Economics and Plant Design detail syllabus for Biotechnology (BT), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17BT654), 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 bt 6th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit BT 6th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. For all other Professional Elective-2 subjects do refer to Professional Elective-2. The detail syllabus for economics and plant design is as follows.
Course Objectives:
This course will enable students to
- To understand the basic concepts of flow sheeting, material and energy balances and process development.
- To understand the factors necessary for feasibility of the process,
- To estimate capital investment, total product costs, depreciation, cash flows, and profitability,
- Analyze capital investment based on cash flows and breakeven chart.
Module 1
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Module 2
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, MANUFACTURING COSTS AND PLANT OVERHEADS: Factors involved in project cost estimation, Fixed capital investments including land, building, equipment and utilities, installation costs, workingcapital investments. Manufacturing Costs: Direct Production costs, fixed charges. Plant Overheads: Administration, safety and other auxiliary services, payroll overheads, warehouse and storage facilities etc.
Module 3
COST ANALYSIS: Methods employed for the estimation of the capital investment. Estimation of working capital.
Module 4
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Module 5
PROFITABILITY ANALYSISAND TIME VALUE OF MONEY: Methods for the evaluation of profitability. Return on original investment, interest rate of return, accounting for uncertainty and variations and future developments. Replacement and Alternative Investments. Opportunity costs. Time value of money and equivalence. Conceptual numericals.
Course Outcomes:
After studying this course, students will be able to:
- Understand concepts of process design and project management
- Understand the factors of general design considerations
- Synthesize feasible and optimum flow-sheet
- Estimation of capital investment, total product costs, and profitability.
Reference Books:
- Rudd and Watson, Strategy of Process Engineering, Wiley.
- Bioprocess Engineering by Shule and Kargi Prentice Hall.
- Bioprocess Engineering Principles by Pauline M. Doran, Academic Press.
- Chemical Engineering Vol. VI – An introduction to Chemical Engineering Design by Coulson J.M. and Richardson, J.F Pergamon Press.
- Process Equipment Design by Joshi M.V, MacMillan India Ltd.
- Plant Process Simulation by B V Babu, Oxford University Press.
Text Books:
- Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers by Peters and Timmerhaus, McGraw Hill.
- Process Plant Design by Frank Peter Helmus, Wiley-VCH.
- Process Plant Design by J.R Backhurst by and J. H Harker, Heieman Educational Books.
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Biotech, 2017 regulation do visit Biotech 6th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.
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