Chemical Technology-I 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 | 15CH35 | 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: The students will
- Understand industrial scale operations and processes employed at inorganic chemical industries.
- Be exposed to various types of reactions and reactor types involved.
- Understand various types of engineering problems encountered at these industries.
- Be exposed to National importance and major plant locations of these industries.
- Understand safety and environmental concerns of these industries.
Note: Unit processes and unit operations involved, main/side reactions, raw materials / utility required, material and energy balances, flow sheet of the process, equipment used, major and minor engineering problems, uses, examples of such industries in India, reasons for their locations of the above industries are to be discussed.
| Content | Contact Hours | Blooms Taxonomy |
|---|---|---|
| Module -1 | _ | |
| Water and Air : Water: Introduction, sources of water , impurities in water, soft water-hard water, causes of hardness, disadvantages of hard water, measurement of hardness, methods of softening of water, drinking water, purification of water, treatment of boiler feed water. Air: Introduction, constituents, compressed air, blower air, fan air, types of compressors, instrumental air. | 10 Hours | L-1, L-2, L- 3 |
| Module -2 | _ | |
| 10 Hours | L-1, L-2, L- 3 | |
| Module -3 | _ | |
| Chlor-alkali and Cement industries: Alkali industries: Sodium chloride, Soda ash, Caustic soda, Chlorine, Bleaching powder. Cement industries: Classification, manufacture, reactions, flow diagrams, major and minor engineering problems, applications. | 10 Hours | L-1, L-2, L- 3 |
| Module -4 | _ | |
| Inorganic Fertilizers: Ammonia, urea, ammonium phosphate, ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulphate, DAP, Potash fertilizers, phosphorous pentoxide, phosphatic fertilizers, super phosphate and triple super phosphate. | 10 Hours | L-1, L-2, L- 3 |
| Module -5 | _ | |
| Miscellaneous Industries: Paints, pigments, varnishes, enamel, lacquers, hydrogen peroxide, silicon carbide, glass. | 10 Hours | L-1, L-2, L- 3 |
COURSE OUTCOME: At the end of the course, students are expected to
- Understand the industrial activities at different inorganic industries.
- Know the major and minor engineering problems in different industries.
- Importance of these industries in National economy.
- Understand the safety practices in these industries.
GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES:
- Problem analysis.
- Design/development of solutions.
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.
TEXT BOOKS:
- Chemical Process Industries, Shreve’s, 4th Edition, McGraw Hill.
- Dryden – Outlines of Chemical Technology for 21st Century, Gopal Rao & Marshall Sittig, 3rd Edition. EWP.
- Unit Processes in Organic Chemical Industries, Desikan and Sivakumar (Eds.), CEDC, IITM, 1982.
REFERENCE BOOK:
- Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Kirk and Othmer, 27 volume set, 5th Edition, Wiley, 2004.Proce
For all other BE/B.Tech 3rd Sem Subject syllabus do follow VTU 3rd Sem BE / B.Tech Syllabus CBCS (2015-16) Scheme for Chemical Engineering Group.
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