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Chemical Engineering — 4th Semester Syllabus

Chemical Engineering

Credits Allocation Table (L-T-P Structure)

Course Title	Code	L	T	P	Credits
Chemical Process Technology	114401	3	0	0	3
Heat Transfer Operation	114402	3	0	0	3
Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics	114403	3	0	0	3
Hazard and Risk analysis	114404	3	0	0	3
Process Equipment Design and Drawing	114405	3	0	0	3
Energy, Environment and Sustainability	114406	3	0	0	0
Chemical Process Technology Lab	114401P	0	0	2	1
Heat Transfer Operation Lab	114402P	0	0	2	1
Process Equipment Design and Drawing Lab	114405P	0	0	2	1
NPTEL-I (Open course)	114407	-	-	-	3
TOTAL	-	-	-	-	21

Chemical Process Technology

114401

Theory Course • 6 Units

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Unit-1.0: Introduction to Chemical Processing

Introduction to process technology
Worldwide scenario of chemical industries
Absorption
Extraction etc
Hydrogenation etc
General principles applied in chemical industry

Unit-2.0: Industrial Gases

Preparation, properties & application of water gas
Preparation, properties & application of coke oven gas
Synthesis, properties, application of natural gas and LPG
Synthesis, properties, application of oxygen and nitrogen production

Unit-3.0: Inorganic Chemical Industries

Synthesis method
Properties
Application of sulphur industry (sulphuric acid)
Synthesis method
Properties
Application of nitrogen industry (ammonia and nitric acid)
Synthesis method
Properties
Application phosphorous industry (phosphorous, phosphoric acid, soda ash)
Synthesis method
Properties
Application of fertilizer industry (urea, ammonium nitrate)

Unit-4.0: Organic Chemicals Industry

Synthesis method
Properties
Application of methanol production
Synthesis method
Properties
Application of formaldehyde production
Synthesis method
Properties
Application of ethylene production
Synthesis method
Properties
Application of acetic acid production

Unit-5.0: Acetone and Phenol Synthesis and Production

Synthesis method
Properties
Application of acetone production
Synthesis method
Properties
Application of cumene production
Synthesis method
Properties
Application of phenol production

Unit-6.0: Natural Product Industries

Synthesis
Properties of edible oil
Synthesis
Properties and application of Soap and detergent
Synthesis
Properties
Application of Paints and varnishes

Heat Transfer Operation

114402

Theory Course • 6 Units

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Unit-1.0: Conduction

Basics concept of Heat Transfer
Steady state & unsteady state heat transfer
Concept of driving force & Fourier's law of heat transfer
Modes of heat transfer
Conduction
Convention & radiation
Concept of Thermal Conductivity
Calculation of Thermal Conductivity for solid
Liquid & gases
Rate of heat transfer from plane wall
Composite wall
Sphere & cylinder
Concept of Thermal Diffusivity
Lagging of pipes
Concept & importance of insulation
Critical thickness of insulation
Unsteady state conduction: Biot number
Fourier number
Numerical based on above topics

Unit-2.0: Convection

Concept of convection mode of heat transfer
Concept of heat transfer coefficient
Derivation for individual & overall heat transfer coefficient
Natural Convection: Introduction convection current
Coefficient of thermal expansion
Significance of Dimensionless number
Dimensionless analysis
Forced Convection: Introduction
Thermal & hydrodynamic boundary layer
Heat transfer in laminar & turbulent flow inside & outside tube
Heat transfer analogies
Reynold's Analogy
Prandtl Analogy
Concept of condensation
Types & Nusselt's theory
Heat transfer to boiling liquids & Corelations
Film wise & dropwise condensation on vertical & horizontal surfaces
Numerical on above topics

Unit-3.0: Radiation

Radiation mode of heat transfer
Maxwell's electromagnetic theory
Max Planck's theory
Radiative properties: Absorptivity
Transitivity
Reflectivity
Black body
Spectral Black body radiation intensity
Gray body
Black body emission power
Wein's displacement law
Stephan's Boltzmann's law
Opaque body
Kirchhoff's Law
Heat transfer between black bodies for finite & infinite distances
Radiation shield
Numerical on Radiation

