SYLLABUS
1. Chemical Engineering – CH
Process Calculations and Thermodynamics:
Laws of conservation of mass and energy; use of tie
components; recycle, bypass and purge calculations; degree of freedom analysis.
First and Second laws of thermodynamics. First law application to close and
open systems. Second law and Entropy Thermodynamic properties of pure
substances: equation of state and departure function, properties of mixtures:
partial molar properties, fugacity, excess properties and activity
coefficients; phase equilibria: predicting VLE of systems;chemical reaction
equilibria.
Fluid Mechanics and Mechanical Operations: Fluid statics,
Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, Bernoulli equation, macroscopic friction
factors, energy balance, dimensional analysis, shell balances, flows through
pipeline systems, flow meters, pumps and compressors, packed and fluidized
beds, elementary boundary layer theory, size reduction and size separation;
free and hindered settling; centrifuge and cyclones; thickening and
Classification, filtration, mixing and agitation; conveying of solids.
Heat Transfer: Conduction, convection and radiation, heat
transfer coefficients, steady and unsteady heat conduction, boiling,
condensation and evaporation; types of heat exchangers and evaporators and
their design.
Mass Transfer: Fick’s laws, molecular diffusion in fluids,
mass transfer coefficients, film, penetration and surface renewal theories;
momentum, heat and mass transfer analogies; stagewise and continuous contacting
and stage efficiencies; HTU & NTU concepts design and operation of
equipment for distillation, absorption, leaching, liquid-liquid extraction,
drying, humidification, dehumidification and adsorption.
Chemical Reaction Engineering: Theories of reaction rates;
kinetics of homogeneous reactions, interpretation of kinetic data, single and
multiple reactions in ideal reactors, non-ideal reactors; residence time
distribution, single parameter model; non-isothermal reactors; kinetics of
heterogeneous catalytic reactions; diffusion effects in catalysis.
Instrumentation and Process Control: Measurement of process
variables; sensors, transducers and their dynamics, transfer functions and
dynamic responses of simple systems, process reaction curve, controller modes
(P, PI, and PID); control valves; analysis of closed loop systems including
stability, frequency response and controller tuning, cascade, feed forward
control.
Plant Design and Economics: Process design and sizing of
chemical engineering equipment such as compressors, heat exchangers, multistage
contactors; principles of process economics and cost estimation including total
annualized cost, cost indexes, rate of return, payback period, discounted cash
flow, optimization in design.
Chemical Technology: Inorganic chemical industries; sulfuric
acid, NaOH, fertilizers (Ammonia, Urea, SSP and TSP); natural products
industries (Pulp and Paper, Sugar, Oil, and Fats); petroleum refining and
petrochemicals; polymerization industries; polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC and
polyester synthetic fibers.
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