IFS Exam 2012-Syllabus-Chemical Engineering Paper 2

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

PAPER-II

Section-A

(a) Material and Energy Balances: Material and energy balance calculations in processes with recycle/ bypass/purge. Combustion of solid/liquid/gaseous fuels, stoichiometric relationships and excess air requirements. Adiabatic flame temperature.

(b) Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics: Laws of thermodynamics. PVT relationship for pure components and mixtures. Energy functions and inter-relationships-Maxwell’s  relations, Fugacity, activity and chemical potential. Vapour-liquid equilibria, for ideal/ non-ideal, single and multi component systems. Criteria for chemical reaction equilibrium, equilibrium constant and equilibrium conversions, Thermodynamic cycles-refrigeration and power.

(c) Chemical Reaction Engineering: Batch reactors-kinetics of homogeneous reactions and interpretation of kinetic data. Ideal flow reactors-CSTR, plug flow reactors and their performance equations. Temperature effects and run-away reactions. Heterogeneous reactionscatalytic and non-catalytic and gas-solid and gas-liquid reactions. Intrinsic kinetics and global rate concept. Importance of interphase and intraparticle mass transfer on performance. Effective-ness factor. Isothermal and non-isothermal reactors and reactor stability.

Section- B

(d) Chemical Technology : Natural organic products-Wood and woodbased chemicals, pulp and paper, Agroindustries– sugar, Edible oils extraction (including tree based seeds), Soaps and detergents, Essential oils- Biomass gasification (including biogas). Coal and coal chemical, Petroleum and Natural gas- Petroleum refining (Atmospheric distillation/cracking/reforming)–Petrochemical industries-Polyethylene’s (LDPE/HDPE/LLDPE), Polyvinyl Chloride, Polystyrene. Ammonia manufacture. Cement and lime industries. Paints and varnishes. Glass and ceramics. Fermentation-alcohol and antibiotics.

(e) Environmental Engineering and Safety : Ecology and Environment. Sources of pollutants in air and water. Green house effect, ozone layer depletion, acid rain. Micrometeorology and dispersion of pollutants in environment. Measurement techniques of pollutant levels and their control strategies. Solid wastes, their hazards and their disposal techniques. Design and performance analysis of pollution control equipment. Fire and explosion hazards rating – HAZOP and HAZAN. Emergency planning, disaster management. Environmental legislations– water, air environment protection Acts. Forest (Conservation) Act.

(f) Process Engineering Economics : Fixed and working capital requirement for a process industry and estimation methods. Cost estimation and comparison of alternatives. Net present value by discounted cash flow. Pay back analysis. IRR, Depreciation, taxes and insurance. Break-even point analysis. Project scheduling- PERT and CPM. Profit and loss account, balance sheet and financial statement. Plant location and plant layout including piping.