Unit-4.0: Heat Exchanger

Heat Exchanger: Concept
Importance & classification
Calculation of overall heat transfer coefficient for heat exchanger
Fouling: Concept of fouling
Reasons of fouling
Methods to reduce fouling
Fouling factors
Log Mean Temperature: Concept of LMTD
Calculation of LMTD for single pass
Multipass
Parallel
Cocurrent & Counter current flow
Concept of N.T.U
Calculation of effectiveness for co current & counter current mode of heat transfer
Heat Exchanger Construction
Working
Merits
Demerits of Shell & Tube heat exchanger
Double pipe heat exchanger
Reboiler
Plate type heat exchanger
Fins: Concept of fins
Fin efficiency & effectiveness
Numerical based on above topics

Unit-5.0: Evaporators I

Evaporation: Concept of evaporation
Difference between evaporation & drying
Evaporator: Capacity & economy
Single effect & Multiple effect evaporator
Forward feed
Backward feed & mixed feed to evaporator
Vapor recompression
Mass & enthalpy balance for single effect evaporator

Unit-6.0: Evaporators I

Construction
Working & application of evaporators such as: Falling film
Thin film
Forced circulation
Agitated Thin film & Multiple effect evaporator
Numerical on above topics

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

114403

Theory Course • 6 Units

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Unit-1.0: First Law of Thermodynamics

Introductory concepts of thermodynamic systems and variables
Work
Heat
Internal energy
Enthalpy
Heat capacity
Thermodynamic equilibrium
Reversible and irreversible processes
Phase rule: significance of chemical engineering thermodynamics
First law of thermodynamics for flow and non-flow processes
Calculation of heat and work for various types of processes
Numerical

Unit-2.0: Second Law of Thermodynamics

Second Law of Thermodynamics
Concepts of heat engine
Heat pump and refrigerator
Carnot principle and carnot cycle
Clausius Inequality
Concept of entropy and estimation of entropy change of various processes
Third law of Thermodynamics

Unit-3.0: Volumetric Properties of Fluid: P-V-T behavior of pure fluids

Equation of state for real gases: van der waals EOS
Redlich-Kwong
Redlich-Kwong-Soave EOS and virial equation of state
Principle of corresponding states and generalized compressibility charts
Thermodynamic properties of pure fluids
Maxwell's equations
Joule-thomson Effect
Enthalpy and Entropy departure functions (van der waals and redlich-Kwong EOS)
Application of the laws of thermodynamics to flow process and refrigeration

Unit-4.0: Properties of Mixture

Properties of ideal mixtures and solutions
Non-idealities of solutions and mixtures
Partial molar properties
Chemical potential
Activity and activity coefficients
Gibbs-duhem equation
Vapour-liquid equilibrium in ideal and non-ideal solutions
Estimation of activity coefficients using margules equations
Vanderwall equation and Wilson equation
Introduction to Vanderwall equation
UNIQUAC equation and UNIFAC method

Unit-5.0: Chemical Reaction Equilibrium & Solution Thermodynamics

Concept of chemical reaction equilibrium
The standard Gibbs free energy change and equilibrium constant
Effect of temperature and pressure
Other factors affecting equilibrium conversion
Homogeneous liquid phase reactions
Heterogeneous reactions

Unit-6.0: Solution Thermodynamics

Fugacity & fugacity coefficient
Pure species & species in solution
Excess properties
Excess gibbs free energy and activity coefficient

Hazard and Risk analysis

114404

Theory Course • 6 Units

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Unit-1.0: Introduction to Industrial Safety

Importance of safety in chemical industries
Concept of safety
Hazard and risk
Types of accidents in industries
Factors responsible for different types of accidents in industry
Direct & indirect effect of accidents
Different types of protective equipments
Safety rules/regulations for accidents/incidents preventions
Awareness of reactive chemicals hazards
Safety in plant startup & shut down
Different color coding in pipeline
Safety for workers in chemical industries

