COURSE STRUCTURE & SYLLABUS OF

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY (B.TECH)

In

Chemical Engineering

Course Structure

Third Year

Fifth Semester

Paper Code Subject

BTCH1 Mass Transfer Operations –I

BTCH2 Fluid Flow
BTCH3 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics –I
BTCH4 Chemical Equipment Design
BTCH5 Operation Research

BTCH 1 : MASS TRANSFER OPERATIONS - 1

1. PRINCIPLES OF DIFFUSION AND MASS TRANSFER BETWEEN

PHASES
Theory of Diffusion, Prediction of Diffusivities, Mass-Transfer theories Mass-
Transfer theories, Mass-Transfer Coefficients
2. GAS ABSORTION
Packings and Packed Tower Design, Principles of Absorption, Absorption Rich Gases, Mass
Transfer Correlation, Absorption With Chemical Reaction.
3. HUMIDIFICATION OPERATIONS
Definitions, Humidity Charts, Wet-bulb Temperature, Cooling Towers.
4. EQUILIBRIUM STAGE OPERATIONS
Equipment for Stage Contacts, Principles of Stage Processes Equilibrium Stage Calculations for
Multicomponent Systems.
5. DISTILLATION
Flash distillation, Continuous distillation with reflux, McCabe - Thiele Method, Distillation in Packed
Columns, Batch distillation.

BTCH 2 - FLUID FLOW

1. FLUID STATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS

Hydrostatic Equilibrium, application of Fluid Statics
2. FLUID FLOW PHENOMENA
Laminar flow, Shear rate, Shear stress, Rheological Properties of Fluids, Turbulence, Boundry
Layers.
3. BASIC EQUATIONS OF FLUID FLOW

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 Mass balance in a flowing fluid, Differential Momentum Balance, Equations of Nation,
Microscopic Momentum Balances
4. INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW IN PIPES
Shear Stress and skin friction in pipes Laminar flow in pipes & channels Turbulent flow in pipes
& channels.
5. FLOW OF COMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS
Definition & Basic Equations, Processes of Compressible flow, Isentropic flow through
Nozzles, Adiabatic Friction Flow, Isothermal Friction Flow.
6. FLOW PAST IMMERSED BODIES
Drag & Drag Coefficients, Flow through Beds of solids, Motion of particles through fluids,
fluidization.

BTCH 3 - CHEMICAL ENIGNEERING THERMODYNAMICS -I

1. INTRODUCTION
What is thermodynamics ? Macroscopic & Microscopic approaches, International System of
Units.
2. P-V-T RELATION OF FLUIDS
Phase, Ideal gas law, Vander Waals equation of state, Benedict-Weff-Rubin equation of state,
Redlich-Kwong equation of state, Virial equation of state, Generalized equations of state, Soave-
Redlich Kwong equation of state, Peng-Robinson equation of state
3. FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
First law of Thermodynamics, Control-Mass analyses, Constant volume Processes, Constant-
Pressure Process, Adiabatic Process, Constant temperature Process, Polytropic Process, Control
volume analysis, Theottling Process, Chemically reacting Systems.
4. SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Limitations of the first law, Heat engine & heat Pump, Second law of Thermodynamics, Criterion
for irreversibility, Carnot cycle & Carnot theorems, Entropy and its calculations, principle of
Entropy increase, second law of thermodynamics for a control volume, Iscentropic efficiency.
5. THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY RELATIONS
Maxwell relations, Internal energy, Enthalpy, partial derivatives method for enthalpy, entropy,
partial derivatives method for entropy, Jacobian methods, Joule Thompson Coefficient

BTCH 4 CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT DESIGN

1. DESIGN PRELIMINARIES
Design codes, Design Pressure & Temperature, Design stress and Factor of safety, Design wall
thickness and minimum thickness, corrosion allowance, Design loadings.
2. DESIGN OF SPHERICAL AND CYLINDRICAL VESSELS
Thin wall vessels, Derivation of Design equations, Design problems.
3. DESIGN OF HEADS AND CLOSURES
Types of heads, Analysis & design of the different types of heads, Design problems.
4. COMPENSATION FOR OPENINGS IN PRICESS EQUIPMENTS
Types of compensation, Theoretical determination of stress patterns around openings, Design
problems uncompensated openings, compensation for multiple openings.
5. DESIGN OF NON STANDARD FLANGES
Classification of flanges, Gasket & its selection, selection of Bolt spacing, Bolt materials, Flange
calculations, Flanges subjected to external pressure.
6. DESIGN OF TALL VESSELS
Stresses in the shell, Determination of equivalent stress under combined loadings, Determination
of longitudinal stresses, Determination of Resultant longitudinal stresses.
7. DESIGN OF SUPPORT FOR PROCESS VESSELS
Design of skirt support, Design problem, Design of saddle support, Design of saddles, Design of
Bracket Support, Design problems.

