The student must be able to:

• solve algebraic equations and work with graphs and tables;
• describe basic physical quantities and laws of fluid mechanics (density, pressure, viscosity, hydrostatics, continuity equation, Bernoulli equation);
• describe basic thermodynamic quantities (gas equation of state, work, heat, energy);
• convert units and work with SI units.

These skills are acquired in bachelor studies in the subjects mathematics, physics, hydromechanics and thermomechanics.

The course is completed by an examination (ECTS grading scale). Course-unit credit from the exercises is part of the assessment. The course-unit credit is a prerequisite for taking the examination.

Lectures: attendance is optional.

Exercises: attendance is compulsory and checked by the instructor at every class. Two absences are allowed without making up. Every further absence must be duly justified and the student solves the problems that were missed. A missed test is written at a substitute date set by the instructor.

Course-unit credit requirements:

1. regular and active attendance at the exercises,
2. passing two written tests in weeks 6 and 13. The tests verify the student's ability to calculate an assigned problem (first test: learning outcome 1, second test: learning outcomes 2–4). Each contains three problems worth 5 points each (maximum 15 points) and is passed with more than 7 points. Each test may be retaken once. The test points count towards the final classification.

Examination: written, verifying theoretical knowledge from the lectures (in particular learning outcomes 5 and 6); 10 theoretical questions worth 4 points each (maximum 40 points); passed with more than 50 % of the points, i.e. at least 21 points.

Final classification: the sum of points from the two tests and the examination, maximum 70 points. A: 63–70, B: 56–62, C: 49–55, D: 42–48, E: 35–41, F: 0–34. A further condition for passing is obtaining more than 50 % of the points in the examination, i.e. at least 21 out of 40, regardless of the total score.

Credit calculation

8 credits × 26 h = 208 h of student workload: 65 h of contact teaching (39 h lectures, 26 h exercises) and approx. 143 h of independent work (preparing for the exercises and finishing the problems, preparing for the two tests and for the examination).

Upon completion of the course, the student is able to:

1. determine physical properties of fluids and suspensions and, for a given piping system, set up and solve the continuity equation and the Bernoulli equation with losses, design the diameter of industrial piping, calculate pressure drops and select a pump (or fan), including the operating point from the Q-H curve, the power input, the specific speed and the electricity consumption,
2. calculate the pressure drop for single-phase and two-phase flow through a porous barrier, determine filtration constants and calculate the required filter area and the filtration time,
3. determine the settling velocity of particles in gravitational and centrifugal fields and design the dimensions of a settling tank and a cyclone,
4. design a mixing device and determine the homogenization time,
5. describe the principle, construction and range of use of compressors and vacuum pumps, industrial filters, flotation, clarification and aeration equipment and fluidization equipment,
6. select a suitable equipment type for a given process (fluid transport, filtration, sedimentation, flotation and clarification, fluidization, mixing) and justify the choice.

The updated course lecture notes, study materials and problem sets are provided by the instructor continuously during the semester on a shared drive accessible to enrolled students and in the course group in MS Teams.

• Programme N-PRI-P Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory, fundamental theoretical courses of the profile core