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Course Information Sheet (CIS)

1. Academic Year : 2022 – 23 EVEN Semester

2. Name of Course Coordinator : Ms. P. INDUJA
3. Department : Chemical Engineering
4. Programme : B. Tech Chemical Engineering
5. Class and semester : IV year and VIII semester
6. Course code and title : 19CH8306/ Process Plant Utilities
7. Regulations : R2019
8. Course Category : PE
9. Contact hours : 45
10. Type of course : Theory
11. Credit :3
12.Course Attainment level : 65%
13.Course pre-requisites :
I. Chemical Process Industries
II. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
13. Course Learning Objectives (CLO) :
To enable the students to understand the process plant utilities and optimization
techniques to optimize various parameters in chemical industries.
14. Course Outcomes (COs) :
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Understand the importance of various utility operations such as Chemical Softening and
CO1 -
Demineralization, Water Softening and Reverse Osmosis etc
Understand the importance of steam and its generation, properties and steam production
CO2 -
equipment
Understand about the various Refrigeration Cycles, different methods of Refrigeration used in
CO3 -
Industry
Understand about the air compression, equipment used for Humidification, Dehumidification
CO4 -
and Cooling Towers in the industries
Understand about the types of Fuel used in Chemical Process Industries and the proper
CO5 -
disposal of fuel waste

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 15. Syllabus:
UNIT I - IMPORTANT OF UTILITIES 9
Hard and Soft water, Requisites of Industrial Water and its uses. Methods of water Treatment
such as Chemical Softening and Demineralization, Resins used for Water Softening and
CO1 Reverse Osmosis. Effects of impure Boiler Feed Water.

UNIT II - STEAM AND STEAM GENERATION 9

CO2 Properties of Steam, problems based on Steam, Types of Steam Generator such as Solid Fuel
Fired Boiler, Waste Gas Fired Boiler and Fluidized Bed Boiler. Scaling and Trouble Shooting.
Steam Traps and Accessories.

UNIT III - REFRIGERATION 9

CO3 Refrigeration Cycles, Methods of Refrigeration used in Industry and Different Types of
Refrigerants such as Monochlorodifluro Methane, Chlorofluro Carbons and Brins.
Refrigerating Effects and Liquefaction Processes.

UNIT IV - COMPRESSED AIR 9

CO4 Classification of Compressor, Reciprocating Compressor, Single Stage and Two Stage
Compressor, Velocity Diagram for Centrifugal Compressor, Silp Facor, Impeller Blade Shape.
Properties of Air – Water Vapors and use of Humidity Chart. Equipments used for
Humidification, Dehumidification and Cooling Towers.

UNIT V - FUEL AND WASTE DISPOSAL 9

CO5 Types of Fuel used in Chemical Process Industries for Power Generation such as Natural Gas,
Liquid Petroleum Fuels, Coal and Coke. Internal Combustion Engine, Petrol and Diesel Engine.
Waste Disposal.
Total Instructional Hours - 45
16. Text books and Reference books:

T1 - Industrial Chemistry by Shashi Chawla, Dhanpat Rai and Sons Publication

T2 - P. L. Ballaney, “Thermal Engineering”, Khanna Publisher New Delhi, 1986.
T3 - Heat Transfer by D.S. Kumar.
T4 - Fuel Furances and Refractories by O.P. Gupta, Khanna Publishers.

R1 - Perry R. H. Green D. W. “Perry’s chemical Engineer’s Handbook”, McGraw Hill,

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 New York, 2007.
R2 - P. N. Ananthanarayan, “Basic Refrigeration & Air conditioning”, Tata McGraw
Hill, New Delhi, 2007.
R3 - Plant Utilities by D.B. Dhone, Nirali Prakshan Publication.

17. Course plan:

Cumul Text/
No of Teaching Teaching
S.No Name of the Topic . Referenc
Hours Methods Aids
Hours e books
UNIT I - IMPORTANT OF UTILITIES
GROUP I
Blackboard Chalk &
1 Hard and Soft water 1 1 T1, T2
Lecture, Talk,
Chalk &
Requisites of Industrial Water and Blackboard
Talk,
2 2 3 Lecture, T1, T2
its uses. Canva,
Video
YouTube
GROUP II
Methods of water Treatment such as Blackboard Chalk &
3 2 5 T1, T2
Chemical Softening Lecture Talk
Blackboard PPT &
4 Demineralization 1 6 T1, T2
Lecture Video
GROUP III
Resins used for Water Softening and PPT & Chalk &
5 2 8 T1, T2
Reverse Osmosis Videos Talk
Blackboard Chalk &
6 Effects of impure Boiler Feed Water. 1 9 T1, T2
Lecture Talk
Scheduled completion of Unit I : 9 hours
UNIT II - STEAM AND STEAM GENERATION
GROUP I
Blackboard Chalk &
7 Properties of Steam 2 11 T1, T2
Lecture Talk
Blackboard Chalk &
8 problems based on Steam 2 13 T1, T2
Lecture Talk
GROUP II

