BT 2204-PRINCIPLES OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING |
OVERVIEW OF PROCESS INDUSTRY |
Mass and energy conservation; process automation; environment; SI units; conservation factors; applied mathematics for experimental curve fitting; numerical differentiation; integration |
MATERIAL BALANCES |
Overall and component balances; material balances without and with chemical reactions; degrees of freedom; steady and unsteady state; unit operations; recycle and by pass; humidity calculations.
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FIRST AND SECOND LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS |
Energy balances; sensible heat, latent heat; vapour pressure; steady and unsteady state calculations. |
FLUID MECHANICS |
Fluids; fluid statics and applications in chemical engineering; fluid flow; laminar; turbulent pressure drops; compressible fluid flow concepts; multiphase flow concepts. |
FLOW THROUGH PACKED COLUMNS |
Fluidisation; centrifugal and piston pumps; characteristics; compressors; work.
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REFERENCE |
TEXTS PRESCRIBED |
1. Bhatt B.I., Vora S.M. Stoichiometry. 3rd Edition. Tata McGraw-Hill, 1977.
2. McCabe W.L., Smith J.C, Harriot P. “Unit Operations In Chemical Engineering”,
5th Edition. McGraw-Hill Inc., 1993.
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