Chemical Process Calculations Detailed Syllabus for B.Tech second year first sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Chemical Process Calculations B.Tech 2016-2017 (R16) second year first sem is as follows.
B.Tech. II Year I Sem. L/T/P/C
Course Code: PE304ES 4/1/0/4
Prerequisites: Engineering Mathematics, Engineering Physics, Engineering Chemistry
Course Objective:
To introduce calculations for both material and energy balances for different industrial processes. It is prerequisite for several other courses in the curriculum, including courses like process dynamics, heat transfer and thermodynamics.
Course Outcome:
The student would be in a position to have knowledge of chemical engineering calculations, which is a pre-requisite for several other courses in the syllabus.
UNIT-I Stoichiometric & Composition relations: Stoichiometric relation, basis of calculations, methods of expressing compositions of mixtures and solutions, density and specific gravity, Baume and API gravity scales. Behavior of Ideal gases: Kinetic theory of gases, application of ideal gas law, gaseous mixtures, gases in chemical reactions.
UNIT-II Vapour pressure: Liquefaction and liquid state, vaporization, boiling point, effect of temperature on vapour pressure, Antoine equation, vapour pressure plots, estimation of critical properties, vapour pressure of immiscible liquids and ideal solutions, Raoult’s law, Non volatile solutes. Humidity and Saturation: Partial saturation, Humidity- Absolute Humidity, Vaporization process, Molal humidity, Relative and percentage saturation, dew point, humid heat, wet bulb and dry bulb temperatures, use of humidity charts, adiabatic vaporization.
UNIT-III Material balances: Tie substance, Yield, conversion, limiting reactant, excess reactant, processes involving reactions, Material balances with the help of Stoichiometric equations, Material balances involving drying, dissolution, & crystallization. Material balance calculations for processes involving recycle, bypass and purge.
TEXT BOOK:
- Chemical process principles, Part -I, Material and Energy Balance, Hougen O A, Watson K.M. and Ragatz R.A. 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1963.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
- Basic principles and calculations in chemical engineering by D.H. Himmelblau, 7th Ed. PHI, 2013
- Stoichiometry by B.I. Bhatt and S.M. Vora (3rd Ed.) Tata McGraw Hill publishing company, Ltd. New Delhi (1996)
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