Marco Mazzotti: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2012

Award: The Golden Owl
Name Prof. Dr. Marco Mazzotti
FieldVerfahrenstechnik
Address
Inst. f. Energie-u.Verfahrenstech.
ETH Zürich, ML G 27
Sonneggstrasse 3
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telephone+41 44 632 24 56
Fax+41 44 632 11 41
E-mailmarco.mazzotti@ipe.mavt.ethz.ch
DepartmentMechanical and Process Engineering
RelationshipFull Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
151-0077-00LFocus Project II in Energy
Project "Geological storage of CO2" is offered by M. Mazzotti
20 credits21AM. Mazzotti
AbstractWind and Turbulence Measurements with FRAP SystemsThe focus
of this project is to develop and demonstrate two complementary "fixed" airborne systems. Geological storage of carbon dioxide: Design, build and operate a show-case that demonstrates visually but rigorously how carbon dioxide stored in deep saline aquifers migrates and how it can be permanently trapped.
ObjectiveWind and Turbulence Measurements with FRAP Systems:
1) Design, build and integrate the airborne wind measurement systems, including instrumentation package.
2) Field measurements to demonstrate the system's performance
3) Quantify the accuracy and performance of the measurement system
Geological storage of carbon dioxide:
1) Design, build and operate a low pressure (atmospheric conditions) show-case that demonstrates visually how a fluid migrates in a porous geological structure.
2) Design a high pressure show-case (aquifer equivalent conditions) that can be used to carry out experiments about the migration of carbon dioxide in a deep saline aquifer and demonstrate its suitability through theory and modeling.
3) Build and operate the high pressure show-case in a way that, though scientifically and technically rigorous, allows also the lay person to understand the migration and trapping mechanisms of carbon dioxide in deep saline aquifers.
ContentWind and Turbulence Measurements with FRAP Systems:
Team: 8 students (two teams of four student each)
In order to better understand the flow around modern wind turbines, the Laboratory for Energy Conversion has developed an instrumented Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that equipped with a Fast Response Aerodynamic Probe (FRAP). The FRAP probe provides measurements of the wind (speed, direction and turbulence) from the moving UAV. The focus of this project is to develop and demonstrate two complementary "fixed" airborne systems. These "fixed" systems shall be operate in parallel with the UAV-based system in order to provide reference in-situ wind measurements. Two "fixed" systems - a kite-based system and a balloon-based system - to be developed, and their relative merits assessed. The instrumentation package in both systems shall include a multi-hole FRAP probe, magnetometer, inertial measurement unit, GPS, on-board DAQ and telemetry modem.
Geological storage of carbon dioxide:
Team: 3-5 students.
Sustainable energy systems.
Zero-emission fossil fuel fired power plants.
Carbon dioxide capture and storage systems.
Geological storage of carbon dioxide.
Geological structures (deep saline aquifers) suitable for carbon dioxide storage.
Trapping mechanisms of carbon dioxide in aquifers, possible leakage pathways and corresponding remedies.
Multiphase flow and multiphase flow in porous media.
Density induced natural convection.
Fluid dynamic equivalences.
Modeling of multiphase flow.
Phase behavior of carbon dioxide.
Dissolution and speciation of carbon dioxide in aqueous solutions.
Carbon dioxide mineralization (and diagenesis in general).
Visualization and monitoring techniques for fluids in porous media.
The Separation Processes Laboratory at the Institute of Process Engineering (MAVT), which offers this project, has broad experience on carbon dioxide capture and storage systems, is involved in numerous projects in Switzerland, Europe and worldwide, and co-operates with geological institutes at ETH Zurich, University of Bern and Stanford University, USA.
LiteratureOnly public learning materials are listed.
Prerequisites / NoticePrerequisites:
Basic studies 1.-4.semester MAVT; requirement: registration of Fokus-Projekt II; Specific requirements by professors
151-0259-00LEnergy Colloquia0 credits1KM. Mazzotti
AbstractInternal seminars by the Energy Science Center.
ObjectiveInternal seminars by the Energy Science Center.
151-0906-00LFrontiers in Energy Research2 credits2SM. Mazzotti, R. S. Abhari, G. Andersson, J. Carmeliet, M. Filippini
AbstractPhD students at ETH Zurich working in the broad area of energy present their research to their colleagues, to their advisors and to the scientific community.
ObjectiveKnowledge of advanced research in the area of energy.
ContentPhD students at ETH Zurich working in the broad area of energy present their research to their colleagues, to their advisors and to the scientific community. Every week there are two presentations, each structured as follows: 15 min introduction to the research topic, 15 min presentation of the results, 15 min discussion with the audience.
Lecture notesSlides will be distributed.
151-0926-00LSeparation Process Technology I Information 4 credits3GM. Mazzotti
AbstractNon-empirical design of gas-liquid, vapor-liquid, and liquid-liquid separation processes for ideal and non-ideal systems, based on mass transfer phenomena and phase equilibrium.
ObjectiveNon-empirical design of gas-liquid, vapor-liquid, and liquid-liquid separation processes for ideal and non-ideal systems, based on mass transfer phenomena and phase equilibrium.
ContentMethods for the non empirical design of equilibrium stage separations for ideal and non-ideal systems, based on mass transfer phenomena and phase equilibrium. Topics: introduction to the separation process technology. Phase equilibrium: vapor/liquid and liquid/liquid. Flash vaporization: binary and multicomponent. Equilibrium stages and multistage cascades. Gas absorption and stripping. Continuous distillation: design methods for binary and multicomponent systems; continuous-contact equipment; azeotropic distillation, equipment for gas-liquid operations. Liquid/liquid extraction. The lecture is supported by a web base learning tool, i.e. HyperTVT.
Lecture notesLecture notes available
LiteratureTreybal "Mass-transfer operations" oder Seader/Henley "Separation process principles" oder Wankat "Equilibrium stage separations" oder Weiss/Militzer/Gramlich "Thermische Verfahrenstechnik"
Prerequisites / NoticePrerequisite: Stoffaustausch

