Fluids and Solid Operations Laboratory detailed syllabus for Petroleum Engineering & Technology (PET) for 2019 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the PET students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Petroleum Engineering & Technology 3rd Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit PET 3rd Sem 2019 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of fluids and solid operations laboratory is as follows.
Course Objective:
The course is aimed to
- To learn experimentally to calibrate flow meters
- To find pressure loss for fluid flow in pipes
- To determine pump characteristics.
- To learn about fluidization
- To develop a sound working knowledge on different types of crushing equipments and separation characteristics of different mechanical operation separators.
List of Experiments Phase – I
- Calibration of constant and variable head meters
- Open drum orifice and draining time
- Flow through straight pipe
- Flow through annular pipe
- Flow through helical coil and spiral coil
- Characteristic curves of pumps
- Pressure drop studies in packed column
Equipment Required:
- Venturi meter
- Orifice meter
- Rotameter
- Weir
- Open drum with orifice
- Pipes and fittings
- Helical and spiral coils
- Centrifugal pump
- Packed column
- Fluidized bed
List of Experiments Phase – II
- Sieve analysis
- Batch filtration studies using a Leaf filter
- Batch filtration studies using a Plate and Frame Filter press
- Characteristics of batch Sedimentation
- Reduction ratio in Jaw Crusher
- Reduction ratio in Ball mill
- Separation characteristics of Cyclone separator
- Reduction ratio of Roll Crusher
Course Outcome:
On completion of the course students are expected to
- Use variable area flow meters and variable head flow meters
- Analyze the flow of fluids through closed conduits, open channels and flow past immersed bodies Select pumps for the transportation of fluids based on process conditions/requirements and fluid properties.
- Determine work index, average particle size through experiments by crushers, ball mill and conducting sieve analysis.
- Design size separation equipment such as cyclone separator, sedimentation, Filters etc.
- Able to study the flow through fluidized bed.
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Petroleum Engineering & Technology, 2019 regulation curriculum do visit PET 3rd Sem subject syllabuses for 2019 regulation.
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