Types of Steam Generator such as Blackboard Chalk &

9 1 14 T1, T2
Solid Fuel Fired Boiler Lecture Talk
Waste Gas Fired Boiler and Blackboard Chalk &
10 1 15 T1, T2
Fluidized Bed Boiler Lecture Talk
GROUP III

Blackboard Chalk &

11 Scaling and Trouble Shooting 2 17 T1, T2
Lecture Talk
Blackboard Chalk &
12 Steam Traps and Accessories. 1 18 T1, T2
Lecture Talk

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 Cumul Text/
No of Teaching Teaching
S.No Name of the Topic . Referenc
Hours Methods Aids
Hours e books
Scheduled completion of Unit II : 9 hours
UNIT III - REFRIGERATION
GROUP I
Blackboard Chalk &
13 Refrigeration Cycles 1 19 T1, T2
Lecture Talk
Methods of Refrigeration used in Blackboard Chalk &
14 1 20 T1, T2
Industry Lecture Talk
GROUP II

Different Types of Refrigerants such Blackboard Chalk &

15 1 21 T1, T2
as Monochlorodifluro Methane Lecture Talk
Blackboard Chalk &
16 Chlorofluro Carbons and Brins 2 23 T1, T2
Lecture Talk
Group III

Blackboard Chalk &

17 Refrigerating Effects 2 25 T1, T2
Lecture Talk
Chalk &
18 Liquefaction Processes 2 27 PPT T1, T2
Talk
Scheduled completion of Unit III : 9 hours
UNIT IV - COMPRESSED AIR

GROUP I
Classification of Compressor Blackboard Chalk &
19 2 29 T1, T2
Lecture Talk
Reciprocating Compressor, Single Blackboard Chalk &
20 Stage and Two Stage Compressor 1 30 T1, T2
Lecture Talk
GROUP II

Board,
Velocity Diagram for Centrifugal videos
21 1 31 PPT T1, T2
Compressor

Blackboard Chalk &

22 Silp Factor, Impeller Blade Shape 2 33 T1, T2
Lecture Talk
GROUP III

Properties of Air – Water Vapors Blackboard Chalk &

23 1 34 T1, T2
and use of Humidity Chart Lecture Talk
Equipments used for
Chalk &
24 Humidification, Dehumidification 2 36 Lecture T1, T2
Talk
and Cooling Towers.
Scheduled completion of Unit IV : 9 hours

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 Cumul Text/
No of Teaching Teaching
S.No Name of the Topic . Referenc
Hours Methods Aids
Hours e books
UNIT V - FUEL AND WASTE DISPOSAL

GROUP I
Types of Fuel used in Chemical
Blackboard Chalk &
21 Process Industries for Power 2 38 T1, T2
Lecture Talk
Generation Introduction
Natural gas Blackboard
22 1 39 PPT T1, T2
Lecture
GROUP II

Liquid Petroleum Fuels Blackboard Chalk &

23 1 40 T1, T2
Lecture Talk
Coal and Coke. Internal Combustion Chalk &
24 1 41 Video T1, T2
Engine Talk
GROUP III

Petrol and Diesel Engine. Blackboard Chalk &

25 2 43 T1, T2
Lecture Talk
Waste Disposal Blackboard Chalk &
26 2 45 T1, T2
Lecture Talk
Scheduled completion of Unit V : 9 hours

18. Weightage of unit contents:

Factors considered,
F1 - Number of periods allotted for teaching the unit and weightage per hour is equal 1.
F2 - Usefulness of the content matter of the unit in the students’ learning point of view and
its weightage equal to 1 if useful, otherwise zero.
F3 - Usefulness of the content matter of the unit in understanding other units of the same
subject and its weightage equal to 1 if useful, otherwise zero.
F4- Usefulness of the content matter of the unit in understanding other subjects prescribed
for the programme and its weightage equal to 1 if useful, otherwise zero.

Topic F1 F2 F3 F4 A1 A2
UNIT I - IMPORTANT OF UTILITIES (Weightage) (%)
Hard and Soft water, Requisites of Industrial
Water and its uses. 1 1 1

Methods of water Treatment such as Chemical

9 1 1 0 17 19.12
Softening, Demineralization

Resins used for Water Softening and Reverse

1 1 1
Osmosis, Effects of impure Boiler Feed Water.

