Chemical Plant Utilities and Safety detail syllabus for Chemical Engineering (CHE), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17CH831), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
For all other che 8th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit CHE 8th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. For all other Professional Elective-V subjects do refer to Professional Elective-V. The detail syllabus for chemical plant utilities and safety is as follows.
Course Objectives:
The students will
- Understand various utilities required for a process industry.
- Analyze the safety factors in a typical process unit.
- Be able to select different safety devices required.
Module 1
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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 systempiping 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
Steam and Power: Steam generation in chemical plants. Types of boilers and waste heat boilers. Fuels-types, emissions and global warming, green fuels. Calorific value. Proximate and ultimate analysis. HHV, LHV and related calculations. Cogeneration power plants. CHPs and Boiler performance. Related calculations. Economy of steam generation with different fuels, related calculation. Steam storage and handling-piping and accessories. Boiler performance. Economy of steam generation with different fuels, related calculation. Steam storage and handling-piping and accessories.
Module 4
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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:
After studying this course, students will be able to:
- Summarize various utilities in process industries.
- Decide the safety aspects in a chemical industry.
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.
Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):
- Critical thinking
- Problem solving
- Use of modern tools
- Life – long learning
Text Books:
- Thermal Engineering, B.K. Sarkar, Tata Mc Graw Hill, 8thReprint, 1998.
- Water and Waste water engineering- Vol 2, Gordon M Fair, John C. Geyer and Daniel A Okun, Jhon Hutey, 1996.
Reference Books:
- Chemical Engineers Handbook, Perry, 8th edn, 2007.
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Che, 2017 regulation do visit Chemical Engineering 8th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.
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