Unit-2.0: Industrial Fire & Explosion

Concept of Fire & Explosion
Differentiate between fire & explosion
Factor responsible for fire & explosion
Classification of Fire
Concept of fire triangle
Flammability characteristics
Autoignition
Electrostatic ignition
Autooxidation
Types of explosions
Detonation
Deflagration
Confined & unconfined explosion
Concept of Vapor cloud explosion
Boiling liquid
Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion
Fire extinguisher & Hydrants: Types
Installation
Operating procedure and application
Inerting & Purging methods
Control of Static electricity
Dip pipe system
Grounding
Room ventilation

Unit-3.0: Industrial Toxic Release & Relief System

Toxic gases from industry
Biological effects of toxic gases on human health
Injection & elimination of toxic gases from biological system
Storage & handling of flammable & toxic releases
Source model & Dispersion model for toxic release
Factors affecting on dispersion
Equipment/ system (Deep Dry Scrubber System, Toxic gas detection system, Exhaust flow alarm system) for prevention of release of toxic gases
Importance of relief system
Type of relief system
Location of relief system
Safety features of pressure relief system
Application of relief system in industries

Unit-4.0: Hazards identification method &

Hazards identification methods such as HAZOP (Hazard & Operability Analysis)
HAZAN (Hazard Analysis)
Hazard analysis: Process Hazards survey & checklist
Safety Audit: Importance
Procedure & committee for safety audit

Unit-5.0: Risk assessment

Risk assessment technique: Reactive approach & Proactive approach Event tree & fault tree analysis with numerical
Maximum Credible Accident Analysis (MCAA)
Quantative Risk Assessment (QRA)
Advantages & disadvantages of assessment methods

Unit-6.0: Investigation of Chemical Accidents

Accident investigation: Concept
Steps in accident investigation
Learning from accidents: Case studies: Bhopal Gas Tragedy
Flixborough England
Seveso Italy
Preventative measures to mitigate the accidents
Safety: Laws & Regulation

Process Equipment Design and Drawing

114405

Theory Course • 6 Units

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Unit-1.0: Introduction to Chemical Process Equipment Design

Basic consideration in process equipment design
Nature of process equipment
Equipment classification & selection
Material of construction for chemical process equipment
Standards
Codes & their significance
Design preliminaries
Equipment Inspection and Non- destructive methods
Process flow diagrams

Unit-2.0: Pressure Vessel

Type of pressure vessels
Code & standard for pressure vessels (IS: 2825:1969)
Pressure vessel subjected to internal pressure
Complete design of cylindrical pressure vessel (study, Shell, Head, nozzles, Flanged joints)
Theories of failure
Constructional method of high- Pressure vessels
Design of multi layered high pressure vessels (stress distribution diagram)

Unit-3.0: Reaction Vessel and Agitators

Classification of reaction vessels
Types of jackets& design of jackets
Types of agitators & their application
Components of agitation system
Power requirement of agitators
System which includes design of shaft based on equivalent bending moment and critical speed
Design of blades & blade assembly

Unit-4.0: Heat Exchangers

Classification of heat exchangers
Design of shell and tube heat exchanger (U-tube and fixed tube sheet) IS: 4503
TEMA standards (shell, Tube, Tube sheets, Channel and channel cover, Flanged joints)

Unit-5.0: Evaporators

Classification of evaporators
Design of standard vertical evaporator with design of calendria and tube
Flange evaporator drums and heads

Unit-6.0: Tall Column, Storage Vessel and Supports

Basic features of columns
Stresses in column shell
Shell thickness determination at various heights
Study of type of column internals
Study of various types of storage vessels and application
Various types of roofs used for storage vessels
Calculation of variation in thickness with height only
Introduction & classification of support (Study)

Energy, Environment and Sustainability

114406

Theory Course • 6 Units

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Unit-1.0: Ecosystem and Biodiversity

