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 relationships 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. eriteria for chemical
reaction equilibrium, equilibrium constant and equillibrium 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 perofrmance equations. Temperature effects and run-away reactions.
Heterogeneous reactions - catalytic 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. Effectiveness
factor. Isothermal and non-isothermal reactors and reactor stability
. Section B
(d) Chemical Technology
Natural organic products - Wood and wood-based chemicals, pulp and
paper, Agro industries - sugar, Edible oils extraction (including tree based
seeds), Soaps and detergents. Essential oils - Biomass gasification (including
biogas). Coal and coal chemical. Petroleium and Natural gas-Petroleum refining
(Atomospheric distillation/cracking/reforming) - Petrochemical industries –
Polyethylenes (LDPE/HDPE/LLDPE), Polyvinyl Chloride, Polystyrene. Ammonia
manufacture. Cement and lime industries. Paints and varnishes. Glass and
ceremics. 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. reak-even point analysis.
Project scheduling - PERT and CPM. Profit and loss account, balance sheet and
financial statement. Plant location and plant layout including piping.
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