Process Equipment Design detailed syllabus for Petrochemical Technology (PCT) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the PCT 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 Technology 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit PCT 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of process equipment design is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
HEAT EXCHANGER DESIGN 9
Design of double pipe heat exchangers, Heat exchanger types and its selection – shell and tube heat exchangers and Condensers – Effectiveness – NTU method of heat exchanger analysis. Design of cooling towers.
Unit II
DESIGN OF AUXILIARY EQUIPEMENTS 9
Design of Reboilers and Condenser, Cooling towers.
Unit III
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Unit IV
COLUMN DESIGN 9
Design of distillation columns, Absorption columns, Extraction column, and Adsorption columns.
Unit V
PUMPS, FANS AND COMPRESSORS 9
Pumps, fans and compressors – Types and its applications – Selection criteria – Characteristics -NPSHR and NPSHA – Power rating calculations based on process duty – Performance analysis of pumps, fans and compressors – Pump Cavitation. Surge problem in compressors.
Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, the students will be able to
- Remembering knowledge on thermal equipments design and specifications.
- Understanding the skill in thermal design of heat transfer equipment like shell and tube, Double pipe heat Exchangers and evaporators, and assessing thermal efficiency of the above equipment in practice.
- Demonstrate the skills in basic design and drawing of different dryers, cooling towers and adsorption columns.
- Apply the concepts involved in phase separation and design of distillation, Extraction and absorption columns.
- Evaluating auxiliary equipments pumps, fan, compressor and optimizing sizes, materials, and capital and operating costs of equipment commonly used in the chemical processing industries.
- Design the essential elements of a chemical engineering process (equipment sizes, material & energy balances, economics, environmental, safety)
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Coulson, M. and Richardson, J.F., “Chemical Engineering”, Vol.6, 3rd Edition, Pergamon Press, 1987.
- Robert H. Perry and Don W. Green, “Perry’s Chemical Engineer’s Hand Book”, 7th Edition, McGraw Hill – International, 1997. 3. Van Winkle, “Distillation Operations”, McGraw Hill Publications, 1987.
- D. Q. Kern, “Process Heat Transfer”, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co., New Delhi, 1990.
- Baranan, C.R., “Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers”, Gulf Publishing Co,Texas, 1996.
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Petrochemical Technology, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit PCT 7th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Petrochemical Technology results, visit Anna University PCT all semester results direct link.