Ecosystem definition
Types aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem
Structure of a basic ecosystem
Food chain and food web
Cycles in ecosystem water
Carbon
Nitrogen
Sulphur and phosphorus
Biodiversity definition
Types-genetic
Species and ecosystem biodiversity
Threats -Habitat loss
Poaching of wild life
Man-wild life conflicts-endangered and endemic species of India
Conservation of biodiversity

Unit-2.0: Sustainable Energy Sources

Sustainable/ Renewable energy sources solar energy
Wind energy
Small hydro energy
Bio energy
Geothermal
And new energy sources hydrogen energy
Ocean energy and tidal energy
Definition of energy audit
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency and energy management (definition only with one/two examples)
Solar Energy (i) Solar thermal energy conversionprinciple and applications solar water heater
Solar dryers
Solar stills distillation
Solar cooker
Solar ponds
(ii) PV system energy conversionprinciple
Solar cell technologies
Thin film generations
Solar cell
Unit-
Array
Series parallel combinations and operations
Applications standalone
SPV water pump
Wind Energy
Wind plant and its parts
Types horizontal and vertical axis
Principle of harnessing wind energy
Advantages and challenges of harnessing wind energy
Small hydro energy - Principle
Types-Mini
Micro and Pico
Advantages and disadvantages
Biomass -biomass energy sources and their energy content
Biological conversion technologies -thermo-chemical conversion
Bio-chemical conversion and oil extraction
Biogas production
Types of biogas plant- floating (gobar gas) and fixed type
New Energy Sources: hydrogen energy
Geothermal
Ocean tidal and wave energy

Unit-3.0: Environmental Pollution

Environment pollution air
Water
Noise and soil
Air pollution- sources of air pollution- chemical
Photochemical
Greenhouse effect
Ozone layer depletion and acid rain
Air pollutants classification-primary and secondary pollutants
Adverse effects of air pollution on human
Plant and animal
Air monitoring system and air pollutioncontrol
Water pollution sources of water pollution
Adverse effects of water pollution
Control of water pollution
Physical and chemical standard of domestic water as per indianstandard
Sound Pollution causes
Controlling measures
Measurement of sound pollution (deciblage)
Industrial and non industrial
Soil Pollution soil profile
Pollutants in soil
Their adverse effects
Controlling measures

Unit-4.0: Climate Change

Impact of climate change
Factor contributing to climate change
Global warming causes and effect
Comparison of climate change with global warming
Action plan on climate change- India

Unit-5.0: Sustainable Development

Concept of sustainability
Social
Environmental and economic aspect of sustainability
Origins of sustainable development: definition
Evolution and principles
Brundtl and report
Sustainable development goals (SDGs)
Strategies for sustainable development

Unit-6.0: Sustainability Practices

Environment management system and planning
Environment protection acts
Legislation and laws
Zero waste and R concept
Circular economyenvironmental management standards
ISO 14000 series
Material life cycle analysis (LCA)
Scope and goal
Bio-mimicking
Environment impact assessment (EIA)
Procedures of EIA in India
Energy cycles- carbon cycle
Emission and sequestration
Zero carbon foot-print building for sustainable construction
Green engineering: sustainable urbanization- socio- economic and technological change
Sustainable habitat-(i)Green buildings
(ii) Green and sustainable materials -5R concept
(iii) Sustainable/green transports

NPTEL-I (Open Course)

114407

Theory Course • 1 Units

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12 Weeks (3 Credits)

NPTEL (Open Course) Guidelines: NPTEL (Open Course) should be taken from the course other than core subjects of the branch.

Chemical Process Technology Lab

114401P

Laboratory Subject • 1 Units

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Topics Part 1

Preparation of soap from given oil sample.
Preparation of the alum from given raw materials.
Preparation of thiokolrubber from given raw materials.
Preparation of rubber ball from rubber latex at laboratory scale.
Preparation of p-Bromonitrobenzene from Bromobenzene at laboratory scale.
Preparation of detergent from given sample
Preparation of biodiesel from vegetable oil sample.
Preparation of adhesive from given sample.
Preparation of food product from given sample.
Preparation of hand sanitizer from given sample.
Determine % of essential oils extracted from given sample.
Preparation of phenyl from given sample.
Preparation of phenol-formaldehyde (P-F) resin from given sample.
Preparation of urea-formaldehyde (U-F) resin.

