B. TECH.

DEGREE
(Chemical Engineering)
REVISED SYLLABUS FOR
20112012
onwards

Department of Chemical Engineering

MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MANIT),
BHOPAL
BHOPAL - 462 051.

REFRAMED SYLLABUS FOR B-TECH COURSE

I SEMESTER
Course
No.

PHY101
CHM101
MTH101
C101
HUM101
M101
M141
PHY141
CHM141

Course
No.

PHY151
CHM151
MTH151
CS151
E151
C151
CS191
E191
C191
M191
E199

Subject

Physics I
Engg. Chemistry I
Mathematics I
Environment Engg.
Communication skill
Engg. Graphics
Workshop
Physics Lab
Engg Chemistry Lab
Total

Scheme
of No.
&
Studies Periods Duration
Per week
of Theory
Papers
L
T
P No. Hrs
3
1
1
3
3
1
1
3
3
1
1
3
3
1
1
3
3
1
1
3
4
1
3
3
3
3
15
9
9
6
-

II SEMESTER
Subject
Scheme of No.
&
Studies
Duration
Periods Per of Theory
week
Papers
L
T P No. Hrs
Physics II
3
1
1
3
Engg. Chemistry II
3
1
1
3
Mathematics II
3
1
1
3
Computer Programming 3
1
1
3
Basic Elect/Electronics 3
1
1
3
Engg.
Basic
Civil
& 3
1
1
3
Mechanical Engg.
Computer Prog. Lab
- 2
Elect. /Electronics Lab
2
Civil Engg. Lab
2
Mech. Engg. Lab
- 2
General Proficiency
- Total
18 6 8
6
-

Credits

L
3
3
3
3
3
15

T
1
1
1
1
1
4
9

Total

P
3
3
3
9

Credits

4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
33

Total

L
3
3
3
3
3

T
1
1
1
1
1

P
-

4
4
4
4
4

18

2
2
2
2
4
12

2
2
2
2
4
36

III - SEMESTER
Course
No.

HUM 201
CH 201
CH 202
CH 203
CH 204
CH 205
CH 241
CH 242

Subject

Industrial Economics
Introduction to Chemical
Engineering
Instrumentation
&
Measurement
Chemical
Process
Calculations
Fluid Mechanics
Computer ProgrammingII
Technical Analysis Lab
Fluid Mechanics Lab.
Total

Scheme
Studies
Periods
week
L
T
3
1
3
1

of

Credits

P
-

No.
&
Duration of
Theory
Papers
No.
Hrs
1
3
1
3

L
3
3

T
1
1

P
-

4
4

Per

Total

3
3

1
1

1
1

3
3

3
3

1
1

4
4

18

4
4
8

18

4
4
8

4
4
32

IV SEMESTER
Course
No.

MTH 251
CH 251
CH 252
CH 253
CH 254
CH 255
CH 291
CH 292
CH 299

Subject

Numerical Techniques
Chemical
Engg.
Thermodynamics
Mechanical Operations
Material
Science
&
Technology
Chemical
Process
Technology- I
Environmental Protection
& Pollution Control
Environmental
Engg.
Lab.
Chemical
Technology
Lab.
General Proficiency
Total

Scheme
of
studies periods
per week
L
3
3

T
1
1

P
-

No.
&
duration of
Theory
Papers
No.
Hrs
1
3
1
3

3
3

1
1

1
1

3
3

3
3

1
1

4
4

18

18

4
12

4
36

Credits

L
3
3

T
1
1

P
-

4
4

Total

V SEMESTER
Course
No.

HUM 301
CH 301
CH 302
CH 303
CH 304
CH 305
CH 341
CH 342

Subject

Industrial
Project
Management
Chemical
Reaction
Engg- I
Mass Transfer - I
Heat Transfer - I
Process dynamics and
Control
Bio-Chemical
Engineering
Heat Transfer Lab
Mechanical Operation
Total

Scheme
of
studies periods
per week
L
3

T
1

P
-

No.
&
duration of
Theory
Papers
No.
Hrs
1
3

Credits

L
3

T
1

P
-

3
3
3

1
1
1

1
1
1

3
3
3

3
3
3

1
1
1

4
4
4

18

4
4
8

18

4
4
8

4
4
32

Total

VI SEMESTER
Course
No.

CH 351
CH 352
CH 353
CH 354
CH 355
CH 391
CH 392
CH 393
CH 399

Subject

Computational Methods
in Chemical Engg.
Mass Transfer - II
Process
Equipments
Design & Drawing -I
Chemical Process Tech II
Heat Transfer -II
Reaction Engg. Lab.
Mass Transfer Lab.
Minor Project & Seminar
General Proficiency
Total

Scheme
of
studies periods
per week
L
3

T
1

P
-

No.
&
duration of
Theory
Papers
No.
Hrs
1
3

3
3

1
1

1
1

3
3

3
3

1
1

4
4

3
15

1
2
7

4
4
4
12

1
5

3
-

3
-

15

1
2
7

4
4
4
4
16

4
4
4
6
4
38

Credits

L
3

T
1

P
-

Total

VII SEMESTER
Course
No.

Subject

CH 401
CH 402
CH 403
CH 411-415
CH 421-425
CH 441
CH 442
CH 443

Scheme
of
studies periods
per week

Transport Phenomena
Process Equipment
Design -II
Chemical React. Engg II
Elective I
Elective II
Instrumentation
&
Process Control Lab.
Major Project & Seminar
Educational
training
Total

Tour

CH 452
CH
461CH465
CH
471CH475
CH 492
CH 499

T
1
1

P
-

3
3

1
1

1
1

3
3

3
3

1
1
-

4
4
4

10

15

12

34

Scheme
Studies
Periods
week
L
T
3
1

of

Credits

P
-

No.
&
Duration of
Theory
Papers
No.
Hrs
1
3

L
3

T
1

P
-

& -

VIII SEMESTER
Course
Subject
No.

CH 451

L
3
3

No.
&
duration of
Theory
Papers
No.
Hrs
1
3
1
3

Process Modeling &

Simulation
Process Engg. & Costing.
Elective III

15

Per

Credits

L
3
3

T
1
1

P
-

4
4

Total

Total

3
3

1
1

1
1

3
3

3
3

1
1

4
4

Elective IV

Major Project & Seminar

General Proficiency
Total

12

2
6

12
12

12

2
6

12
4
16

14
4
34

Elective I
CH
411
CH
412
CH
413

Bio- Technology
Surface coating Technology
Oil Technology

CH
414
CH
415

Energy Engg
Environmental
Impact
Assessment & Environmental
Audit

CH- 421
CH- 422
CH- 423
CH- 424
CH- 425

CH 461
CH 462
CH 463
CH 464
CH 465

Elective II
Petroleum
&
Petrochemical Engg.
Fertilizer Technology
Industrial
Pollution
Control
Pharmaceutical
Technology
Corrosion Engg.
Elective III
Computer Aided Process Control & Design
Environmental Pollution Control, Design and
Modeling
Polymer Technology
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Risk Analysis & Hazard

CH
471
CH
472
CH
473
CH
474
CH
475
CH 472
CH 474
CH 475

Elective IV
Process Piping Design
Multi Phase Flow
Textile Technology
Novel Separation Techniques
Industrial Catalysis
Elective V/VI/VII/VIII
Cryogenic Engg.
Multi Component Distillation
Fluidization Engg
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CH 361
CH 362
CH 363
CH 364
CH 365
CH 411
CH 412
CH 413
CH 414
CH 415
CH 421
CH 422
CH 423
CH 424
CH 425
CH 461
CH 462
CH 463
CH 464
CH 465

Bio- Technology
Chemical Process Industries
Petroleum & Petrochemical Engg
Advances in Heat Transfer
Energy Engg
Industrial Catalysis
Fertilizer Technology
Food Technology
Petroleum Processing Technology
Pharmaceutical Technology
Environmental Pollution : Control Design and
Modeling
Computer Aided Process Control & Design
Polymer Technology
Ceramic Technology
Risk Analysis & Hazard
Novel Separation Techniques
Multi Phase Flow
Textile Technology
Process Piping Design
Non Conventional Energy Technology

Semester III
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS (HUM201)
Unit I
Introduction to Economics:
Introduction to economics, its Importance, Principals, Approaches, and use of study,
Engineering and economics, Economic problems, economic good and wealth, Demand and
supply, Competition, Monopoly, theory of firm, Money and its function, theory of money and
choice, the bank and its functions, employment and income, Gross National Product, Net
National Product Consumption, Savings and investment.
Unit II
Features of Indian Economy-I:
Broad features of Indian Economy, Natural resources and economic development, Infrastructure
in the Indian Economy, Agriculture development, Green revolution, Population, Population
theories, Unemployment, Poverty, and Balance Regional Development. Economic Growth and
Economic Development, Indian Industries, Industrial Policy, Industrialization in India, role,
plan and pattern of Industrialization, Public vs Private Sectors, Economic reforms in India,
Indias Five Year Plans.
Unit III
Features of Indian Economy-II:
The indigenous and modern banking system in India, Reserve Bank of India, Monetary and
Fiscal Policies, Financial Institutions and SEBI, Free trade and protection, Indias Foreign
Trade and WTO, Balance of Payments, Indian Currency System and Foreign exchange, Foreign
Capital Investment, Foreign Aid, and FEMA.
Unit IV
Introduction to Business Organization-I:
Concept, nature and scope of business, business and its environment, Profit maximization vs
social responsibility of business, business ethics, business enterprise, entrepreneurship,
Promoters, types and functions, stages in company formation, concept of business growth,
rationale and types of growth strategies, joint venture-definition, scope, role and problems of
small business, concepts and features of public enterprise, multinationals.
Unit V
Introduction to Business Organization-II:
Time value for money, Simple and compound interest, annuity, Depreciation, definitions,
characteristics, Life and Salvage value, Method of providing for depreciation, relationship
between depreciation, repairs, renewals, Depletion cost, Replacement, Amortization, and
Present worth.
Suggested Text books and references:
1. Indian Economy --Dutt & Sundaram
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2. Engineering Economics Tarachand

3. A Text Book of Economic Theory --Stonier & Hague
4. Business Organization --Shukla

Introductions to Chemical Engineering (CH-201)

Unit I
Historical overview of Chemical Engineering: Concepts of unit operations and unit processes,
and recent developments.
Unit II
Fuels Solid, liquid & Gaseous fuels.
Unit III
Chemical Kinetics Constant Rate constant order and molecularity of a reaction, zero, 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd order reactions. Kinetics of opposing reactions, methods of determination of order of
reactions. Reaction rate theories, Arrhenius Parameters, Catalysis (including enzyme catalysis),
effect of catalysis on reaction rate.
Unit IV
Introduction to Heat Transfer, Conduction, Convection, Radiation, Flow Arrangement in Heat
Exchangers, Variation of Fluid Temperature in Heat Exchangers, Heat Transfer Equipment,
Evaporation, Problems.
Unit V
Introduction to Mass Transfer, crystallization, distillation, evaporation absorption.
Texts/References
1.
R. M. Felder and R.W. Rousseau, Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, 3rd ed.,
John Wiley, New York,
2.
Enderson & Belzil Introduction to Chemical Engineering
3.
Bezer & Banchoro, Introduction to Chemical Engineering
4.
Salil. K Ghosal, Shyamal K Sanyal, Siddhratha Datta Introduction to Chemical
Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.

