JNTUK B.Tech Petroleum Refining & Petrochemical Plant Design gives you detail information of Petroleum Refining & Petrochemical Plant Design R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.
Learning objectives
- To learn the know-how for the design of equipment for the refining of petroleum and for the manufacture of petrochemical products.
- To understand the necessary information on planning and scheduling of the process.
- To get training for preparation of the flow sheet using computer aided drafting techniques. Gain the knowledge in the representation of various units using symbols; in preparing the work schedules, check lists, and the layout of the petroleum refinery/petrochemical plant.
- To get training in the estimation of the cost of the process, cost of the plant, maintenance of the overall plant equipment and the economic viability of the plant will be given.
- To learn the principles for the design of heat & mass transfer equipment, concepts on specification of the pumps for fluid transportation, piping design and its layout.
- To acquaint with the design of high temperature furnace equipment yielding high thermal efficiency.
- To learn the theoretical practical aspects for the design of various reactors used in petroleum refining and manufacturing of petrochemical products.
UNIT-I: Overview of plant design: General overall design considerations-Basic concepts of process design for petroleum refining and petrochemical plants- Property estimations- Data bases- Safety considerations – Environmental protection-Plant location-Plant operation & control.
UNIT-II: Process planning, scheduling and flow sheet design: Flow sheet development-Computer aided flow sheeting- The sequential modular simulation – Types of flow sheets – Computer aided flow sheet design/drafting- Flow sheet symbols- Working schedules – Information checklists- Systems units- Systems of designs pressures- Time planning and scheduling- Plant Layout – Cost estimation and Economic evaluation.
UNIT-III: Fluid flow equipment: Materials handling equipment & design basic concepts- Piping in fluid transports processes- Pumping of fluids- Compression and expansion of fluids- Flow measurements- Storage & containment of fluids- Transport of solids- Handling of solids.
UNIT-IV: Design of mass transfer equipment: Plate and packed distillation columns – Examples from petrochemical industry-Distillation columns in refining-Atmospheric and vacuum distillation column design. Design of equipment for extraction, absorption, stripping, adsorption, Drying and humidification.
UNIT-V: Design of Heat exchangers & Process Furnaces: Heat exchanger functions- Operating principle – Technological construction principles and circulation modes- Parameters Influencing exchanger performance- Critical points in selecting Heat exchanger type and technological design- Shell and tube heat exchangers- Compact non-tubular exchangers –Air-cooled exchangers- Furnace functions- Description of furnace- Different types of furnaces- Furnace thermal efficiency – Component parts of furnace- Designing a furnace.
UNIT-VI: Design of reactors: An introduction to reactors- Reactors used in refineries like steam cracking reactors, dimerization reactors, gas scrubbers, aliphatic alkylators, hydrogenates, catalytic reformers, catalytic crackers, and hydrotreaters.
Outcomes: After the course work, the students will be able to
- Do preliminary processes design of the heat, mass, fluid handling and reaction equipment involved in petroleum refining, petrochemical and other process industries.
- Prepare technical feasibility and economic viability reports.
Text Books
- Petroleum Refining: Materials and Equipment, P. Trambouze, Editions Technip, 2000.
- Applied Process Design for Chemical & Petro Chemical Plants, E.E Ludwizg, Vol-1,2 & 3, Gulf professional publishing , 3rd Edition , Elsevier,2001.
- Plant Design & Economics for Chemical Engineers, Max Peters, Klaus D. Timmerhaus, Ronald West, 5th Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2011.
Reference Books
- Chemical Engineering Design, R.Sinnot and Gavin Towler, 5th Edition, Butterworth- Heinmann, 2009.
- Chemical Process Equipment Selection & Design, J.R. Couper, W.R.Penny, J.R. Fair, & S. M. Walas, Revised 2ndEdition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2010.
- Introduction to Process Engineering and Design, S.B.Thakore and B.I.Bhatt, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2007.
- Chemical Processing Engineering: Design & Economics, H.Silla, Marcel Dekkar,Inc., 2003.
- A Guide to Chemical Engineering Process Design & Economics, Gael D.Ulrich, Process Publishing, 1984.
- Process Engineering and Design Using Visual Basic, ArunDatta, CRC Press, 2008.
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