CH 615/ PK616: PROCESS MODELLING AND SIMULATION - I

Course Code: CH615/PK616

Marks Distribution
Contribution Marks
Course Work 15
Mid Sem Exam 25
Sessional 40
End Sem. Exam 60
Total 100

Syllabus
Model building and process analysis.
Models based on transport phenomena principles. Classification of transport phenomena models.
Population based models,
Simulation of steady state material and heat balances over different process equipment.
Simulation techniques. Analysis of systems and subsystems.

TOPICS COVERED:
1. Process analysis
2. General process analysis principles
3. Advantages and disadvantages of process analysis and simulation
4. Scientific methods system parameters, model, simulation, model hierarchy
5. Models and types of model ,transport phenomena
6. Levels of details of transport phenomena models
7. Continuity equation
8. Heating/cooling of a fluid flowing in a pipe
a) Laminar flow
b) Turbulent flow
9. Dynamic model of a series of isothermal CSTRS
a) With constant hold-up
b) With variable hold-up
10. Two heated tanks
11. Unsteady isothermal model of a pressurized CSTR
12. N-component flash drum
13. Multiplicity of steady state in an isothermal CSTR
14. Axial dispersion model
15. Laminar falling film absorber
 16. Packed bed adsorption column/maximum gradient model
17. Laminar flow CVD reactor
18. Annular reactor with coated wall
19. Leveque analysis of heat transfer from a flat plate
20. Shrinking core model
21. Dissolution of a solid particle/pill
22. Two phase fluidized bed reactor: Maximum gradient model

ASSIGNMENTS GIVEN
1. MERITS AND DEMERITS OF MODELLING AND SIMULATION [22 AUGUST]
2. ISOTHERMAL BATCH REACTOR MODEL FOR THE FOLLOWING
REACTION NETWORK [12 SEPTEMBER]

K1
B
K2
A K4 K3
K5

K6
C
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