INSTRUMENTATION & MEASUREMENT (CH-202)

Unit-I Measurement and error. Accuracy and precision, sensitivity, resolution, Types and
sources of errors. PMMC, Analog meters, Electronic Voltmeters and Ammeters. (C and DC)
Electronic millimeters, AC probes, CROs, VIVM.
Unit-II
Measurement of inductance and Q of the coil. Maxwells Bridge, Wiensbridge,
Schering bridge, wagners earth, vector impedance meter transducers (LVDT). Photoelectric
transducers.
Unit-III
Signal generator, function generator. Function generator, sweep frequency
generator. Pulse and square wave generator, Heterodyne, Frequency meter frequency counter.
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Measurement errors.
Unit-IV
Digital instruments: Advantage of digital instruments, over analog instruments,
D-A, A-D conversion. Digital voltmeter, Ramp type DVM, Integrating DVM, Successive
approximation DVM Displays (LED. LCD and seven segment etc.)
Unit-V
Temperature & Pressure measurements, Thermocouples. Photosensitive device,
Pressure measuring. Wave Analyzers, Spectrum Analyzer, Instruments used in computer
controlled instrumentation, RS232C and IIEE488, GPIB electrical interface, Interfacing
transducers to electronic control pressure gauges.
Reference Books:
1. Albert D. Cooper Modem Electric Instrumentation PHI
2. A.K. Maini-Microwave & RADARS Khanna Publisher.
CHEMICAL PROCESS CALCULATIONS (CH-203)
Unit I
STOICHIOMETRY: Introduction- Units and Dimensions - stoichiometric principlescomposition relations, density, specific gravity and basis of calculation.
Unit II
IDEAL GASES AND VAPOR PRESSURE: Behaviors of Ideal gases -kinetic theory of gases application of ideal gas law- gaseous mixtures - volume changes with change in composition.
Vapor pressure- effect of Temperature on vapor pressure.
Unit III
HUMIDITY AND SOLUBILITY: Humidity - saturation - vaporization - condensation - wet
and dry bulb temperature, dew point, adiabatic saturation temperature, Solubility and
Crystallization-Dissolution -solubility of gases.
Unit IV
MATERIAL BALANCE: Material Balance - Processes involving with chemical reaction and
without chemical reaction - Combustion of coal, fuel gases and sulphur - Recycling operations bypassing streams - Degree of conversion -excess reactant - limiting reactant
Unit V
ENERGY BALANCE: Thermo chemistry - Hess's law of summation - heat of formation,
reaction, combustion and mixing - mean specific heat -Theoretical flame Temperature.
TEXTBOOKS:
1.
O.A.Hougen, K. M. Watson and R. A. Ragatz, "Chemical Process Principles", Vol-I,CBS
Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, 1995.
2.
D. Himmelblau, '"Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering", 5th
Edn.,Prentice Hall of India Ltd.,N.Delhi,1994.
REFERENCES:
1.
B.I.Bhatt and S.M.Vora, "Stoichiometry", Tata McGraw Hill Publishers Ltd., New Delhi,
1996.
2.
V.Venkataramani and N.Anantharaman, "Process Calculations", Prentice Hall of India
Ltd.,N.Delhi,2003.

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FLUID MECHANICS (CH-204)

Unit-I Introduction : Properties of fluid, forces on fluid, stresses, the concept of
constitution relations, fluid statics, Normal forces in fluid, pressure Measurement, forces
on submerged, forces on submerged bodies, buoyancy, stability.
Unit-II
Classification of Fluids : Newtonian and Non-Newtonian fluid, Viscosity
measurement, Equations of Continuity & Equation of Motion. Navier stokes equation,
concept of Reynolds number and friction factor : friction factor for rough and smooth
pipes, loss of head due to friction in pipes and fittings.
Unit-III
Boundary layer theory, Bernouliis equation, fluid machinery pump fans
blowers, compressor & vacuum pumps. Power and head requirement for pumps.
Unit-IV
Flow of incompressible fluid in conduits and thin layers, flow past immersed
bodies. Dimensional analysis, Buckingham - theorem, dimensionless numbers and their
significances, similitude criteria.
Unit-V Measurement of flow: Fluid flow Measurement pitot tube, orifice meter, venture
meter, Rota meter weirs and notches.
Reference Books:
1. W.L. McCabe & I.C. Smith UNIT OPERATIONS IN CHEMICAL ENGG.
McGraw Hill & Kogakusha 1976.
2. J.M. Coulson & J.F. Richardson CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Vol I & II
3. B.S. Maney, zel (SI) Van Nostand & Reinhold MECHANICS OF FLUID ELBS,
1970
4. I. Grannet FLUID MECHANICS FOR ENGG. AND TECHNOLOGY Prentice
Hall, 1971
5. Maurice G. Larian FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMICAL ENGG. OPERATION
Constable and Company Ltd. Landon.
6. S.K. Gupta MOMENTUM TRANSFER-Newage Publication.

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING II (CH-205)

Unit I
Objects And Classes: Concepts in object-oriented programming, classes and objects, C++
programming basics, object-oriented analysis, object-oriented design methods.
Working With Classes: Operators and Friends: Operator overloading, Friend functions
and operators. Arrays, Pointers and References.
Unit II
Class Inheritance: Derived classes, the protected access specifier, derived class
constructors, overriding member functions, Class hierarchies, Public and Private
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inheritance, multiple inheritances.

Unit III
Polymorphism: Virtual functions, Abstract base classes and pure virtual functions.
Unit IV
Files And Streams: Introduction to object-oriented database - case studies.
TEXT BOOK:
1. Robert Lafore, "Object Oriented Programming Turbo C++", Gaogotia Pub. 1992.
REFERENCES :
1. Neill Graham, "Leaning C++", McGraw Hill Inc. Intl. Edn.,1991.
rd
2. Roger S. Pressman, "Software Eng.," A Practitioners Approach, McGraw Hill 3 Edn
., 1992.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS LAB (CH-241)

List of Experiments:
1. Application of pH meter to find acidity and alkalinity of a solution.
2. Proximate analysis of coal sample
3. To determine the moisture content of coal sample.
4. To determine the ash content of coal sample.
5. To determine the turbidity in wastewater sample by Nephlometer, chloride in wastewater
sample.
6. Determination of pH, temperature and conductivity of given sample by electrode method.
7. Determination of the strength of unknown strong acid by titrating it against weak base by
conductometric method.
8. Determination of pH of mixture of CH3COOH and CH3COONa and the dissociation constant
of the acid.
9. Chemical analysis of cement.
10. Analysis of fertilizer.

FLUID MECHANICS LAB (CH-242)

List of Experiment:
1. To determine the local velocity pressure with the help of pilot tube.
2. To find out the terminal velocity of a spherical body in water.
3. To determine the viscosity of a given viscous liquid by capillary tube flow method.
4. To find the pressure drop in a packed bed.
5. To study the flow behaviour of a non-Newtonian fluid and to determine to flow
constants.
6. To determine to power-number-Reynolds number curve for an agitated vessel.
7. To differentiate between laminar and turbulent flow using Reynolds experiment.
8. To study the characteristics of an air compressor.
9. To study the characteristics of a centrifugal pump.
10. To study the flow of a fluid in a pipeline and to prepare the friction factor Re plot.
11. To determine velocity through orifice meter, venture meter.
12. To prepare the calibration curve for an orifice meter and Rota meter.
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13.

To Calculate to prepare the calibration curve for venturimeter.

Semester IV
NUMERICALTECHNIQUES (MTH-251)
Unit I
NON-LINEAR EQUATIONS: Solving non linear equations-Regula Falsi methodNewton's method-order of convergence-Graeffe's method and Bairstow's methodincluding
the case of pairs of complex roots-Newton's method for f(x,y)=0,g(x,y)=0.
Unit II
LINEAR SYSTEMS: Solution of linear equations-Gaussian elimination,Gauss Jordan and
Crout's methods-Finding the inverse of a matrix using elementary row transformationsGauss Seidel and Jacobi iterative methods-Power method to find dominant eigen value
and eigen vector.
Unit III
INTERPOLATION AND CURVE FITTING: Newton's forward and backward
interpolation-Lagrange's interpolation-Newton's divided difference method-cubic spline
interpolation-natural splines-choosing appropriate curve and fitting to data-curve fittingMethod of least Squares-regression equations.
Unit IV
NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF ODE (Ordinary Differential Equation):Euler's methodEuler's modified method-Taylor's method - Runge-Kutta method of second and fourth
order-Simultaneous equations and higher order equations by Taylor's method and RungeKutta method-Multistep method-Milne's and Adams' predictor-corrector methods.
Unit V
NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF PDE (Partial Differential Equation):Boundary value
problems - finite difference methods - second order linear PDEs - solution of Laplace and
Poisson equation by Liebmann's method - solution of one Dimensional heat flow and wave
equations.
TEXT BOOKS:
1.
M. K. Venkataraman, "Numerical Methods in Science and Engineering" NPC 2 nd
Edn.,(For Unit I)1986.
2.
M.K.Jain, SRK lyengar and R.K.Jain, "Numerical Methods for Scientific and
Engineering Computation", Wiley Eastern, 1992.
REFERENCE:
1.
C.F. Gerald, "Applied Numerical Analysis", 2nd Edn., Addison Wesley Publishing
Company (For Unit I) 1978, 4th Edn., 1989.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS (CH-251)

Unit I
FUNDAMENTALS OF THERMODYNAMICS: Laws of thermodynamics as applied to
open and closed system - reversible and irreversible processes - state and point function Absolute entropy - Thermodynamic property changes for ideal gas.
Unit II
PVT RELATIONS: PVT relationships for gases and liquids - equations of state - Z charts
- gas mixtures. Compression - expansion. Refrigeration: Principles and application.
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Unit III
THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS: Thermodynamic relations - Maxwell's relations Jacobian algebra - estimation of thermodynamic properties.
Unit IV
PHASE EQUILIBRIA: Phase equilibria - pure component and mixtures - Latent heat
correlation - van Laar, Margules equations - Gibbs' - Duhem equation - consistency tests partially miscible and immiscible systems - Azeotropes - retrograde condensation thermodynamic diagrams.
Unit V
CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA: Chemical equilibria - heat effects, industrial reactions - Free
energy calculations - Homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions - Industrial reactions like
NH3 synthesis, SO3 production etc.
TEXTBOOKS:
1. J. M. Smith and Van Ness, "Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics", McGraw
Hill, New York, 1994.
2. V.C. Rao Chemical Engg Themodynamics.
REFERENCE:
1. B.F. Dodge, "Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics", McGraw Hill, New York, 1971.

MECHANICAL OPERATIONS (CH-252)

Unit I
CHARACTERISTICS OF PARTICULATE SOLIDS AND SIZE REDUCTION &
SCREENING: Properties and characterization of particulate solids, analysis and technical
methods for size and surface area distribution of powder; Introduction to size reduction
equipment, energy and power requirement in milling operations, computer simulation
techniques for mill performance. Mechanical classifiers: Screening equipment, capacity
and effectiveness.
Unit II
FILTRATION: Filtration equipment, filtration media and filter aids, principles of
filtration and clarification, estimation of filtration parameters for compressible and
incompressible cakes and calculations, centrifugal filtration equipment and principles of
operation.
Unit III
SETTLING AND SEDIMENTATION: Separation based on the motion of particles
through fluids, gravity settling processes, Sedimentation, Kynch theory of sedimentation,
equipment for sedimentation thickness, rate of sedimentation and sedimentation zones in
continuous thickeners, design of thickeners and clarifiers, principles of centrifugal
sedimentation and characteristics and sedimenting centrifuges.
Unit IV
AGITATION AND MIXING OF LIQUIDS: Introduction to agitation and mixing of
liquids, agitation equipment, Axial and radial flow impellers and flow patterns in agitated
vessels ,prevention of swirling, power consumption in agitated vessels, Blending and
mixing, dispersion operations, mixing of solids and pastes and types of mixers.
Unit V
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STORAGE AND CONVEYING OF SOLIDS:Introduction to storage and conveying of

solids, bins, hoppers and silos, flow out of bins, design consideration of bins, loading and
unloading of solids. Bucket elevators, apron conveyors. Belt conveyors: types of belt
conveyors, selection considerations.
TEXTBOOKS:
1.
McCabe and J.C.Smith,"Unit Operation of Chemical Engineering", 5th Edn.,
McGraw Hill, New York, 1993.
2.
J.M.Coulson and J.F .Richardson, "Chemical Engineering", Vol.II, 4th Edn.,
Butterworth - Heinemann, 1991.
3.
L.N. Foust
4.
Brown
REFERENCE :
1.
Raymond A. Kulweic, "Materials Handling Handbook",2nd Edn, WileyInterscience Publications, 1985.
2.
Badger and Banchero, "Introduction to Chemical Engineering", 1 st Edn., McGraw
Hill, NewYork, 1954.

MATERIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (CH-253)

Unit-I Mechanical, Thermal &Electrical properties of Materials and their measurement.
Unit-II
Atomic structure, Inter atomic attraction, Molecular structure,
crystallanity, Solid solutions, crystal imperfections, Electronic structure and
Electromagnetic properties/
Unit-III
Single phase metal deformation, Failure of Metals, Theories of alloying,
phase relationship, ironcarbon diagram, Nomenclature of steels, utilization of cast iron,
mild steel, stainless steel, lead and graphite in Chemical Engg. System.
Unit-IV
Theories of Corrosion and corrosion control, stability of materials in
service: Chemical, Thermal and Radiolytic stability.
Unit-V Composite materials; Semiconductors, Superconductor, surface Modifications
using linings of plastics, rubber, glass, ceramics etc., Nano-materials.
Reference Books:
VAMBLACK, MATERIAL SCIENCE
2. WOOLEF,: VOL. 1,2,3,4.
3. Robert H. Perry & Don W. Green-PERRYS CHEMICAL Engineering H AND BOOK
VII Ed. McGraw Hill.
4.
O.P. Khanna MATERIAL SCIENCE & METALLURGY Dhanpat Rai
Publication.
5. S.K. Hajra Choudhury MATERILS SCIENCE & PROCESSES Indian Book
Distributing Co.
1.

CHEMICAL PROCESS TECHNOLOGY-I (CH 254)

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Unit-I. ALKALIES:
Chlor-alkali Industries: Manufacture of Soda ash, Manufacture of caustic soda and
chlorine - common salt.
Unit-II. ACIDS:
Sulphur and Sulphuric acid: Mining of sulphur and manufacture of sulphuric acid.
Manufacture of hydrochloric acid .
Unit-III. CEMENT AND GLASS
Cement: Types and Manufacture of Portland cement. Glass: Manufacture of glasses and
special glasses. Ceramics: Refractories.
Unit-IV. INDUSTRIAL GASES & PAINTS:
Industrial Gases: Carbon dioxide, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Oxygen and Acetylene Manufacture of paints - Pigments.
Unit-V. FERTILISERS:
Nitrogen Fertilizers: Synthetic ammonia, nitric acid, Urea, Ammonium Chloride, CAN,
Ammonium Sulphate - Phosphorous Fertilizers: Phosphate rock, phosphoric acid, Super
phosphate and Triple Super phosphate, MAP, DAP. Potassium Fertilizers: Potassium
chloride and Potassium sulphate.
TEXTBOOKS:
1.
N.Shreve, "Chemical Process Industries", 5th Edn., McGraw Hill, New York, 1984.
2.
Austine G.T. Shreeves Chemicals Process Industries 5th Ed. McGraw Hill 1984.
3. Dryden C.E., M. Gopala Rao Outlines of Chemical Technology 3rd Ed. Affiliated
EastWest Press, New Delhi.
4. Pandey G.N. Chemical Technology Volume I Lion Press, Kanpur.
REFERENCES:
1. R.Gopal Rao and M.Sittig,"Dryden's Outlines of Chemical Technology", 3rd
Edn.,Affiliated East-West Publishers,1997.
2. S.D. Shukla and G.N. Pandey, "Text book of Chemical Technology", Vol. I, 1977.

Environmental Protection & Pollution Control. (CH-255)

Unit
I
Introduction: Interaction of man and environment, overall picture of environmental
pollution, environmental air and water quality criteria, standards and acts, effects of
pollution, gaseous liquid and solid wastes and their disposal, noise pollution and its
control.
Unit
II
Air Pollution: Types of pollutants - natural and man made, dispersion of pollutant in the
atmosphere, Gaussian dispersion model meteorological factors, stability and inversion of
atmosphere, plume behavior, control of air pollution from stationary and mobile sources,
classification, selection and introduction of equipments like cyclones, electrostatic
precipitators, bag filters, wet scrubbers, settling chambers, etc. Methods of measuring and
sampling of gaseous and particulate pollutants in ambient air and industrial waste gases,
measurement of smoke density and visibility.
Unit
III
Water Pollution: Waste liquid characteristics - physical, chemical composition,
biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), pathogenic bacteria and chemical toxicity, types of
pollutants in liquid wastes of chemical industries, methods for the treatment of liquid
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wastes to control pollution, classification viz. physical, chemical and biological methods,
selection of equipment like hydrocyclone, settling tanks, filters, ion exchange etc, Methods
of sampling, preservation of samples and analysis.
Unit
IV
Solid Waste Disposal: Characterization of solid wastes, problems of collection and
handling, various processing techniques used in solid waste management such as
compaction incineration, composting landfills and biological processing solid waste as
resource material
Unit V.
NOISE
POLLUTION AND ODOUR CONTROL: Sources of noise pollution - noise control
criteria, noise exposure index. Control of noise pollution. Odour and its control.
TEXTBOOKS:
1.
M. N. Rao and H. V .N. Rao, "Air pollution", Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
2.
C. S .Rao , "Environment Pollution Control and Environmental Engg.", Tata
McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
5. Metcalf & Eddy, Wastewater Engineering Treatment and Reuse Tata McGraw Hill
Edition.
6. Peavy and Row, Environmental Engineering
7. Buckingham, Hazardous waste
REFERENCE:
1.
A.C. Stern," Air Pollution - Engineering Control of Air Pollution", Vol IV, 3rd
Edn., 1977.
2.
J. O .M. Bockris, "Environmental Chemistry", 1977.

INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION ABATEMENT LAB (CH-291)

List of Experiments:
1.
To determine the dissolved oxygen content of the given sample by Winkler method.
2.
To determine the biochemical oxygen demand of the given wastewater sample.
3.
To determine the chemical oxygen demand of the given wastewater sample.
4.
To study the BOD kinetics of the given wastewater sample and to determine the kinetic
constant.
5.
To determine the fluoride content in the given water sample.
6.
To determine the total suspended solids & dissolved solid in the water sample.
7.
To determine bulk density of the soil sample.
8.
Determination of sulphate content in wastewater.
9.
Estimation of Ammonical Nitrogen of wastewater sample.
10.
To Study the Water/Wastewater Analyzing kit.
11.
Preparation of laundry soap and to determine its yield.
12.
To Study the atomic absorption spectrophotometer.
13.
Adsorption study

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY LAB (CH-292)

1. To determine the viscosity of a viscous liquid by falling sphere method.
2. Determination of saponification value of oil sample
3. Application of pH meter to find acidity and alkalinity of a solution.
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4. To Study the Colorimeter.

5. To Study the Ion-Analyzer.
6. To study the hydrolysis of cane sugar solution in the presence of an acid by Fehlings
solution method and find out the reaction constant.
7. To Study the adsorption of benzoic acid on animal charcoal and room temperature
and to determine the Freundlich constants k,n.
8. Determination of the strength of unknown hydrochloric acid by titrating it against
caustic soda by conducto-metric method.
9. To determine the % composition of a given binary liquid solution by polarimeter.
10. To determine the solubility of a sparingly soluble salt in water by conductance
measurement.
11. Determination of pH of mixture of CH3COOH and CH3COONa and the dissociation
constant of the acid.
12. Preparation of laundry soap and to determine its yield.
13. To study the Gas Chromatograph.

Semester V

INDUSTRIAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT (HUM 301)

UNITI
Fundamentals of Management I:
Management: Evolution, development, characteristics, principles, philosophy, Nature and
function, (MBO), (MBE) their importance characteristics and applications.
UNITII
Fundamentals of Management II:
Organizational Behaviour, Human behaviour, group dynamics. Leadership theories, styles
and modern philosophies, motivation approaches and theories, communication, barriers
and breakdowns, management information system, use of Computer in Management.
UNITIII
Introduction to Personnel Management:
Employees, Personnel Management practices, methods, recruitment, selection, interviews,
group discussions, training, placement and employees development, wages and incentives,
labour welfare, conflict, Negotiations, best practices.
UNITIV
Introduction to Marketing and Sales Management:
Marketing concept, principles, functions, market survey and research, concepts of sales
and distribution, channels of distribution, salesmanship, sales promotions, methods of
advertising, copy right, sales management practices.
UNITV
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Introduction to Financial Management:

Nature and scope of Financial Management, goals of financial management, Sources of
finance, Permanent long term, Short term Sources, Interest rates, annuity cost of capital,
capital structure, decisions, Break-even Analysis, Financial Planning.
Suggested Text books and references:
1. Management Stonier & Freeman
2. Principle of Marketing Philip Kotler
3. Industrial Management K.K. Ahuja
4. Financial Management S.K. Banerjee

Chemical Reaction Engineering I (CH-301)

Unit-I Classification of reaction, Defintion of reaction rate, Variables affecting the rate,
concept of reaction equilibria, order of reaction and its determination, theoretical study of
reaction rates, collision and activated complex theory, Mechanism of reaction series,
Parallel and consecutive reaction autocatalytic reactions, chain reaction polymerization
reaction. Interpretation of kinetic data, Integral and differential method of analysis,
variable volume reactions, total pressure method of kinetic analysis.
Unit-II
Classification of Reactors: Concept of ideality, Development of design
equations for batch, semi batch, tubular and stirred tank reactor, Design of Isothermal
and non-isothermal batch, CSTR, PFR, reactors. Combination of reactors, Reactors with
recycle, yield and selectivity in multiple reactions.
Unit-III
Multiple Reactions in Batch, continuous stirred tank and plug flow reactors
uniqueness of steady state in continuous stirred tank reactor, optimum temperature
progression, thermal characteristics of reactors.
Unit-IV Non-ideal reaction, RTD dispersion model, Tank and series model, recycle model,
segregated flow in mixed models, evaluation of RTD characteristics.
Suggested Readings:
nd
1. O. Levenspiel Chemical Reaction Engineering 2 Ed. Willey Eastern, Singapore.
2. Houghen Watson & Ragatz Chemical Process Principles Part III (Kinetics &
Catalysis) 2nd Ed. Asian Publishing House Bombay.
nd
3. Fogler, H.S. Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering 2 Ed. Prentice Hall of
India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi 1999.
rd
4. J.M. Smith Chemical Engineering Kinetics 3 Ed. McGraw Hill.
nd
5. K.G. Denbigh & K.G. Turner Chemical Reaction Theory an Introduction 2 Ed.
United Press and ELBS 1972.
6. G. Copper & GVJ Jefferys Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Engineering Prentice
Hall 1972

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Mass Transfer I (CH-302)

Unit-I Diffusion Phenomenon:
Molecular and eddy diffusion in gases, liquids and solids, interface mass transfer,
Mass transfer theories: film theory, Penetration theory and surface renewal theory.
Unit-II

Concepts of Mass Transfer Coefficient:

Individual and film coefficients, overall mass transfer co-efficient and their inter
relationships. Continuous contact and differential contact, mass transfer concepts of NTU
and HTU, their inter relationship for dilute phase and concentrated phase contact
absorption, extraction and distillation.
Unit-III
Humidification and Drying:
Humidification: General Theory, psychometric chart, fundamental concepts in
humidification & dehumidification, wet bulb temperature, adiabatic saturation
temperature, measurement of humidification calculation of humidification operation,
cooling towers and related equipments. Drying : Equilibrium mechanism theory of drying,
drying rate curve. Batch and continuous drying for tray driers, Drum dryers, spray and
tunnel dryers.
Unit-IV
Leaching and Extraction:
Leaching: solid liquid equilibrium, Equipment, principles of leaching, concurrent
and counter current systems and calculation of number of stage required.
Unit-V Liquid-Liquid extraction:
Liquid equilibrium & Ponchon Savarit method, packed & spray column,
conjugate curve and tie line data, plait point, ternary liquid-liquid extraction, operation
and design of extraction towers analytical & graphical solution of single and multistage
operation in extraction, Co-current, counter current and parallel current system.
Suggested Readings:
1. McCabe, W.L. Smith J.M. Unit Operation in Chemical Engg. 5th edition Tat
McGraw Hill-Hogakucha, Tokyo, New Delhi.
2. Coulson J.M. Richardson J.F. Chemical Engg. Vil-2 Edition-2, Butserworth
Heinmann, Oxford, New Delhi.
3. Treybal R.E. Mass Transfer Operation- 3rd edition, McGraw Hill ok Co. New York.