UNIT II - STEAM AND STEAM GENERATION 18 20.22

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Properties of Steam, problems based on Steam 1 1 1
Types of Steam Generator such as Solid Fuel
Fired Boiler, Waste Gas Fired Boiler and 1 1 1
Fluidized Bed Boiler
Scaling and Trouble Shooting. Steam Traps and 1 1 1
Accessories.
UNIT III - REFRIGERATION
Refrigeration Cycles, Methods of Refrigeration
used in Industry 1 1 1

Different Types of Refrigerants such as

Monochlorodifluro Methane, Chlorofluro 1 1 1
Carbons and Brins
Refrigerating Effects and Liquefaction 1 1 1
Processes.
UNIT IV - COMPRESSED AIR
Classification of Compressor, Reciprocating
Compressor, Single Stage and Two Stage 1 1 1
Compressor
Velocity Diagram for Centrifugal Compressor,
1 1 1
Silp Factor, Impeller Blade Shape
Properties of Air – Water Vapors and use of
Humidity Chart. Equipments used for 1 1 1
Humidification, Dehumidification and Cooling
Towers.
UNIT V - FUEL AND WASTE DISPOSAL
Types of Fuel used in Chemical Process
Industries for Power Generation such as Natural 1 1 1
Gas
Liquid Petroleum Fuels, Coal and Coke. Internal
1 1 1
Combustion Engine
Petrol and Diesel Engine. Waste Disposal 1 1 0
Case Study in Boiler and evaporator 1 0 0
Total 89 100%
A1 – Total weightage
A2 – % of Weightage

19. Mapping syllabus with Bloom’s Taxonomy LOT and HOT:

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 Resins used for Water Softening and Define/Classify Understanding
3 Reverse Osmosis, Effects of impure
/what CO1
Boiler Feed Water.
R U Ap A E C Total
Type of thinking in Nos 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
Weightage,% 6.38 12.74 0 0 0 0 19.12%

Sl.No Name of the Topic Process verb Types of thinking

Properties of Steam, problems based on Applying
1 Define/list/Apply
Steam CO2
Types of Steam Generator such as Solid
Define/Classify Understanding
2 Fuel Fired Boiler, Waste Gas Fired Boiler
/what CO2
and Fluidized Bed Boiler
Scaling and Trouble Shooting. Steam Define/Classify Remembering
3
Traps and Accessories. /what CO2
R U Ap A E C Total
Type of thinking in Nos 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
Weightage,% 6.74 6.74 6.74 0 0 0 20.22%
UNIT III - REFRIGERATION (Weightage 20.22%)
Sl.No Name of the Topic Process verb Types of thinking
Refrigeration Cycles, Methods of Understanding
1 Define/What
Refrigeration used in Industry CO3
Different Types of Refrigerants such as
Remembering
2 Monochlorodifluro Methane, Define/Classify/Explain
CO3
Chlorofluro Carbons and Brins
Refrigerating Effects and Liquefaction Define/What/Explain Understanding
3
Processes. CO3
R U Ap A E C Total
Type of thinking in Nos 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
Weightage,% 6.74 13.48 0 0 0 0 20.22%
UNIT IV - COMPRESSED AIR (Weightage 20.22%)
Sl.No Name of the Topic Process verb Types of thinking
Classification of Compressor,
Understanding
1 Reciprocating Compressor, Single Stage Define/What/Explain
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and Two Stage Compressor
Velocity Diagram for Centrifugal
Understanding
2 Compressor, Silp Factor, Impeller Blade Define/What/Explain
CO4
Shape
Properties of Air – Water Vapors and
use of Humidity Chart. Equipments used Define/What/Explain Remembering
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for Humidification, Dehumidification CO4
and Cooling Towers.
R U Ap A E C Total
Type of thinking in Nos 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
Weightage,% 6.74 13.48 0 0 0 0 20.22%

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 UNIT V - FUEL AND WASTE DISPOSAL (Weightage 20.22%)
Sl.No Name of the Topic Process verb Types of thinking
1 Types of Fuel used in Chemical Process Describe/Define Understanding
Industries for Power Generation such as
/What CO5
Natural Gas
2 Liquid Petroleum Fuels, Coal and Coke. Describe/Define Remembering
Internal Combustion Engine /What CO5
3 Petrol and Diesel Engine. Waste Disposal Describe/Define Understanding
/What CO5
4 Case Study in Boiler and evaporator Analyze/Define Analyzing
/What CO5
R U Ap A E C Total
Type of thinking in Nos 1 2 0 1 0 0 4
Weightage,% 5.05 10.12 0 5.05 0 0 20.22%

R U AP A E C TOTAL
UNIT 1 6.38 12.74 0 0 0 0 19.12%
UNIT 2 6.74 6.74 6.74 0 0 0 20.22%
UNIT 3 6.74 13.48 0 0 0 0 20.22%
UNIT 4 6.74 13.48 0 0 0 0 20.22%
UNIT 5 5.05 10.12 0 5.05 0 0 20.22%
TOTAL 31.65 63.3 0 5.05 0 0 100%
Lower Order Thinking 94.95%
Higher Order Thinking 5.05 %

