JNTUK B.Tech Bioprocess Economics and Plant Design gives you detail information of Bioprocess Economics and Plant Design R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.
UNIT I: PROCESS DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
Technical feasibility survey, process development, flow diagrams, equipment design and specifications.
LO: To state the process development and equipment design.
LA: Assessment by analyzing the process design development.
UNIT II: GENERAL DESIGN CONSIDERATION
Marketability of the product, availability of technology, raw materials, equipment’s, human resources, land and utilities, site characteristics, waste disposal, government, regulations and other legal restrictions, community factors and other factors affecting investment and production costs.
LO: To study the government regulations and the factors effecting the marketability of the product.
LA: Assessment on various case studies and general design consideration.
UNIT III: COST ESTIMATION
Capital investments- fixed capital investments including land, building, equipment’s and utilities, installation costs (including equipment’s, instrumentation, piping, electrical installation and other utilities), working capital investments. Manufacturing costs-Direct Production costs (including raw materials, human resources, maintenance and repair, operating supplies, power and other utilities, royalties etc.), fixed charges (including depreciation, taxes, insurance, rental costs etc.), Administration, safety and other auxiliary services, payroll overheads, warehouse and storage facilities etc.
LO: To estimate various cost effecting parameters.
LA: Assessment by analysis on case studies.
UNIT IV: PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS
Profitability Analysis- returns on original investment, interest rate of return, accounting for uncertainty and variations and future developments.
LO: To understand the analysis of profitability and accounting.
LA: Assessment by implementing these strategies for product development.
UNIT V: OPTIMIZATION
Optimization techniques – Linear and Dynamic programming, Optimization strategies.
LO: To demonstrate optimization techniques and various strategies.
LA: Assessment by analyzing the programming and strategies of optimization.
UNIT VI: PATENTS, IPR AND IPP
Patent concept and its composition and protection of right and their limitation and IPR (Intellectual property rights). Intellectual property protection.
LO: To illustrate the various patent concepts and their limitations.
LA: Assessment by implementing the concepts and various other protection rights.
TEXT BOOKS
- Peters and Timmerhkus, Plant design and Economics for Chemical Engineers, 5th Edition, McGraw Hill, 2003.
- Rudd and Watson, Strategy of Process Engineering, Wiley. 1987
REFERENCE
- Ganguli, Gearing Up For Patents, The Indian Scenario, Universities Press, 2001.
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