Heat Transfer -I (CH-303)

Unit I
Introduction to heat transfer and general concepts of heat transfer. by conduction,
convection and radiation. Mechanism of Heat Transfer, Heat Transfer flux and resistance.
heat rate equations,
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Unit II
Conduction: Basic law of heat conduction Fouriers law, thermal conductivity, its
dependence on temperature, steady state heat conduction through a composite solid and
its electric analogue, steady state heat conduction through cylinders, spheres and variable
area of solids, different insulating materials and their applications for process equipment
and pipelines, Fouriers law in three dimensions, lumped capacity method of unsteady
state conduction.
Unit III
Convection: Convection heat transfer and the concept of heat transfer coefficient,
individual and overall heat transfer coefficient, heat transfer between fluids separated by
plane wall, heat transfer between fluids separated by cylindrical wall (pipes), critical/
optimum insulation thickness, heat transfer through extended surfaces.
Forced Convection: Over a flat plate, thermal boundary layer, dimensionless groups and
dimensional analysis, Buckingham Pi-theorem, heat transfer correlations- internal and
external flows, laminar and turbulent flows.
Free convection: Heat transfer correlations for free convection, free convection from flat
surfaces, free convection from a cylinder.
Unit IV
Radiation: Basic principle of radiation from a surface, blackbody radiation, Plancks law,
Weins displacement law, the Stefan Boltzmann law, Kirchoffs law, gray body, radiation
exchange between black bodies & gray bodies.
Unit V
Heat Transfer with phase change: Boiling phenomena and analysis of boiling curve,
correlation for nucleate boiling, critical heat flux, condensation phenomena, film
condensation on a vertical surface (Nusselt equation, effect of non-condensable gases, drop
wise condensation. Evaporation: Types of evaporators, single and multiple effect
evaporators, capacity and economy, boiling point elevation.
Suggested Readings:
1. Donald Q. Kern Process Heat Transfer Tata McGraw Hill.
2. Alan J. Chapman Heat Transfer IV Ed. Collier Mcmillan.
3. Heat Transfer by Y.V.C. Rao.
4. J.P. Hallman, Heat Transfer, 9th Ed., McGraw Hill. 2001
5. Vinay K. Dutta PHI (Heat Transfer).
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PROCESS DYNAMICS & CONTROL (CH 304)

Unit-I First Order Systems:
Linear open loop systems - First order and Linearised first order systems - Response to
various disturbances.
Unit-II Higher Order Systems:
First order in series - Higher order systems - Response to various disturbances.
Unit-III Block Diagram:
Controls - Block Diagram - closed loop transfer function - Transient response - Simple
alarm Modes of control and controller characteristics.
Unit-IV Stability Analysis:
Stability - Routh analysis - Frequency response - Control system design - Controller
tuning.
Unit-V Special Controls:
Cascade - feed forward and ratio control - dead time compensation - Internal Model
Control - Control valves - Process identification.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. D. P. Coughnowr & Koppel, "Process Systems Analysis and Control", McGraw Hill,
New York, 1991.
2. C. A. Smith and A. B. Corripio, "Principles and Practice of Automatic Process
Control", Wiley, New York, 1989.
3. Stephnopalis PHI
REFERENCES:
1. P. Harriot, "Process Control" , Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1984.
2. D.P. Eckman, "Industrial Instrumentation", Wiley Eastern Ltd., New York 1990.

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING (CH 305)

Unit-I Introduction To Bioscience:
Types of Microorganisms: Structure and function of microbial cells. Fundamentals of
microbial growth , batch and continuous culture. Isolation and purification of Enzymes
from cells. Assay of Enzymes.
Unit-II Functioning Of Cells And Fundamental Molecular Biology:
Metabolism and bio-energetics, Photosynthesis, carbon metabolism, EMP pathway,
tricarbocyclic cycle and electron transport chain, aerobic and anaerobic metabolic
pathways. Synthesis and regulation of biomolecules, fundamentals of microbial genetics,
role of RNA and DNA .
Unit-III Enzyme Technology And Kinetics:
Applied Enzyme catalysis , Applications of enzymes in industry and medicine.
Immobilization of enzymes. Kinetics of enzyme catalytic reactions involving isolated
enzymes. Reversible inhibition.
Unit-IV Reactions Catalysed By Enzymes, Reactors, Analysis:
Reactor Design and Analysis for soluble enzyme systems. Cofactor regeneration .
Membrane reactor . Effect of mass transfer in immobilised enzyme particle systems.
Reactors for immobilised enzyme systems.
Unit-V Bio Reactors , Effect Of Transport Processes:
Introduction to Bioreactor design: Continuously Stirred aerated tank bioractors. Mixing
power correlation .Determination of volumetric mass transfer rate of oxygen from air
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bubbles and effect of mechanical mixing and aeration on oxygen transfer rate, heat
transfer and power consumption. Multiphase bioreactors and their applications.
Downstream processing and product recovery in bioprocesses .
TEXT BOOKS:
1. J. E. Bailey and D. F. Ollis. " Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals", 2 nd Edn.,
McGraw Hill, New York , 1986.
2. Trevan, Boffey, Goulding and Stanbury," Biotechnology", Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Co., New Delhi, 1987.
REFERENCE:
M. L. Shuler and F. Kargi, Bio Process Engineering: Basic concepts, 2nd Edn., Prentice
Hall of India, New Delhi, 2002.

HEAT TRANSFER LAB (CH-341)

List of experiments:
1. To determine the thermal conductivity of metal rod.
2. To determine the equivalent thermal conductivity of composite wall.
3. To determine heat transfer coefficient in force convection.
4. To determine heat transfer coefficient in Natural convection.
5. To determine heat transfer coefficient with the help of Steafan Boltzman Apparatus.
6. To calculate emmissivity of the test plate by emissivity measurement apparatus.
7. To determine heat transfer coefficient in double pipe heat exchanger.
8. To study the heat transfer characteristics of a shell and tube heat exchanger
(heating/cooling) of water.
9. To determine heat transfer coefficient in parallel and counter flow heat exchanger.
10. To measure the rate of evaporation using an open pan evaporator.
11. To measure the rate of condensation of pure water vapour and to determine the heat
transfer coefficient.
12. Demonstrate the film-wise drop-wise condensation and determination of the heat
transfer coefficient.
13. To study the single effect evaporator and find out the transfer corfficient.
MECHANICAL OPERATIONS LAB (CH-342)
1. Sphericity factor on friction losses.
2. Agitated vessel
3. Settling studies
4. Drag studies
5. Filtration (constant rate)
6. Filtration (constant pressure)
7. Screening
8. Elutriation Clarification, cyclone separator
9. Jaw crusher
10.Ballmill
11. Particle size distribution
12. Storage of Solids
13. Cyclone studies, Multiple cyclone, mixer screw type ribbon type
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Semester VI

Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering (CH-351)

Unit-I Treatment of Engineering data Graphical representation. Empirical equations,
Interpolation, Newtons formula, Lagranges Interpolation formula, extrapolation,
Integration, graphical Integration, Graphical Construction of Integral curves, Numerical
Integration.
Unit-II
Interpretation of Engineering Data Significant figure, Classification of
Measurements, Propagation of Errors, Variation and Distribution of Random Errors,
Properties of Variance and Distribution of Random Errors, Properties of Variance,
Confidence limits for small samples.
Unit-III
Ordinary Differential Equations Formulation, Application of Law of
Conservation of Mass Mixing in flow process. Classification of ordinary Differential
Equations and its applications to common Chemical Engineering problems.
Unit-IV
Numerical Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations-Linear Secondorder Equations with variable coefficients, Numerical solution by Runge Kutta Method.
Its application to higher order equations.
Unit-V Formulation of partial Differential Equations. Finite difference, linear finite
difference equations, nonlinear difference equations. Optimization, types of methods, its
application relating to chemical processes.
Suggested Readings:
1. Mickley, H.S. Sherwood, T.S. Read Applied Mathematics in Chemical Engineering
Tata McGraw Hill pub.
2.
Jenson & Jeffreys Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering.
3.
S.K. Gupta - Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering.

MASS TRANSFER II (CH 352)

Unit-I Fundamentals of Mass Transfer : Analogies in transfer processes Determination of
mass transfer co-efficient; two phase flow in packed beds, co-current and counter current
processes loading flooding, column internals: types of trays/plates and packing, point and
plate efficiency.
Unit-II
Distillation: Vapour liquid Equilibria, Me-Cave Thefe Method Boiling point
diagram, Relative volatility, flash and differential distillation for two component mixture,
steam distillation, azeotropic distillation, extractive distillation.
Unit-III
Continuous and Differential contact Distillation:
Rectification, reflux ratio, calculation of numbers of plates by NTU, optimum
reflux ratio, open steam, multiple feed and multiple product calculations, Enthalpy
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concentration diagram, Panchon-Savarit method for calculation of number of theoretical

plates. Approximate equation; Fensky and undeinrood equation for minimum numbers of
plate calculation, Polarison Oililand method for actual numbers of plate calculation, Batch
distillation.
Unit-IV
Absorption: Absorption and Extraction in continous contact columns, cocurrent and cross current contacting fluids, calculations of NTU and HTU, concept of
HETP.
Unit-V Adsorption: Adsorption theories, types of adsorbent; activated carbon, silica and
molecular sieves. Batch and column adsorption. Break through curves, Liquid percolation
and gas adsorption, BDST models for adsorption calculation.
Suggested Readings:
rd
1. Treybal R.E. Mass Transfer operation 3 Ed. McGraw Hill.
rd
2. McCabe W.L. Smith J.M.- Unit operation in Chemical Engineering 3
Ed. Tat
McGraw Hill.
nd
3. Coulson J.M. Richardson J.F. Chemical Engineering Vol 2 2 Ed.
rd
4. Sherwood, T.K. Pigford R.L. and Wllke, C.R. Mass Transfer- 3 Ed. McGraw Hill.