Prescribed Experiments

Preparation of soap from given oil sample.
Preparation of the alum from given raw materials.
Preparation of thiokolrubber from given raw materials.
Preparation of rubber ball from rubber latex at laboratory scale.
Preparation of p-Bromonitrobenzene from Bromobenzene at laboratory scale.
Preparation of detergent from given sample
Preparation of biodiesel from vegetable oil sample.
Preparation of adhesive from given sample.
Preparation of food product from given sample.
Preparation of hand sanitizer from given sample.
Determine % of essential oils extracted from given sample.
Preparation of phenyl from given sample.
Preparation of phenol-formaldehyde (P-F) resin from given sample.
Preparation of urea-formaldehyde (U-F) resin.

Heat Transfer Operation Lab

114402P

Laboratory Subject • 1 Units

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Topics Part 1

Determination of thermal conductivity of metal rod.
Determination of thermal conductivity of liquid.
Determination of thermal conductivity of insulating materials
Determination of thermal conductivity of composite wall.
Determination of heat transfer coefficient for natural convention
Determination of heat transfer coefficient for forced convention.
Determination heat transfer coefficient for Drop wise condensation.
Determination heat transfer coefficient for film wise condensation.
Determination of emissivity for given material.
Determine Steafan Boltzmann's constant
Determination of overall heat transfer coefficient for Shell & Tube heat exchanger for Co- current flow.
Determination of overall heat transfer coefficient for Shell & Tube heat exchanger for Counter- current flow.
Determination of overall heat transfer coefficient for Double pipe heat exchanger for Counter- current flow.
Design heat exchanger using given software e.g. CAD
Determination of efficiency of given fin.
Determination of overall heat transfer coefficient of evaporator.
Design evaporator using given software.

Prescribed Experiments

Determination of thermal conductivity of metal rod.
Determination of thermal conductivity of liquid.
Determination of thermal conductivity of insulating materials
Determination of thermal conductivity of composite wall.
Determination of heat transfer coefficient for natural convention
Determination of heat transfer coefficient for forced convention.
Determination heat transfer coefficient for Drop wise condensation.
Determination heat transfer coefficient for film wise condensation.
Determination of emissivity for given material.
Determine Steafan Boltzmann's constant
Determination of overall heat transfer coefficient for Shell & Tube heat exchanger for Co- current flow.
Determination of overall heat transfer coefficient for Shell & Tube heat exchanger for Counter- current flow.
Determination of overall heat transfer coefficient for Double pipe heat exchanger for Counter- current flow.
Design heat exchanger using given software e.g. CAD
Determination of efficiency of given fin.
Determination of overall heat transfer coefficient of evaporator.
Design evaporator using given software.

Process Equipment Design and Drawing Lab

114405P

Laboratory Subject • 1 Units

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Topics Part 1

Draw non-destructive testing.
Design pressure vessel for given parameter.
Design high pressure vessel for given parameter.
Design reaction vessel for given parameter.
Design agitator for given reaction vessels.
Design of heat exchanger for given parameter.
Design of evaporator for given parameter.
Design tall column for given parameter.
Design storage tank for given parameter.
Draw different supports for given vessels.
Draw process flow diagram for given process.
Draw piping instrumentation diagram
Draw plant layout/Equipment layout.
Draw any one equipment using software like AUTOCAD/EDRAW etc.

Prescribed Experiments

Draw non-destructive testing.
Design pressure vessel for given parameter.
Design high pressure vessel for given parameter.
Design reaction vessel for given parameter.
Design agitator for given reaction vessels.
Design of heat exchanger for given parameter.
Design of evaporator for given parameter.
Design tall column for given parameter.
Design storage tank for given parameter.
Draw different supports for given vessels.
Draw process flow diagram for given process.
Draw piping instrumentation diagram
Draw plant layout/Equipment layout.
Draw any one equipment using software like AUTOCAD/EDRAW etc.