A self-learning web-based environment is available (HyperTVT):
http://www.spl.ethz.ch/
151-0928-00LCarbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS)4 credits3GM. Mazzotti, C. Cremer, C. Müller, P. Radgen
AbstractIntroduction to the concepts and the technologies used for capturing carbon dioxide in power stations. CO2 capture by pre-, post-, and oxy combustion-capture concepts are discussed together with CO2 transport issues & the different options to store CO2 in geologic formations, the oceans or by mineralization. Besides technical issues, economical, juridical & societal issues are part of the course.
ObjectiveThe aim of the lecture is to introduce the concept of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), the technical solutions developed so far and the current research questions. It addresses also economic, environmental and societal aspects.
ContentThe European energy system faces a number of significant challenges over the coming decades. The major concerns are the security and economy of energy supply and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Fossil fuels will continue to satisfy the largest part of the energy demand in the medium term, therefore to stabilize the atmospheric CO2 concentra-tion in the atmosphere will require the decarbonisation of the heat and power production. Carbon capture and storage has become an important option for the continuous use of fossil fuels with near zero CO2-Emissions. The course will explain the technologies pre-, post- and oxy-combustion-capture, will discuss CO2 transport and CO2 storage. The storage options will range from the oceans over to geological formations up to the mineralization. The course will include practical experi-ences made with these technologies in industry.
Lecture notesPower Point Slides
LiteratureIPCC Special Report on Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage. October 2005. Download at http://www.ipcc.ch/activity/srccs/index.htm

HYPOGEN Pre-Feasibility Study. Report EUR 21512 EN, DG JRC, January 2005. Download at http://www.isi.fhg.de/e/publikation/pdf/HYPOGEN.pdf

Greenhouse gas control technologies : proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Tech-nologies / ed. by J. Gale ... [et al.] : 1-4 October 2002, Kyoto, Japan. ETH Bibliothek: ETH-ERD (Zuerich) Geol M 9723

Greenhouse gas control technologies : proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies / GHGT-5 ; eds.: David Williams [et al.]. 13-16 August 2000, Cairns, Australia. ETH Bibliothek: ETH-GRUEN (Zuerich) Ag 289

Greenhouse gas control technologies : proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Tech-nologies, 30 August - 2 September 1998, Interlaken, Switzerland / ed. by Baldur Eliasson, Pierce Riemer, Alexander Wo-kaun. ETH Bibliothek: ETH-GRUEN (Zuerich) Kb 160
Prerequisites / NoticeIndustry Leaders will present actual experiences in large scale carbon dioxide capture and storage as part of the course.
151-0940-00LModelling and Mathematical Methods in Process and Chemical Engineering Information 4 credits3GM. Mazzotti
AbstractStudy of the non-numerical solution of systems of ordinary differential equations and first order partial differential equations, with application to chemical kinetics, simple batch distillation, and chromatography.
ObjectiveStudy of the non-numerical solution of systems of ordinary differential equations and first order partial differential equations, with application to chemical kinetics, simple batch distillation, and chromatography.
ContentDevelopment of mathematical models in process and chemical engineering, particularly for chemical kinetics, batch distillation, and chromatography. Study of systems of ordinary differential equations (ODEs), their stability, and their qualitative analysis. Study of single first order partial differential equation (PDE) in space and time, using the method of characteristics. Application of the theory of ODEs to population dynamics, chemical kinetics (Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction), and simple batch distillation (residue curve maps). Application of the method of characteristic to chromatography.
Lecture notesno skript
LiteratureA. Varma, M. Morbidelli, "Mathematical methods in chemical engineering," Oxford University Press (1997)
H.K. Rhee, R. Aris, N.R. Amundson, "First-order partial differential equations. Vol. 1," Dover Publications, New York (1986)
R. Aris, "Mathematical modeling: A chemical engineer’s perspective," Academic Press, San Diego (1999)
151-0942-00LIntroduction to Chemical Engineering4 credits3GM. Mazzotti
AbstractThe class aims at bridging chemistry and engineering by giving the basics on chemical and biochemical reactors. (Bio)Chemical and physical phenomena and mechanisms (heat transfer, mixing, chemical and enzymatic catalysis, reaction networks) are discussed and quantitatively described.
ObjectiveThe student will be able to understand the interplay between (bio)chemical and physical phenomena in reactors of industrial interest. The student will also be able to quantitatively describe the key features of such reactors.
ContentFundamentals of (bio)chemical reaction engineering
- ideal reactors, continuous stirred tank reactor, plug flow reactor
- non-ideal reactors, mixing effects
- heat effects; isothermal and adiabatic reactors, runaway reactions
- reactor design for competitive and parallel reactions
- applications of catalysis
- fundamentals of enzymes and enzyme kinetics
- cells as a system of reactions
Lecture notesThe students will be familiarized with useful web resources during the class which should be sufficient to follow. Alternatively, the following books might be of help:
H. Scott Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Prentice Hall (http://www.engin.umich.edu/~cre/)
Deutsches Buch!!
151-0958-00LPractica in Process Engineering II2 credits2PR. Büchel, M. Mazzotti
AbstractPractical training at pilot facilities for fundamental processing steps, typical laboratory and pilot facility experiments.
ObjectivePractical training at pilot facilities for fundamental processing steps, typical laboratory and pilot facility experiments.