PROCESS EQUIPMENT DESIGN I (CH-353)

Unit-I Mechanics of materials : Stress Strain relationships of elastic materials subjected
to tensile, compressive and shear forces, Elastic and plastic deformation, Bending moment
and bending stress, Torsion, creep and fatigue, theories of column; Thermal stress,
membrane stresses in stresses of revolutions, stress concentrations, Theories of failures.
Unit-II
General design considerations; Design codes; Design pressure; Design
temperature; Design stress; materials; welded joint efficiencies; corrosion allowances;
Design loads, liquid storage tank codes, classification, design of shell, bottom plates, self
supported, and column supported roofs, wind girder, nozzles and other accessories.
Unit-III
Unfired pressure vessel: Pressure vessel codes, classification of pressure
vessels, Design of cylindrical and spherical shell under internal and external pressures;
Selection and design of flat plate, torisperical, ellipsoidal, and conical clousures,
compensations of openings.
High pressure Vessels: Stress analysis of thick walled cylindrical shell, Design of
monobloc and multiplayer vessels.
Unit-IV
Tall vertical & horizontal vessels: Pressure dead weight, wind, earthquake
and eccentric loads and induced stresses; combined stresses, Shell design of skirt
supported vessels. Vessel supports; Design of skirt, lug, and saddle supports.

Unit-V Bolted Flanges: Types of Flanges, and selection, Gaskets, Design of non-standard
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flanges, specifications of standard flanges. Fabrication of equipment major fabrication

steps; welding, non destructive tests of welded joints, inspection and testing, vessel lining,
materials used in fabrication of some selected chemical industries.
Suggested Readings:
1. Brownell, N.E. and Young, H.E. Process Equipment Design John Wiley (1959)
2. Bhattacharya, B.C. Introduction of Chemical Equipment Design CBS Publishers,
New Delhi.
3. I.S. : 2825-1969- Code for Unfired Pressure Vessels.
4. I.S.: 803-1962, Code For Practice For Design, Fabrication and Erection of Vertical And
Mild Steel Cylindrical Welded oil storage Tanks.
5. Joshi, M.V. Process Equipment Design.
6. Steel tables.
7. Data files as supplied by university.
8. Applied Process deign in Chemical and Petrochemical Plants, E.E. Ludwig Gulf
Publishing Co. 1964, Vol I.

Chemical Process Technology II (CH 354)

Unit I. NATURAL PRODUCTS PROCESSING:
Production of pulp, paper and rayon. Manufacture of sugar, starch and starch derivatives.
Gasification of coal and chemicals from coal.
Unit II. INDUSTRIAL MICROBIAL PROCESSES AND EDIBLE OILS:
Fermentation processes for the production of ethyl alcohol, citric acid and antibiotics.
Refining of edible oils and fats, fatty acids. Soaps and detergents.
Unit III. PETROLEUM REFINING AND PETROCHEMICAL PRECURSORS:
Petroleum refining to produce naphtha, fuel hydrocarbons and lubricants. Processes for
the production of petrochemicalprecursors: ethylene,propylene, butadiene, acetylene,
synthetic gas, benzene, toluene and xylene. ( Cracking, Catalytic reforming and separation
of products)
Unit IV. POLYMER BASED INDUSTRIES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS:
Plastics: Production of thermoplastic and thermosetting resins such as polyethylene,
polypropylene, phenolic resins and epoxy resins; Polymers and their applications in
engineering practice.
Unit V. FIBRE FORMING AND ELASTOMERIC POLYMERS:
Synthetic fibres: polyamides, polyesters and acrylics from monomers. Processes for the
production of natural and synthetic rubbers.
TEXTBOOKS:
1.
G.T. Austin, " Shreve's Chemical Process Industries", 5th Edn., Mcgraw Hill Book
Co., NewYork, 1984.
2.
R. Gopal Rao and M. Sittig, " Dryden's Outline of Chemical Technology",3 rd Edn.,
Affiliated East-West Publishers, 1990.
REFERENCE:
1. S.D.ShukIa and G.N. Pandey, "Text book of Chemical Technology", Vol. I, 1977.

Heat Transfer II (CH 355)

Unit I
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Review of convective heat transfer correlations and Heat Exchangers: Importance of

heat exchangers in process industries, various types of heat exchange devices and their
selection. Double pipe, shell and tube heat exchangers; Design and rating, baffles and their
types, FT-correction factor, liquid-liquid, gas-liquid and gas-gas systems. Extended
surfaces for heat transfer, concept of effectiveness and NTU of a heat exchanger.
Unit II
Boiling & Evaporator: Boiling characteristics. Nucleate pool boiling and forced convection
boiling, boiling mechanism, boiling curve and heat transfer correlations, heat pipes.
Classification and use of evaporators in process industries, effect of boiling point elevation
and hydrostatic head on evaporator performance, estimation of surface area in multiple
effect evaporator, evaporator calculations in process industries, fouling in evaporators.
Unit III
Condensation: Mechanism and types of condensation of vapour, Nusselt equation for film
wise condensation on vertical surface and its extension to inclined and horizontal surfaces,
condensation number, film condensation inside horizontal tubes.
Unit IV
Crystallization: Mechanism, crystallization from mixed solutes, crystallizer seed and
particle size distribution, classification of crystallizers, enthalpy -concentration diagram,
crystallizer-material and energy balance.
TEXTBOOKS:
1. Holman J.P., Heat Transfer, 9th Ed., McGraw Hill. 2001
2. Kreith F. and Bohn M., Principles of Heat Transfer, 6th Ed., Brooks Cole. 2000
3. Hewitt G.F., Shires G.L. and Bott T.R., Process Heat Transfer, Begell House.
1994.
4. Incropera F.P. and Dewitt D.P., Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 5th
Ed., John Wiley. 2002

REACTION ENGG. LAB. (CH 391)

List of Experiments:
1. To determine velocity rate constant of hydrolysis of ethyl acetate by sodium hydroxide.
2. To study the rate constant of hydrolysis of an ester-catalyzed by acid.
3. To study a consecutive reaction system (hydraulic model)
4. To study a parallel reaction system (hydraulic model)
5. To study a homogeneous reaction in a semi-batch reactor under isothermal conditions.
6. Study of non- catalytic homogeneous saponification reaction in CSTR.
7. To study a non-catalytic homogeneous reaction in a plug flow reactor.
8. To study the residence time distribution behavior of a back mix reactor.
9. To study the RTD behavior of a tubular reactor.
10. To study the RTD behavior of a packed bed reactor.

Mass Transfer Lab. (CH 392)

List of Experiments:
1. To Study the flooding and loading of packed columns using different types of packing.
2. To study different types of plates and packing.
3. To prepare the vapor-liquid equilibrium and Boiling point diagram for a binary liquid
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mixture.
4. Determination of relative volatility of a given system of acetic acid water.
5. To verify Rayleigh equation for differential distillation of binary system.
6. To carry out the steam distillation.
7. To study batch distillation.
8. To study continuous distillation.
9. Studies on packed tower distillation unit.
10. Studies on the sieve plate distillation uint.
11. Studies on bubble cap distillation column.
12. To study the absorption of a gas in a packed column and calculation of NTU and HTU.
13. To perform batch adsorption and verify Freundlich law and Langmir isotherm.

Minor Project & Seminar (CH 393)

The Project work will involve experimental work, modeling and simulation.

Semester VII

Transport Phenomenon (CH 401)

Unit-I Momentum Transport: Viscosity and the mechanism of momentum transport,
Newtons law of viscosity, pressure and temperature dependence of viscosity, theory of
viscosity of gases at low density, theory of viscosity of liquids.
Velocity Distributions in Laminar Flow: Shell momentum balances: boundary conditions,
flow of a falling film, flow through a circular tube, flow through an annulus, adjacent flow
of two immiscible fluids.
The Equations of Change for Isothermal Systems: To equation of continuity, the equation
of motion, the equation of mechanical energy.
Unit-II Thermal Conductivity and the Mechanism of Energy Transport: Fouriers Law of
heat conduction, temperature and pressure dependence of thermal conductivity in gases
and liquids, theory of thermal conductivity of gases at low density, theory of thermal
conductivity of liquids, thermal conductivity of solids.
Temperature Distributions in solids and in Laminar Flow: Shell energy balances;
boundary conditions, heat conduction with an electrical heat source, heat conduction with
a chemical heat source, heat conduction through composite walls: Addition of Resistance,
Forced Convection, Free Convection.
The Equations of change for Nonisothermal systems: The equations of energy, the energy
equation in curvilinear coordinates, the equations of motion for forced and free convection
in nonisothermal flow, summary of the equations of change, use of equation of change to
set up steady state heat transfer problems.
Unit-III Diffusivity and the Mechanism of Mass Transport: Definition of concentrations,
velocities and mass fluxes, ficks law of diffusion, theory of ordinary diffusion in gases at
low density, theory of ordinary diffusion in liquids.
Concentration Distributions in Solid and in Laminar Flow: Shell mass balances: boundary
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conditions, diffusion through a stagnant gas film, diffusion with heterogeneous chemical
reaction, diffusion with homogeneous chemical reaction, diffusion into a falling liquid film
l forced convection mass transfer, Analogies between Heat, mass and momentum and
transfers
Suggested Reading
1. Bird R B, Stewart W E and Light fort R N, Transport Phenomena, John Wiley
and Sons (2002).
2. Welty J R , Wilson R E and Wicks C E , Fundamentals of Momentum , Heat and
Mass Transfer,4th ed,John Wiley and Sons (2001 ).
3. John C Slattery, Momentum, Energy and Mass transfer in continua, McGraw
Hill, Co. (1972).

PROCESS EQUIPMENT DESIGN II (CH 402)

Unit-I Scale up criteria and scale up of process equipment. Process design calculations for
heat exchange equipment shell and tube heat exchangers general description, heat transfer
coefficients and pressure drop by Kerms Bells methods rating on existing unit.
Unit-II
Design of a new system having one or more units in series single effect
evaporation, multiple effect evaporator with boiling point elevation.
Unit-III
Process design calculations for mass exchange equipment plate and packed
column for distillation and adsorption including column diameter and height.
Unit-IV
Detailed process and mechanical design, flash drum, Kettle reboiler,
condenser, cooling tower & rotary drier.
Suggested Readings:
th
1. Perry, Robert H., Green Don W 7 Ed- Perrys Chemical Engineering HandbookMcGraw Hill New Delhi.
2. E.E. Ludwig Applied Process Design in Chemical Petrochemical Plants Gulf
Publishing Co. 1964 Vol. 2.
3. B.D. Smith Design of Equilibrium Stages.
th
4. Coulson J.M. Richardson J.F. Chemical Engineering Vol-6 Ed. Pergaman Process.

CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING II (CH 403)

Unit-I Heterogeneous processes: Catalysis and adsorption; Classification of catalysts,
Preparation of catalysts. Promoters and Inhibitors, General mechanism of catalytic
reactions surface area and pore size distribution Rate equation of fluid solid catalytic
reactions, Hougen-Watson & law models, Procurement and analysis of kinetic data,
kinetics of catalyst deactivation.
Unit-II
External transport processes and their effects on heterogeneous reactions
yield and selectivity Reaction and diffusion in porous catalysts, isothermal and nonisothermal effectiveness factors, Effect of intraphase transport on yield, selectivity and
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poisoning, Global reaction rate.

Unit-III
Design of catalytic reactors, Iso thermal & adiabatic fixed bed reactor
staged adiabatic reactors, Non-Iso thermal non-adiabatic fixed bed reactors, Fluidized bed
reactors, Slurry reactors, Trickle bed reactors.
Unit-IV
Models for fluid-solid non-catalytic reactions, controlling mechanisms,
Diffusion through gas film controls.
Diffusion through ash layer controls, Chemical reaction controls, fluidized bed
reactors with and without elutriation.
Unit-V Gas-liquid reactions and liquid-liquid reaction, Rate equation based on film theory,
Reaction design for instantaneous reactions ad slow reactions, Aerobic Fermentation,
Application to Design Tools for Fast Reactions.
Suggested Readings:
rd
1. J.M. Smith-Chemical Engineering Kinetics 3 McGraw Hill
nd
2. O. Levenspiel Chemical Reaction Engineering 2 Ed. Wiley Eastern, Singapore.
nd
3. Fogler, H.S. : Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering 2
Ed. Prentice Hall of
India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi 1997.
nd
4. K.G. Denbig & K.G. Turner Chemical Theory An Introduction to Re-Actors 2
Ed. United Press & ELBS 1972
5. G. Cooper & G.V.J. Jefferys Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Engineering Prentice Hall
1972.
6. Hougen, Watson & Ragatz, Chemical Process Principles Part 3 (Kinetics & Cataysis)
2nd Ed.
7.

