Chemical Plant Utilities and Safety detailed Syllabus for Chemical Engineering (CH), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information, visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all the other VTU CH 6th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, visit Chemical Engineering 6th Sem 2018 Scheme.
For all the (Professional Elective-1) subjects refer to Professional Elective-1 Scheme. The detail syllabus for chemical plant utilities and safety is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Module 1
Introduction: Different utilities. Role of utilities in process plant operations and criteria for selection and estimation of suitable utilities. Water: Water resources. Process water, Cooling water, drinking water and boiler feed water Quality Standards. Water treatment processes for drinking, process and boiler feed. Storage and handling of water. Types and selection of pumps, piping and accessories. Water pretreatment.
Module 2
Air: Compressed air, blower air, fan air. Types of compressor and vacuum pumps and selection. Power requirements, performance and related calculations. Booster and receivers. Quality of compressed air for instruments and processes. Compressed air distribution system- piping and accessories. Air-water vapor system: humidification/ dehumidification and evaporative cooling-related calculations. Insulation: Insulation Materials & Selection- Economics of insulation. Insulating factors. Properties & Classification.
Module 3
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Module 4
Refrigeration: Different refrigeration systems and their characteristics. Air-conditioning systems. Coefficient of performance. Power requirements and refrigeration effect- related calculations for each type of refrigeration system. Refrigerant properties and selection. Some commonly used refrigerants and secondary refrigerants. Cold insulation and cryogenic insulation.
Module 5
Process Safety: Intrinsic & Extrinsic Safety. The Hazards- Toxicity, Flammability, Fire, Explosions. Sources of ignition, Pressure. Hazard and risk assessment methods. MSDS. Safety Devices: Pressure relief valves. Rupture discs. Blow down systems. Flare systems. Flame arrestors. Deflagration arrestors and explosion suppression. Personal safety devices. Process Safety Analysis: HAZAN and HAZOP comparison. Risk analysis and estimation. Safety check list. Computer based quantitative risk analysis.
Course Outcomes:
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Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten questions.
- Each full Question consisting of 20 marks
- There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Thermal Engineering, B.K. Sarkar, Tata Mc Graw Hill, 8th Reprint, 1998.
- Water and Waste water engineering- Vol 2, Gordon M Fair, John C. Geyer and Daniel A Okun, Jhon Hutey, 1996.
Reference Books:
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