Process Calculations detailed syllabus for Petroleum Engineering (PE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the PE 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 3rd Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit PE 3rd Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of process calculations is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
Base and derived Units – Composition of Mixture and solutions – calculations of pressure, volume and temperature using ideal gas law. Use of partial pressure and pure component volume in gas calculations, applications of real gas relationship in gas calculation.
Unit II
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Unit III
Calculation of absolute humidity, molal humidity, relative humidity and percentage humidity – Use of humidity in condensation and drying – Humidity chart, dew point.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Determination of Composition by Orsat analysis of products of combustion of solid, liquid and gas fuels – Calculation of excess air from orsat technique, problems on sulphur and sulphur burning compounds – Application of Process simulators in energy and material balance problems.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Himmelblau, D.M., Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering, EEE Sixth Edition, Prentice Hall Inc., 2003
- Felder, R. M. and Rousseau, R. W., Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes,3rd Edn., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2000.
- Bhatt, B.L., Vora, S.M., Stoichiometry , 4th Edition,Tata McGraw-Hill (2004)
Reference Books:
- Hougen O A, Watson K M and Ragatz R A, Chemical process principles Part I, CBS publishers (1973).
- Venkatramani. V, Anatharaman. N and Meera Shariffa Begam Process Calculations Printice Hall of India, New Delhi,
- K.V.Narayanan, B.Lakshmipathy,Stoichiometry and Process Calculation, PHI Learning Ltd.(2013).
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