Bio-Process Technology (CH-411)

Unit-I Introduction to Bio-Chemical Engineering:
Aspects of microbiology, cell theory structure of microbial cells, classification of
microorganism, Essential chemicals of life lipids, Sugars and Polysaccharides, RNA and
DNA, Amino acids and proteins.
Unit-II

Metabolism and Energetic:

Assimilatory and dissimilatory process, metabolic mechanism of the cells.
Biochemical Kinetics: Simple enzyme reactions in heterogeneous systems.
Unit-III
Growth cycle, phases for Batch cultivation, mathematical modeling of batch
growth, products synthesis Kinetics, overall kinetics and thermal death kinetics of cells
and spores.
Unit-IV
Unit Operations in Biochemical Process:
Agitation and aeration, gas liquid mass transfer, Determination of oxygen transfer
rates, Determination of Kga and KLa scaling of mass transfer equipment. Heat balance
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and heat transfer correlation for biochemical systems, sterilization, filtration and drying.
Unit-V Design and Analysis of Bio-Reactors
Classification and characterization of different bioreactors. Batch and continuous
reactors, tubular, CSTR and tower reactors. Aerobic and anaerobic fermentation
process, design and operation of typical aerobic and anaerobic fermentation processes,
Manufacture of microbial products e.g. antibiotics alcohol/wine etc. Use of immobilized
enzyme and whole cells for industrial processes.
List of Experiments:
1. To carry out isolation and identification of microorganism from a soil sample.
2. To examine and study the effectiveness of various techniques used for the preservation
of microorganisms.
3. To study the kinetics of ethanol fermentation.
4. To determine the kinetic constants 1.1 max and km for the growth of microorganisms.
5. To identify bacterial species using Gram staining tests.
6. To determine the reducing sugar in the given fermentation medium.
7. To determine the protein in the given fermentation medium.
8. To determine the total sugar content in the given fermentation medium.
9. To study the kinetics of methane fermentation.
10. To study the kinetics of an enzyme catalyzed reaction.
11. To study the activity of enzymes in free and immobilized States.
12. To study the activity of whole cell enzymes in free and immobilized States.
Suggested Readings:
1. Baily, J.E. and Ollis D.F. Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals II Ed. McGraw
Hill (1986).
2. Coulson and Richardson Chemical Engineering Ed. III

SURFACE COATING TECHNOLOGY (CH 412)

Unit I
History and development of paint industry, paint its definition, function and
classification.
Unit II
Raw material for industry, drying oils, bodies oils natural and synthetic resins, pigments
and extenders.
Unit III
Auxiliaries like driers, plasticizers, softeners, dispersing and flatting agents varnishes and
lacquers,
Unit IV
formulation and manufacturing of paints, machinery used in paint manufactures, methods
of application,
Unit V
Applications of industrial and architectural finishes. Common defects in paint and
varnishes.
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OIL TECHNOLOGY (CH 413)

Unit I
General survey of oils and oil based industries sources of oils and fats, their classification,
General properties and utilization, composition of glycosides.
Unit II
Non-glyceride components of oils & fats, Fatty acids & waxes, Methods of introduction of
oil fats, extraction solvents and extraction rendering.
Unit III
Refining and hydrogenation of oils, vanspati, margarine, Shorteming.
Unit IV
Soaps raw materials and methods of manufactures, introduction to synthetic detergents
Unit V
Fat splitting, fractionation of fatty acids and recovery of glycerin, Essential oils and
cosmetics.

ENERGY ENGG (CH 414)

Unit 1
Energy Scenario
Commercial & Non commercial energy, primary energy resources, commercial energy
production, final energy consumption, energy need of growing economy, long term
energy scenario, energy pricing, energy sector reform, energy & environment, energy
conservation and its importance, re- structuring of the energy supply sector, energy
strategy for future, energy conservation act.
Unit II
Energy Management & Energy Planing
Definition & significance, energy strategy, energy policy & energy planning, two sides of
energy management, sectors of supply side energy management, objective of energy
management, hierarchical levels of supply side energy management, trade off b/w energy
management, energy strategies & energy planning, energy & economy, essential
imperatives & steps in supply side energy planning, energy planning flow for supply side,
essential data for supply side energy planing, infrastructure planning, transportation of
energy, per capita energy consumption, imperatives & steps in user side energy planning,
energy management & control system for demand side, seven principal of energy
management, energy policy of a supply organization & demand side organization,
organization for energy management, training & human resource development,
motivation.
Unit III
Energy Audit & Energy Monitoring, Targeting and Conservation
Introduction, need, types & procedure of energy audits, modern techniques and
instruments for energy audit.
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Defining monitoring & targeting, element of monitoring & targeting, data & information
analysis, techniques- energy consumption, production & cumulative sum of differences
(CUSUM).
Energy conservation opportunity, electrical & thermodynamic ECOs, ECOs in chemical
process industries, waste management & recycling of discard material and energy.
Unit IV
Advancement In Technologies & Future Energy Alternatives
Recent advancement in energy technology towards 21st century, transport of energy,
ethanol as a fuel.
Fusion introduction potential, condition for fusion, magnetic confinement fusion
reactor, cold fusion laser induced fusion.
Biomass introduction, municipal waste, biomass conversion, wood combustion
Geothermal energy introduction, origin, nature, resources and exploration, environment
impact, low temperature geothermal resources.
Unit V
Case Studies
Energy conservation in alcohol industry.
Energy conservation in fertilizer industry and pulps & paper industry.
Energy conservation in different units of refinery likes FCCU, HCU & ADU.
Text Books
1. Hinrich & Kleinbach Energy : its use and the environment III ed. Harcourt.
2. Boyle Renewable Energy : Power for a sustainable future Oxford.
3. Rao S. & Parulckar B.B. Energy technology khhanna publisher
4. Capenart & Turner Guide to energy management 6 ed. Keinnedu fairmant press.

Environmental Impact Assessment& Audit (CH 415)

Unit I

Study of Ecology and Ecosystem

Ecology and Environment, Biosphere as an Ecosystem, Functions of an Ecosystem,
Habitats of Biological Species, Ecological Succession, Food-chains and Food-webs, The
Bio-geo-chemical Cycles of Elements and Minerals
Unit II

Biodiversity and its Conservation

Introduction to Biodiversity, Components of Biodiversity, Importance of Biodiversity,
Threats to Biodiversity, Factors causing Loss of iodiversity, Endangered and Endemic
Fauna and Flora of India, In situ and Ex situ Techniques for Conservation of Biodiversity
Unit III

Environment and Human Population

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Global Population, Population Growth and Population Explosions, Environment and

Human Health, Environment and Human Rights, Value based Environmental Education,
Environmental Movements
Unit IV

Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)

Concept of EIA, Origin of EIA, Procedure of EIA, Evaluation Methodology for EIA,
Scope Studies, Preparation and Review of Environment Impact Statement (EIS),
Introduction of Life Cycle
Assessment, Environmental Parameters in LCA, Concept of Environmental Audit,
Necessity and Importance of EA, Audit procedures
Unit V

Environmental Management System (EMS)

Introduction, Terminology and Certification, Environmental Standards, the International
Standard Organization (ISO), the ISO 9000 and the ISO 14000 Family of Standards,
Guides and Technical Reports, ISO 14001 Certification as a Tool for Sustainable
Development.
Books Recommended
1. Anjaneyulu Y., Environment Impact Assessment Methodologies, B S
Publications (2002).
2. Canter L. W., Environment Impact Assessment, McGraw Hill, Second Edition
(2005).
3. Garg S. K., Garg R. and Garg R., Ecological and Environmental Studies,
Khanna Publishers, First Edition (2006).
4. Santra S. C., Environmental Science, New Central Book Agency (P) Ltd., Second
Edition (2006).
5. Uberoi N. K., Environmental Management, Excel Books, Second Edition (2006).

Petroleum & Petrochemical Engg. (CH 421)

Unit-I Primary Processing Of Crude Oil:
Classification of crude oil, Atmospheric distillation, Vacuum distillation of residueProducts and distillation practice.
Unit-II Secondary Processing Of Crude Oil:
FCCU, Hydro cracking, Visbreaking, Thermal cracking, Coking, Reforming, Alkylation,
Polymerisation and Isomerisation process.
Unit-III Treatment Techniques:
Treatment techniques for removal of objectionable gases, Odours, to improve
performance, Storage stability, Extraction of aromatics, Olefins and recovery operations
from petroleum products.
Unit-IV
Petrochemicals:
Chemicals from methane and synthetic gas: Ammonia, Methanol and Hydrogen Cyanide,
Chemicals from olefins: Ethylene derivatives, Propylene derivatives and Butylenes
derivatives, Aromatics, intermediates for synthetic fibres, Plastics and rubber.
Unit-V Environmental And Safety Aspects In Refinery And Petrochemicals:
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Waste water and effluent gases treatment from alkylation units and petrochemical units,
safety aspects in the above industries.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. W.L. Nelson, Petroleum Refinery Engineering, 4th Edn., McGraw Hill, New
York,1985
2. B. K. Bhaskara Rao, "Modern Petroleum Refining Processes", 2nd Edn., Oxford and
IBH Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1990.
REFERENCES :
1. G. D. Hobson and W. Pohl., " Modern Petroleum Technology", Gulf Publishers, 2 nd
Edn., 1990.
st
2. R. A. Meyers, "Hand book of Petroleum Refining Processes, McGraw Hill, 1 Edn.,
1980.

FERTILISER TECHNOLOGY (CH 422)

Unit-I Introduction: Macro- and micro-nutrients, fertilizer grades, development of
fertilizer industry, different types of fertilizers, their demand and production in India.
Fuel stock availability and energy consumption pattern in fertilizer industry.
Unit-II Nitrogenous Fertilizers: Various feed stocks, merits/demerits, synthesis gas
production by steam reforming and partial oxidation, purification methods; design
considerations and developments in primary reformer, shift converters, CO 2 removal and
final gas purification.
Unit-III Ammonia Synthesis: Different types of reactors, their design consideration,
operation and comparison of various processes.
Unit-IV Urea and other Nitrogenous Fertilisers: Physico-chemical considerations, various
processes and plant practices for industries: urea, calcium ammonium nitrate, ammonium
sulphate.
Unit-V Phosphatic Fertilizers: Raw material and limitation in their use, uncertainties in
their availability and their impact on the existing plants and future planning, normal and
triple super-phosphates, phosphoric acid, processes of manufacture and their limitations,
design considerations and developments.
Books Recommended
1. Dryden C E, Outlines of Chemical Technology, East West Press Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi, 2nd Edition (1973 )
2. Austin G T, Shreves Chemical Process Industries, McGraw Hill Book
Company, New Delhi 5th Edition (1986 )
3. Chemical Engineering Education Development Centre Chemical Technology I,
II, III , IV , Manual of Chemical Technology, Indian Institute of Technology ,
Madras.
4. Shukla S D and Pandey G N, A text book of Chemical Technology Vol I, Vikas
Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
5. Shukla S D and Pandey G N, A text book of Chemical Technology Vol lI, Vikas
Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

Industrial Pollution Control (CH 423)

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Stream sanitation. Different equations of self-purification, River standards, Effluent

standards, Minimal national standards (MINAS). Sources and effects of various
pollutants, Disposal of industrial wastes-on land, in creeks and the sea, in inland streams,
into impoundments. Importance of planning location of industries and industrial estates,
Common effluent treatment plants, their economics and management. Detailed
considerations of wastes from industries such as textile (Cotton, wool, rayon, synthetics),
sugar, pulp and paper, distilleries, oil refineries, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, dairy,
food processing, soaps and detergents, mining, iron and steel, pickling, plating,
galvanizing, tanning slaughterhouse, fertilizers, pesticides, dyes and dye intermediates,
radioactive wastes. Recovery of hyproducts, reuse of wastewaters with or without
treatment.

PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY (CH 424)

Unit-I Practice of the following unit operation in pharmaceutical industries:
Heat transfer, evaporation, distillation, dry, mixing size reduction, crystallization,
filtration, size separation, conveying, humidification, air conditioning and refrigeration.
Unit-II
Formulation, development of sterile dosage forms. Production facilities,
environmental control and personnel in the production of sterile dosage form,
compounding, processing, filtration, sealing, sterilization, packing and labeling of sterile
dosage forms. Quality control tests like sterility, pyrogen, clarify, safety and leakage
testing.
Unit-III
Types of tablets. Manufacturing of tablets by wet granulation, dry
granulation and direct compression. Tablet processing problems and defects, tablet
standardization: hardness, friability, weights variation, disintegration, dissolution and
content uniformity tests.
Unit-IV
Capsules: Hard gelatin capsule, capsule size, formulation and preparation
of filled hard gelatin capsules, soft gelatin capsule, soft gel manufacturing procedures.
Quality control of capsule.
Unit-V Cosmetics and Toiletries: Introduction, factors to be considered in the formulation
of facial cosmetics, dentifrices, deodorant, antiperspirants, shampoos, hairdressing and
hair removers.
Unit-VI
Pharmaceutical packing: Packing components, types of packing containers
and closures, materials used for and their pharmaceutical specification, method of
evaluation, stability aspects of packaging materials.
Suggested Readings:
1. Leon Lachman, H.A. Lieberman, J.L.K. The Theory and Practice of Industrial
Pharmacy Verghese Publishing House, Hind Rajasthan Building Dadar, Mumbai
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40001.
2. Ganderton Unit Process in Pharmacy.
3. D. Hershey, Ed Chemical Engineering in Medicine And Bodogy Plenum Press, New
York.
4. Chemical Engineering in Medicine Chern. Engg. Prpgrer Syrnp Series No. c 66, Vol
62.

Corrosion Engg. (CH 425)

Basic concepts: Definition and importance; Electrochemical nature and forms of
corrosion;
Corrosion rate and its determination.
Electrochemical thermodynamics and kinetics: Electrode potentials; Potential-pH
(Pourbiax)
diagrams; Reference electrodes and experimental measurements; Faradays laws;
Electrochemical polarization; Mixed potential theory; Experimental polarization curves;
Instrumentation and experimental procedure.
Galvanic and concentration cell corrosion: Basic concepts; Experimental measurements,
and determination of rates of galvanic corrosion; Concentration cells.
Corrosion measurement through polarization techniques: Tafel extrapolation plots;
Polarization resistance method; Instrumental methods and Errors in measurement of
polarization resistance;
Commercial corrosion probes; Other methods of determining polarization curves.
Passivity: Basic concepts of passivity; Properties of passive films; Experimental
measurement;
Applications of Potentiostatic Anodic Polarization; Anodic protection.
Pitting and crevice corrosion: Basic concepts; Mechanisms of pitting and crevice
corrosion;
Secondary forms of crevice corrosion; Localized pitting.
Metallurgical features and corrosion: Inter-granular corrosion; Weldment corrosion; Dealloying and dezincification.
Environmental induced cracking: Stress corrosion cracking; Corrosion fatigue cracking;
Hydrogen induced cracking; Some case studies; Methods of prevention and testing;
Erosion, fretting and Wear.
Environmental factors and corrosion: Corrosion in water and Aaqueous Ssolutions;
Corrosion in sulphur bearing solutions; Microbiologically induced corrosion; Corrosion in
soil; Corrosion of concrete; Corrosion in acidic and alkaline process streams.
Atmospheric and elevated temperature corrosion: Atmospheric corrosion and its
prevention;
Oxidation at elevated temperatures; Alloying; Oxidising environments.
Prevention and control of corrosion: Cathodic protection; Coatings and inhibitors;
Material selection and design
Books:
1. Fontana, M.G., Corrosion Engineering, McGraw-Hill.
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2. Jones, D.A., Principal and Protection of Corrosion, Prentice-Hall

INSTRUMENTATION AND PROCESS CONTROL LAB.(CH-441)

List of Experiments:
Each student should design a complete process plant with mechanical design details
of at least three major equipments.

Major Project and Seminar (CH 442)

The student would be allotted a project in the beginning of the VII semester itself. The
project will be based on the industry where he/she has undergone inplant training in
industry during summer vacations. He/She would be expected to submit a detailed plant
design report later in the (VIII) semester for the project course(CH-492). In this semester
he/she will be assessed for the work that he/she does during the seventh semester under
the supervision of a faculty of the department.

Educational Tour and Training (CH-443)

The students are required to undergo inplant training in some chemical industry for a six
weeks period during their summer vacations following VI semester. He/ she is required to
collect informations relating to process details and other informations related to process
material, utilities and their properties to prepare a report to be submitted to the
department. The student would be assessed in the VII semester through a Viva-voce to be
conducted by the teacher incharge training of Chemical Engineering Department.

Semester VIII

Process Modeling & Simulation. (CH 451)

Unit-I

The Role of Analysis:

Chemical Engineering Problems, basic concepts analysis: The analysis process, A
simple example of estimating an order. Source of the model equation: conservation
equations, constitutive equation, control volumes, Dimensional analysis, System of units,
Dimensional consistency in mathematical descriptions, Dimensional analysis and
constitute relationships, Final observations.
Unit-II

Non-reacting Liquid Systems:

Introduction, equation of continuity, simple mass balance, application of the model
equations, component mass balances. Model behavior : Steady state behavior, Unsteady
state behavior, density assumption, Numerical intercal integration methods of ordinary
differential equation.
Reacting liquid systems: Introduction, basic model equations for a Tank-Type
reactor, The reaction rate, The batch reactor, pseudo First-order reactions, Reversible
reactions, multiple reactions: consecutive reactions, parallel reactions, complex reactions,
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constant density assumption, order and stoichiometry.

Unit-III
Treatment of Experimental Data:
Introduction, criteria for Best Slope-I, Best Slope-II, Best straight line, Physical
property correlations, Fitting a quadratic. Simulation examples of gravity fluid flow, heat
and mass transfer, monte-carto simulation.
Unit-IV
Dynamic modeling of simple processes, sequential, simultaneous modular
and equation oriented approaches, partitioning and tearing.
Unit-V Computer programming of various iterative convergence methods such as NewtonRaphson, False position, wegstein, Muller methods.
List of Experiments:
1. Process dynamics experiments like flow of incompressible fluids at variable flow rate.
2. Dyynamics of a tank draining through an orifice in the bottom. Differential equation
formulation and verification with the experimental data.
3. Mass balance in a tank filling at certain rate and emptying at another rate.
Rectangular and wedge-shaped tank and incompressible fluid.
nd
4. Modeling a batch reactor-verification of 151 and 2 order rate kinetics.
5. Counter current double pipe heat exchanger modeling-data analysis by iterative
methods.
6. Simulation of a distillation column-binary systems, equimolal overflow, constant
relative, volatility.
7. Input-Output response study in non-ideal flow reactors.
8. Simulation of perfectly mixed reactor with heat transfer. Derivation of a mathematical
model and solving for study state heat transfer.
Suggested Readings:
1. Russell T.W.F. Introduction to Chemical Engineering Analysis John Wiley & Sons
New York.
2. Luyben W.L. Process Modelling, Simulation and control for Chemical Engineers II
Ed. McGraw Hill Publishing Co. New York 1990.

Process Engineering & Costing (CH 452)

Unit-I System and subsystem in process engineering, System analysis, Economic degree of
freedom various algorithms, Synthesis of processes, Flow sheeting, Mathematical
representation of steady state flow sheet.
Unit-II
Equal time value of money, equivalence comparisons, discrete interest and
continuous interest, development of its formula, comparison of alternative investment
based on capitalized cost.
Unit-III

Economic Design Criteria Terms involved in profitability analysis, Gross

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income, depreciation, taxes, net profit, rate of return, venture profit, payout time break
even point.
Unit-IV
Time value of money, net present value and venture worth. Capital cost and
manufacturing cost estimation methods, Economic analysis and evaluation. Sensitivity &
risk analysis, simplifying scale-up cost estimation.
Unit-V Analysis of R&D investment, Technological forecasting for the process industries,
Interaction between design and cost equation for optimal design of equipments, Inflation.
Energy conservation and environmental control.
List of Experiments:
1. Industrial process costs, Fixed and working capital estimation for chemical industries
like sulfuric acid, caustic soda, ammonia, urea, ethanol. Indirect and other.
2. Factorial method of cost estimation. Indirect costs, Lang factors, estimation of
purchased equipment costs, characteristic size parameters, heat transfer area, vessel
height, plate number, accessories.
3. Operating costs, labor supervision, running testing laboratory, local taxes insurance,
license fees and royalty payments.
4. Economic evaluation of projects, cash flow diagrams depreciation inflation and
sensitivity analysis.
5. Computer methods for costing and project evaluation. Development of computer
programs.
Suggested Readings:
1. Peters, M.S. and Timmerhaus, K.D. Plant Design and Economics for Chemical
Engineers Ed. McGraw Hill.
2. Schwery H.E. Process Engineering Economics McGraw Hill (1955).

Computer Aided Process Control. (CH 461)

Hardware: Analog and digital interfacing, sensors and transducers. System software: real
time programming, Application software: data logging, filtering, digital control: Ztransforms, discrete time dynamic systems, adaptive control, introduction to MIMO
control systems. Laboratory exercises

Environmental Pollution: Control, Design and Modeling.

(Ch 462)
Air pollution Atmospheric pollutants: Photochemical smog in troposphere; 03 depletion
in stratosphere; Aced Rain, Chemical equilibria , Aerosols : Atmospheric deposition,
nucleation, Troposphere , Troposphere Energy Balance: Pressure and Temperature
relationship; Stability criteria: Stack plume rise, Puff and Plume dispersion, Control of
Pollutents: Absorption; Adsorption: Break through Analysis, Particles; Mechanism of
Particles capture; Water Pollution Organic/ inorganic/ Biological; Waste Water
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Treatment; Aerobic and Anerobic digesters, Dissolved 02 model, Activated sludge process
reactor design, Bio-tower reactor design.

