Fluidization Engineering detailed syllabus for Petrochemical Engineering (PCE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the PCE 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 Petrochemical Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit PCE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to PCE Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of fluidization engineering is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
BASICS OF FLUIDIZATION 9
Packed bed – Velocity – Pressure drop relations – Correlations of Ergun, Kozney karman – On set of fluidization – Properties of fluidized beds – Development of fluidization from fixed bed.
Unit II
FLUIDIZED BED TYPES 9
Minimum fluidization conditions – Expanded bed – Elutriation – Moving solids and dilute phase -spouted bed.
Unit III
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Unit IV
HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER IN FLUIDIZED BEDS 9
Heat and mass transfer in fluidized bed systems – Industrial applications and case studies of fluidized bed systems.
Unit V
OTHER TYPES OF FLUIDIZATION 9
Single stage and multistage fluidization – Collection of fines – Use of cyclones.
Course Outcomes:
- Understand the basics and governing equations of fluidization
- Understand the fluidization conditions/behaviours as well as types of fluidization
- :Analyse and apply design concepts for designing the fluidization systems.
- Understand heat and mass transfer concepts & case studies in fluidization.
- Understand the various accessories used & stages of fluidization.
- knowledge on industrial applications of fluidization systems.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Rowe and Davidson, “Fluidization”, Academic Press ,1971.
- Leva, M., “Fluidization”, McGraw Hill Book Co, 1959.
- Wen-Ching Yang., “Handbook of Fluidization and Fluid-Particle Systems”, Marcel Dekker Inc, 2003.
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