sugar production far less dangerous for the enslaved people who worked in sugar production facilities. Despite his contributions to the field, Rillieux’s work has faded into anonymity. In addition to reintroducing his work, we discuss how Rillieux’s work can be used as part of thermodynamics, separations, or introductory engineering courses. Educators can use Rillieux and other examples to easily increase representation in the classroom and improve outcomes for students of color.

High Performance of Particles with a Black Body to Decline Temperature

Aspects in Mining & Mineral Science High Performance of Particles with a Black Body to Decline Temperature Chamkouri H1,2*, Chamkouri M2 and Saeidavi FH2 1Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Petroleum, University of Tabriz, Iran 2Danesh Paper Company, Iran *Corresponding author: Hossein Chamkouri, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Petroleum, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran Submission: October 29, 2021;Published: December 02, 2021 DOI: 10.31031/AMMS.2021.08.000679 ISSN 2578-0255Volume8 Issue1

Estrategias de enseñanza y rendimiento académico de estudiantes, Facultad Ingeniería Química y Textil-UNI

Objective: To know the level of association between the teaching strategies and the academic performance of the university students of the 4th year. cycle of the Faculty of Chemical and Textile Engineering (FIQT) of the National University of Engineering (UNI) considering the different subjects they are studying, corresponding to the year 2015. Materials and Method: It is a correlational study that considered as instruments a questionnaire and the report card to a sample of 100 students, whose data were processed in the SPSS program. Results: When applying Spearman’s Rho, the correlation coefficient is Rho = 0,410, which indicates that there is a moderate significant correlation between academic performance and teaching strategies, they have an impact on the educational quality of 4th cycle students the FIQT of the UNI in the 2015-2 cycle. Similarly, it was found that the dimension of the teacher teaching strategies variable (methodological strategies, management of educational resources, teacher performance and training, and content to be taught) are related to the variable academic performance, evidenced in the following relationship levels: Rho = 0,372, Rho = 0,163, Rho = 0,380 and Rho = 0,464. Conclusion: The teaching strategies of the teacher do have a certain relationship in the academic performance of the students, although not in a high proportion; This may be due to the fact that UNI students are well prepared, since the selection process to enter the university is very competitive.

Propuesta de líneas de investigación para la Facultad de Ingeniería Quí-mica de la Universidad Nacional de Trujillo utilizando Power b

Research, in its broadest sense, not only refers to the generation of knowledge but also to the transfer of technologies or patents that solve problems in society. For its fulfillment, a methodology and updating of the research lines for the Faculty of Chemical Engineering is imperative. In this research, as a starting point, 161 undergraduate theses developed between the schools of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering were evaluated. To define the lines, the scheme of Resolution RCU 209-2019 / UNT and the guide of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recommended by Concytec were used. Data analysis generally requires powerful, agile and dynamic software. The chosen software was Power bi through which graphs of the circular type and stacked bars were made. To complement the lines, it is joining the areas of Industrial Biotechnology and Environmental Biotechnology as they are closely related to chemical and environmental processes. It is emphasized that for the updating of the lines, the opinion of the faculty teachers and publications of scientific research is also required.