POLYMER TECHNOLOGY (CH 463)

Unit-I Introduction: Concepts and classification of polymers Functionality , Glass
transition temperature, Addition, condensation , step- growth and chain growth
polymerization
Unit-II Molecular weight estimation: Average molecular weight Number and weight
average, Sedimentation and viscosity average molecular weights, Molecular weight and
degree of polymerization, Significance of molecular weight.
Polymerization Processes: Bulk, solution, emulsion and suspension polymerization,
Comparison of polymerization processes.
Unit-III Polymerization Kinetics: Chemistry of step reaction polymerization, Mechanism
and kinetics of polycondensation reactions and free- radical chain polymerization.
Unit-IV Synthetic Fibres: Types of Fibres, Spinning Techniques, Manufacturing
Technology and Applications of different types of fibres: cellulosic fibres, polyamides,
acrylics, vinyls and vinylidines, fluorocarbons.
Unit-V Plastics: Manufacturing Technology and applications of different types of plastics:
Polyester, polyethylene, Phenolics, Rubbers, structure, properties and preparation natural
rubber synthetic rubbers: SBR, rubber compounding and reclaiming.
Books Recommended
1. Gowariker V R , Viswanathan N V and Sreedhar J Polymer Science New Age
International Publishers (1996)
2. Billmeyer F W Text Book of Polymer Science Wiley Tappers (1994)
3. Ghosh P, Polymer Science and Technology of plastics and rubber Tata
McGraw Hill (2001).
4. Gupta R K and Anil Kumar, Fundamentals of Polymer Engineering, 2nd
Ed., Marcel Dekkar (2003)
5. Fried J R Polymer Science and Technology PHI

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CH 464)

Conservation equations for mass, momentum and energy; Comparison of various
numerical techniques for CFD; Review of finite difference and finite element methods;
Solution to discretised algebric equation; Finite-volume method for diffusion problems;
Finite-volume method for convection and diffusion problems pressure velocity coupling;
Construction of geometry and discreation using Gambit-Fluents manuals; Commercial
CFD solvers; Turbulance modeling; Implementation of boundary conditions; Introduction
to multiphase flow; Customizing commercial CFD solver; Unsteady state simulations.
Suggested Readings:
1.
Anderson, J.D., Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Basics with Application
McGraw-Hill Co. Inc.
2.
Anderson, D.A., Tannehill, J.C. and Pletcher, R.H., Computational Fluid
Mechanics and Heat Tranasfer, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation.
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3.
Patankar, S.V., Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, Hemisphere
Publishing Corporation.
4.
Ferziger, J.H. and Peric, M., Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics,
Springer.
5.
Versteeg, H.K. and Malalasekera, W., An Introduction to Computational Fluid
Dynamics: The Finite Volume Method, Prentice-Hall Inc.

Risk Analysis and Hazard (CH 465)

Origin of process hazards, Laws Codes, Standards, Case Histories, Properties of
Chemicals, Health hazards of industrial substances. Toxicology: Toxic materials and their
properties, effect of dose and exposure time, relationship and predictive models for
response, Threshold value and its definitions, material safety data sheets, industrial
hygiene evaluation. Fire & explosion: Fire and explosion hazards, causes of fire and
preventive methods. Flammability characteristics of chemical, fire and explosion hazard,
rating of process plant. Propagation of fire and effect of environmental factors,
ventilation, dispersion, purifying and sprinkling, safety and relief valves. Other Energy
Hazards: Electrical hazards, noise hazard, radiation hazard in process operations,
hazards communication to employees, plant management and maintenance to reduce
energy hazards. Risk Analysis: Component and plant reliability, event probability and
failure, plant reliability, risk analysis, HAZOP AND HAZAN, event and consequence
analysis (vapour cloud modelling ) Designing for safety, measurement and calculation of
risk analysis. Hazard Assessment: Failure distribution, failure data analysis, modeling for
safety, safety training, emergency planning ad disaster management, case studies.
Text/Reference Books
1. Crawl D.A. and Louvar J.A., Chemical process safety fundamentals with applications,
Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
2. Wentz, C.A., Safety health and environmental protection, McGraw Hill, 2001.
3. Smith, B.D., Design of equilibrium state process, McGraw Hill l.
4. Van Winkle, Distillation, McGraw Hill.

Process Piping Design (CH 471)

Unit-I Classification of pipes and tubes, IS & BS codes for pipes used in chemical process
industries and utilities.
Unit-II
Pipes for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, sudden expansion and
contraction effects, Pipe surface roughness effects, pipe bends, Shearing characteristics.
Unit-III
Pressure drop for flow Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids through pipes.
Resistance to flow and pressure drop. Effect of Reynolds and apparent Reynolds number.
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Unit-IV
Pipes of circular and non-circular cross section velocity distribution,
average velocity and volumetric rate of flow. Flow through curved pipes (Variable cross
sections). Effect of pipe-fittings on pressure losses.
Unit-V Non-Newtonian fluid flow through process pipes, Shear stress, Shear rates
behavior, apparent viscosity and its shear dependence, Power law index, Yield Stress in
fluids, Time dependant behavior, Thixotropic and rheopetic behavior, mechanical
analogues, velocity pressure relationships for fluids, line.
Unit-VI
Pipe line design and power losses in compressible fluid flow, Multiphase
flow, gas-liquid, solid-fluid, flows in vertical and horizontal pipelines, Lockhart Martinelli
relations, Flow pattern regimes.
Suggested Readings.
1. Coulson JM and Richardson J.F. Chemical Engineering Vol I , VI Edition,
Butterworth Heinemann, British Library, Publications, Oxford, 1999.
2. Govier, G.W. and Aziz K. The flow of Complex Mixtures In Pipe Krieger
Publication, Florida, 1982.
3. Green DW and Malony, perrys Chemical Engineers Handbook VII Edition
McGraw Hill, Bew York, 1997.

Multiphase Flow (CH 472)

Introduction to the flow of multiphase mixtures: gas or vapor liquid, liquid-liquid, liquidsolid, gas-solid, solid-liquid-gas and gases carrying solids (pneumatic transport)
stratification and dispersion, Flow regimes and flow patterns. Gas (Vapor) and Liquid
Flows: Horizontal flow, Vertical flow, pressure, momentum and energy relations, methods
of evaluating pressure drop, Lockhard - Martinell, Chisholm correlations, critical flow,
non-Newtonian flow. Solid-Gas Flow: Effect of pipeline diameter, inclination, bends,
valves and length. Liquid and its physico-chemical properties, rheology, corrosive nature,
viscosity, Solid particle size, distribution phase, and density i.e. their factors effecting
behavior in a fluid, Concentration of particles and the flow rates of both solids and liquid.
Solid-Gas Flow: Horizontal flow, Suspension mechanism, determination of voids, energy
requirements for conveying, pressure drop and solid velocities in dilute phase flow, dense
phase conveying, vertical transport. Bubble and drop formation: Phase holdups,
Interfacial areas, mixing and pressure drops, multiphase (gas liquid solid) operations.
Text/Reference Books
1.
Govier, G.W. and Aziz, K., THE FLOW OF COMPLEX MIXTURES IN PIPE,
Krieger Publication Florida, 1982.
2.
Coulson JM and Richardson J.F., CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Vol I,
Butterworth-Heinmann, Oxford, 1999.

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TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY (CH 473)

Unit-I Classification of fibres: Natural fibres of vegetable origin: jute; hemp; sunn;
Urena. The leaf fibres : Sisal, Abaca (manila); seed and fruit fibres; cotton. Natural fibres
of animal origin: Wool; Mohair; Cashmere; Persion goat hatosilk; vicuna; fur fibres; Man
made fibres; Rayons Polyamide fibres; polyester fibres, polyvinyle derivative fibres;
polyolefin & Polyurethane fibres.
Unit-II
Weaving : Various steps in weaving manufacturing for fibres, design and
construction, and weaving fundamentals to the various modern methods of weaving
slashing process calculations; woven fabric construction and weaving process calculation
& problem solving.
Unit-III
Physical Testing of textiles : Introduction: Reasons for textile
standardization of testing sampling, measurement errors; Effect of atmosphere on
physical properties; Fibre tests; Fibre fitness; Fibre length; yarn tests; Linear density
twist, yarn evenness; Hairness, friction, Strength tests; Definition; Load elongation curve.
Unit-IV
Recycling Textile Wastes: Recycling and recovery strategies turning
environmental concern into real profit Re-claimed fibres, the sources and usage;
Industrial wastewater minimization and treatment. The fibre industry and water
management; Production of high tenacity tapes from polyprophyene. The role of process
stabilizers in recycling polyoefins.
Unit-V Modern Textiles: Challenges for Textile research & development in the 21 st
century; fibres textiles and materials for future military use; Development in man made
fibre technology-airbages, Textiles in filterations; Textiles in medicine, defence, transport
and geotextiles.
Suggested Readings:
1. J.Gardon Cook- Handbook of Tesxtile Fibres Vol-I Natural Fibres, Vol-II Man-made
fibres.
2. S. Adanur Handbook of waving Deptt of Textile Engg. Auburn University, U.S.A.
3. Dan J. Mc. Geight, James B. Bradshow, Everett E. Back & Michael-Weavers
Handbook of Textile Calculation S. Hill Institute of Textile technology, USA.
4. B.P. Saville-Physical Testing of Textieles-Uni. Of Huddersfied, UK.
5. A.R. Horrocks-Recycling Texties and Plastic Wste.
6. Prasad Potluri Tommorrows Textiles 20012-Deptt. Of textiles, UMIST
7. A.R. Horrocks and Anad Handbook of Technical Textiles- The Boston Institute UK.

Novel Separation Techniques (CH 474)

Unit-I Limitations of common separation techniques sedimentation, screening,
filtration, evaporation, distillation, absorption, liquid-liquid and soil0liquid extraction.
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Unit-II
Principles of membrane separation process classification, characterization
and preparation of membrane, Analysis and modeling of membrane separation,
Membrane modules and application.
Unit-III
Reverse Osmosis and ultra filtration, membrane characteristics and
applications, lon selective membranes and their application in electrolysis. Per
vaporization and gas separation using membranes, Liquid membrane, Industrial
applications.
Unit-IV
Foam and bubble separation, principle, classification, foam and surfactants,
Separation techniques, Column Separations:
Unit-V Zone melting and Zone refining, electrophoresis, desalting by freezing,
centrifugation.
Unit-VI
Parametric pumping, thermal parametric pumping, batch, continuous
pumping, multi-component separation, pH-parametric pumping, heatless parametric
pumping.
Suggested Readings:
1. The McCabe WL and Smith JC-Unit Operation of Chemical Engineer-ING-V Edition,
Tata McGraw Hill, New York.
2. King J. Separation Process McGraw Hill.
3. Kaup EC Design Factors In reverse osmosis Chemical Engineering 80 (1973).
4. Arden TV Water Purification By ION Exchange Butterworth, London, 1968.
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Industrial Catalysis (CH 475)

Unit I Review of Heterogeneous Catalysis.
Unit II
Transport Processes: Analysis of external transport processes in heterogeneous
reactions in fixed bed, fluidized bed and slurry reactors. Intrapellet mass transfer, heat
transfer, mass transfer with chemical reaction and simultaneous mass and heat transfer
with chemical reaction.
Unit III Catalyst Selectivity: Effect of intrapellet diffusion on selectivities in complex
reactions, effect of external mass transfer on selectivities.
Unit IV Catalyst Deactivation: Modes of deactivation poisoning, fouling and sintering.
Determination of deactivation routes, combined effect of deactivation and diffusion on
reaction rates, effect of deactivation on selectivity.
Unit V
Reactor Design: Design calculation for ideal catalytic reactor operating at
isothermal, adiabatic and non-adiabatic conditions. Deviations from ideal reactor
performance. Design of industria J fixed-bed, fluidized bed and slurry reactors. Thermal
stability of packed bed and fluidized bed reactors.
Text/Reference Books
1. Smith, J. M., Chemical Engineering Kinetics, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill,1981.
2. Carberry, J. J., Catalytic Reaction Engineering, McGraw-Hill,1977.
3. Lee, H. H., Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactors, Butterworth.
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4. Tarhan, M. O., Catalytic Reactor Design, McGraw-Hill, NY, 1983.

5. Anderson, J. R. and Boudart, M., Catalysis, Science and Technology, Vol. 7, Springer
Verlag,NY.
6. Thomas, J. M. and Thomas, W. J., Introduction to the Principles of Heterogeneous
Catalysis, Academic Press, 1967.

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