Process Plant Utilities 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 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to CE Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of process plant utilities is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
BASIC UTILITIES 9
Air (Industrial Service and Instrument), Cold Box air Liquification Plant, Nitrogen, Inert gas generation; Water (Potable, Service, Utility, Cooling Boiler Feed water, DM water, Desal water, RO permeate, etc.); Steam (High Pressure, Medium, Low and Very Low-pressure system), Condensate Polishing, Hot oil system, Thermic fluids for energy supply to Process equipment. Associated control equipment to monitor and prevent Water Pollution, Air Pollution control equipment, Solid waste storage area as per Waste management Rules. Also, discuss about the need to control slop generation in chemical industries. Case Studies – From Industries on operations & maintenance aspects viz. Trouble shooting, Efficiency / Effectiveness tracking, Debottlenecking, Design tips, Safety & Environmental Incidents, etc.
Unit II
POWER GENERATION & DISTRIBUTION 9
Power Generation & Distribution: Gas turbines (types of fuel Vs operational reliability), Open and closed cycle, Steam Turbine generators, Power Recovery Turbo generators, IC Engines Power Generators, Renewables Power – Solar, Wind, Waves, Geo thermal, Biomass, Fuel Gas / Fuel Oil network, Impacts of utility failures (partial and or full).Case Studies – From Industries on operations & maintenance aspects viz. Trouble shooting, Efficiency / Effectiveness tracking, Debottlenecking, Design tips, Safety & Environmental Incidents, etc.
Unit III
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Unit IV
GAS PROCESSING 9
LNG/ CNG, Refinery Gas Treating, Sour Gas Processing, Amine Absorption and Regeneration Processes, Sulphur Recovery & Removal, Gas dehydration & Dew pointing. Case Studies – From Industries on operations & maintenance aspects viz. Trouble shooting, Efficiency / Effectiveness tracking, Debottlenecking, Design tips, Safety & Environmental Incidents, etc.
Unit V
COOLING WATER SYSTEM 9
Cooling water System: Cooling towers (CT), Wet and Dry Bulb and its relation to CT performance, Induced Vs Natural Draft CT, COC (Cycle of Concentration), Minimize / eliminate drift loss, CW network, assessment of cooling effectiveness in multiple parallel exchangers with availability of combined flow. Case Studies – From Industries on operations & maintenance aspects viz. Trouble shooting, Efficiency / Effectiveness tracking, Debottlenecking, Design tips, Safety & Environmental Incidents, etc.
Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course, the students will be able to
- gain knowledge in the importance of process plant utilities
- Understand the Requisites of Industrial Water and treatment methodologies
- be familiar on various types of steam generators and boiler corrosion
- Understand the concept of refrigeration used in industries
- Learn the classification of compressors and humidification equipments
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- A Working Guide to Process Equipment – Norman Lieberman, Elizabeth Lieberman
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