Chemical Process Calculations Syllabus for VTU BE/B.Tech Chemical Engineering third sem complete syllabus covered here. This will help you understand complete curriculum along with details such as exam marks and duration. The details are as follows.
| Subject Code | 15CH33 | IA Marks | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Lecture Hours/Week | 04 | Exam Marks | 80 |
| Total Number of Lecture Hours | 50 | Exam Hours | 3 |
CREDITS – 04
Course Objectives: This course will enable students to;
- Learn basic laws about the behavior of gases, liquids and solids and some basic mathematical tools.
- Understand systematic problem solving skills, enhance confidence, and generate careful work habits.
- Learn what material balances are, how to formulate and apply them, how to solve them.
- Learn what energy balances are, and how to apply them and finally, to learn how to deal with the complexity of big problems
| Content | Contact Hours | Blooms Taxonomy |
|---|---|---|
| Module -1 | _ | |
| UNITS AND DIMENSIONS: Fundamental and derived units, Conversion, Dimensional consistency of equations, conversions of equations. BASIC CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS: Concept of mole, mole fraction, Compositions of mixtures of solids, liquids and gases, Concept of Normality, Molarity, Molality, ppm, Use of semi-log, log-log, triangular graphs, Ideal gas law calculations. | 10 Hours | L-1, L-2. |
| Module -2 | _ | |
| 10 Hours | L-2, L3. | |
| Module -3 | _ | |
| MATERIAL BALANCE WITHOUT REACTION: Drying, mixing and evaporation, Elementary treatment of material balances involving bypass, recycle and purging, Psychrometry, Humidification and dehumidification. | 10 Hours | L-2, L3. |
| Module -4 | _ | |
| STEADY STATE MATERIAL BALANCE WITH REACTION: Principles of Stoichiometry, Concept of limiting, excess reactants and inerts, fractional and percentage conversion, fractional yield and percentage yield, selectivity, related problems. | 10 Hours | L-2, L3. |
| Module -5 | _ | |
| ENERGY BALANCE: General steady state energy balance equation, Heat capacity, Enthalpy, Heat of formation, Heat of reaction, Heat of combustion and Calorific values. Heat of solution, Heat of mixing, Heat of crystallization, determination of ΔHR at standard and elevated temperatures, Theoretical flame temperature and adiabatic flame temperature. | 10 Hours | L-2, L3. |
COURSE OUTCOMES: On completion of this course the student will have
- Clear idea of various types of unit systems and they will be able to convert units from one form of the unit to other.
- Sound strategy for solving material and energy balance problems.
- Adopt the tools learned from the course from the numerical problems which contain more than two unit operations.
- Develop mathematical relations for mass balance and energy balances for any processes.
GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES:
- Design and Development of Solutions.
- Problem Analysis
- Computational Knowledge.
QUESTION PAPER PATTERN:
- The question paper will have ten questions. Each full is for 16 marks. There will be two 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 five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
NOTE: QUESTION PAPER TO CONTAIN AT LEAST 30% THEORY
TEXT BOOKS:
- Bhatt B.I. and Vora S.M., “Stoichiometry (SI Units)”, Third edition, 1996, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Ltd., New Delhi, 1996
- Hougen O.A., Watson K.M. and Ragatz R.A., “Chemical Process Principles – Part I”
- “Material and Energy balances”, Second edition, CBS publishers and distributors, New Delhi, 1995
REFERENCE BOOK:
- Himmelblau D.M., “Basic principle and Calculations in Chemical Engineering”, 6th edn, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi,1997
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