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Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology B.Tech - Chemical Engineering SCHA1702 Process Engineering Syllabus


SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF BIO AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

SCHA1702 PROCESS ENGINEERING
L T P Credits Total Marks
3 0 0 3 100

UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION 9 Hrs.
Scales of Production, Selection of Plant Capacity, Plant Location. Availability of Raw Materials, Energy Gestation Period.
Expansion, Diversification and Obsolescence. Scope for Standardization in Design and Production. Economics of Research
and Development. Indian Chemical Industry, Current Status and Trends.

UNIT 2 PROCESS CREATION 9 Hrs.
Preliminary database creation, Preliminary process synthesis, Development of base case design, Generalization of the
Resolution Based Synthesis procedure for development of flow sheet for a chemical plant. Principles of steady state flow
sheet, simulation, Principles of batch process simulation.

UNIT 3 HEURISTICS FOR PROCESS SYNTHESIS 9 Hrs.
Raw materials and Chemical reactions, Distribution of chemicals, Separations, Heat removal from and addition to reactors,
Heat exchangers and furnaces, Pumping, Compression, Pressure reduction, Vacuum, and Conveying of solids.

UNIT 4 SYNTHESIS OF SEPARATION TRAINS 9 Hrs.
Feed separation systems, Phase separation of reactor effluent, Industrial separation operations, Criteria for selection of
separation methods, Selection of equipment, Sequencing of ordinary distillation columns for the separation of nearly ideal
fluid mixtures, Sequencing of operations for the separation of nonideal fluid mixtures, Separation systems for gas mixtures,
Separation sequencing for solid-fluid systems.

UNIT 5 SCALING UP PROCESS 9 Hrs.
Scaling up of process from laboratory to pilot plant and to industrial scale. Process Evaluation: Batch Versus Continuous,
Equilibrium Limitations, Process alternatives, Preparation of study report.
Max.45 Hrs.

COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, student will be able to
CO1 - Factors to be considered before starting an industry and selection & designing of plant location.
CO2 - Selection of various processes and Creation of process flow sheets.
CO3 - Optimizing the process using heuristics.
CO4 - Selection of separation technique suitable for the process.
CO5 - Scaling up of the process from pilot scale to industrial scale.
CO6 - Designing the process plant from selection of site to designing of the plant.

TEXT / REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Vogel G.H., Process Development - From the Initial Ideal to the Chemical Production Plant, 2nd Edition, Wiley VCH
Verlag GmbH, 2005.
2. Douglas J. M., Conceptual Design of Chemical Process, 4th Edition, McGraw Hill Book Company, 2001.
3. Amiya K. Jana,”Chemical Process Modelling and Computer Simulation” 2nd Edition, PHI Learning Ltd., 2012.
4. Seider W.D., Seader J.D. and Lewin D.R., Product and Process Design Principles-Synthesis, Analysis and Evaluation,
2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons. 2004.

END SEMESTER EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Max.Marks: 100 Exam Duration: 3 Hrs.
PART A: 10 Questions of 2 marks each - No choice 20 Marks
PART B: 2 Questions from each unit of internal choice; each carrying 16 marks 80 Marks