CH3005: Petrochemical Technology syllabus for CE 2021 regulation (Professional Elective-I)

Petrochemical Technology detailed syllabus for Chemical Engineering (CE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the CE 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 Chemical Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to CE Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of petrochemical technology is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Unit I

PETROCHEMICALS EVOLUTION 9
Petrochemical Industries and their feedstock selection .History, Economics, Growth of petrochemical industry.-structure of Petrochemical complexes- Classification of petrochemicals- Basic building processes- Integration with refinery-flow scheme

Unit II

INTERMEDIATES FOR PETROCHEMICALS INDUSTRIES 9
Production Methods – Reforming and cracking of feed stocks; Sources: Chemicals from synthesis gas, olefins and aromatics-Ethylene, Propylene, C4hydrocarbons, higher olefins, Benzene, Toluene, Xylene and their derivatives

Unit III

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Unit IV

POLYMERS 9
Polymers production: Fibers, Rubbers and Plastics. Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polyethylene-LDPE, HDPE, Polypropylene, PVC, PS, SAN, SBR, PAN, Nylon and Polycarbonates.

Unit V

GLOBAL CHEMICALS 9
Petrochemicals-Lubricants, additives, adhesives, agrochemicals, cosmetics raw materials, electronic chemicals, detergents, paint, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, Fertilizers-Ammonia, Urea, NPK etc.

Course Outcomes:

On completion of the course, the students will be able to

1. able to understand the basic knowledge on petrochemical industry and their growth, history.
2. understand the different methods of production in petrochemical products and their derivatives.
3. gather knowledge on the production of complex petrochemical products
4. able to understand the petrochemical industries and its application with production techniques in polymers.
5. to understand the application of petrochemicals in all process fields

Text Books:

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Reference Books:

1. BrownsteinA.M.’TrendsinPetrochemicalTechnology’,Petroleum Publishing Company, 1976.
2. G.MargaretWells,’HandbookofPetrochemicalsandProcesses’2nd Revised Edition, Gower Publishing Company.
3. Groogins, “Unit Process in Organic Synthesis”, McGraw Hill Book Company, New York
4. Robert A. Meyers, “Handbook of Petrochemicals Production Processes”, McGraw-Hill Education: New York, 2 nd edition, 2019 (ISBN: 9781259643132)
5. L.F. Hatc and MatarSarri, “From Hydrocarbons to Petrochemicals”, Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, London
6. A.L. Waddams, “Chemicals from Petroleum”, Gulf Publishing Company, London, 4th edition, 1980

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