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BTCH5 : OPERATIONS RESEARCH
1. CLASSIFICATION OF O.R. MODELS
Physical Models, Symbolic Models, Advantages Of A Model, Limitations Of The Model, Scope
Of Operations Research In Management
2. LINEAR PROGRAMMING FORMULATION & GRAPHICAL METHOD
Introduction, Basic Requirements, Basic Assumptions, Advantages Of Linear Programming,
Limitations Of Linear Programming, Application Areas Of Linear Programming, Formulation Of
Linear Programming Models
3. TRANSPORTATION
Example, Agriculture, General Mathematical Formulation Of Linear Programming Problem,
Definitions
4. SOME SPECIAL CASES
Multiple Optimal Solutions, Infeasible Solution, Contradictory Constraints, Unbounded Solution
5. LINEAR PROGRAMMING
The Simplex Method, Introduction, Standard Form Of Linear Programming Problem, Slack And
Surplus Variables, Slack Variable
6. STEPS OF THE SIMPLEX METHOD
Steps of the Simplex Method (Maximization Case), Flow Chart of the Simplex Method, Simplex
Method (Minimization Case), Steps of the Simplex Method (Minimization Case), Maximization
Case (Constraints of Mixed Type), Resolution of Degeneracy
7. LINEAR PROGRAMMING, DUALITY
Introduction, Formulation Of Dual Problem, Interpreting Primal-Dual Optimal Solutions, Solving
The Primal-Dual Problem, Dual Of A Primal With Mixed Constraints, Important Primal-Dual
Results, Advantages Of Duality, The Dual Simplex Method
8. TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM
Methods For Finding Initial Solution, North-West Corner Method (NWCM), Least Cost Method
(LCM), Vogel's Approximation Method (VAM), Stepping-Stone Method, The Dual of
Transportation Problem, Alternative Optimal Solutions, Unbalanced Transportation Problems,
Supply Exceeds Demand, Demand Exceeds Supply, Degeneracy in the Transportation Problem,
Prohibited Routes, Profit Maximization in a Transportation Problem, Trans-shipment Problem,
Time-Cost Trade-of in the Transportation problem
9. HUNGARIAN METHOD OF ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM
Minimization Case, Variations Of The Assignment Problem, An Application--Airline Crew
Assignment, Travelling Salesman Problem
10. NETWORK MODELS : PERT & CPM
Objectives of network analysis, Application of network models, Advantages of network models,
Project network, Difference between PERT and CPM, Activities, Events, Estimating Activity
Times, Effect of Introducing a Dummy Activity in a Network, Probability Statements or Project
Duration, Probability of completing the project on or before a specified time, PERT algorithm
11. FLOAT OF AN ACTIVITY
Introduction, Optimization of Project Time and Cost in a PERT Network, Limitations of
PERT/CPM
12. QUEUING MODELS
Basic Components of the Queuing System, Input Source, Queue Discipline, Service Mechanism,
Classification of Queuing Systems, Characteristics of Model I, II, III
13. INVENTORY CONTROL MODELS
Principal Categories of Inventories and Their Functions, Structure of Inventory Management
System, The Basic Deterministic Inventory models, Multiple Item Deterministic Models,
Limitation set up by capital restriction, Aggregate resource limitations, Selective Inventory
Control, Application of ABC analysis, Inventory Control Systems, Reorder level, Probabilistic
Models
14. SYSTEM TERMINOLOGY
System and Simulation models, Random Variable and Random Numbers, Monte-Carlo
Simulation, Generation of Random Numbers, Simulation and Inventory Control, Simulation and
Queuing System, Simulation and Capital Budgeting , Limitations of Simulation, Simulation
Languages, Simulation Applications

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