20. Mapping course outcome with Bloom’s Taxonomy LOT and HOT:
R U Ap A E C
CO1  
CO2   
CO3  
CO4  
CO5   

21. Mapping Course Outcome (CO) with Program Outcomes (PO) and Program Specific
Outcomes (PSO):
Program Outcomes Descriptions
PO1 Engineering knowledge Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering
fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the
solution of complex engineering problems.
PO2 Problem analysis Identify, formulate, research literature, and analyze
complex engineering problems reaching substantiated
conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural
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 sciences, and engineering sciences.
PO3 Design/development of Design solutions for complex engineering problems and
solutions design system components or processes that meet the
specified needs with appropriate consideration for the
public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and
environmental considerations.
PO4 Conduct investigations of Use research-based knowledge and research methods
complex problems including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation
of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid
conclusions.
PO5 Modern tool usage Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources,
and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction
and modeling to complex engineering activities with an
understanding of the limitations.
PO6 The engineer and society Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to
assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and
the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional
engineering practice
PO7 Environment and Understand the impact of the professional engineering
sustainability solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and
demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable
development.
PO8 Ethics Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics
and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.
PO9 Individual and team work Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or
leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
PO1 Communication Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities
0 with the engineering community and with society at large,
such as, being able to comprehend and write effective
reports and design documentation, make effective
presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
PO1 Project management and Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the
1 finance engineering and management principles and apply these to
one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to
manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments
PO1 Life-long learning Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability
2 to engage in independent and life-long learning in the
broadest context of technological change.

PSO1 Apply the knowledge of unit processes and operations for the design of Chemical plant.
Acquire working knowledge of process safety and environment issues in Chemical
PSO2
Processes.
PSO3 Innovate and integrate the new ideas of chemical engineering processes as a team for

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PO&PSO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PSO PSO PSO

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3
CO1 3 1 1 1 3 1 1
CO2 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 1
CO3 3 1 2 1 3 3 1
CO4 3 1 2 1 1 3 3 1
CO5 3 1 3 1 1 3 3 1
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3 High 2 Moderate 1 Low

22. Mapping with Programme Educational Objectives (PEOs):

Programme Educational Objectives:
PEO1: Participate as leaders in their fields of expertise and in activities that support
service and economic development nationally and throughout the world.
PEO2: Pursue continued life-long learning through professional practice, research and
training programs in the field of chemical engineering and science.
PEO3: Solve real-life problems in abroad perspective to fulfill ethical, economic,
environmental and social responsibilities
Course PEO1 PEO2 PEO3
Process Plant
2 3 3
Utilities

3 High 2 Moderate 1 Low

23. Course assessment: (Direct Assessment Method)

Internal test: 15 Marks
Objective To Identify What Students Have Learned and also to identify students strength
and weakness
Product Answer scripts
Frequency Monthly
Format Part –A 6 x 2 = 12 Marks
Part – B 2 x 14 = 28 Marks
Part –C 1 x 10= 10 Marks
Total marks= 50
Duration : 1 Hour and 30 Minutes
Evaluation Based on answer given in the scripts
criteria Pass mark – 50%
Minimum pass percentage: 65% to be fixed for attainment level.
If not, remedial action will be taken.

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 Assignment: 5 marks
Objective To enhance students understanding of a particular reading
Product Hand written assignment/tutorial sheets
Frequency After completing one unit
Format Important questions from each units
Evaluation Based on rubrics
Criteria No. of assignments: 3
Submit on or before the due date
Attendance: 5 marks
Objective To make all students to attend the class throughout the course
Product Record of class work
Frequency All working days
Format Record of class work format
Evaluation Based on attendance earned by the students

Criteria Marks will be awarded according to attendance percentage of students.

91 and above 5
86 – 90 4
81 – 85 3
75 – 80 2
Less than 75 0

End semester exam: 75 marks

Objective To assess the each student’s knowledge of the course
Product Result analysis
Frequency Every Semester
Format Part –A 10 x 2= 20 marks
Part –B 5 x 14= 70 marks
Part – C 1 x 10 = 10 Marks
Total marks= 100
Duration : 3 Hours
Evaluation Based on answer given in the scripts
Criteria Minimum pass percentage: 50%
If not, remedial action will be taken.

24. Course assessment: (Indirect Assessment Method)

Course Exit Survey: Course Exit Survey consists of few critical questions that evaluate
the level of students’ satisfaction level with curriculum and course being taught.

Prepared by, Checked by,

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Course Coordinator Head of the Department
(Ms. P Induja
Chemical Engineering Dept.)

Approved by,
Dean (Academics) PRINCIPAL

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