Process Engineering and Plant Design detail syllabus for Petroleum Engineering (Petro), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17PC742), 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 petro 7th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Petro 7th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. For all other Professional Elective-III subjects do refer to Professional Elective-III. The detail syllabus for process engineering and plant design is as follows.
Course Objectives:
Students will learn the design considerations; software’s used in process design, design strategy and optimization.
Module 1
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Module 2
Flow sheet synthesis and Development – General procedure, Process information, Input/output structure, Function diagram, Operation diagram, Process flow sheet, Algorithmic flow sheet generation. Software Use in Process design – Software structure, capabilities, process design, selection and software use.
Module 3
Analysis and Cost estimation – Cash flow for industrial operation, Factors affecting investment and production cost, Capital investment, Estimation and Indexes. Material and Fabrication selecting – Factors Contributing to corrosion, Properties of materials, Tabulating data for selecting materials of construction, selection of materials, Fabrication of equipment.
Module 4
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Module 5
Material handling equipment design cost – Basic concept of fluid transport, piping fluid transport processes, Pumping of fluids, Compression and expansion of fluids, Agitation and mixing of fluids, Flow measurement of fluids, Storage and containment of fluids, Transport of solids, Handling of solids.
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to understand the: Process design development, Flow sheet synthesis and Development, Analysis and Cost estimation, Material and Fabrication selecting, Optimum design and Design Strategy, Material handling equipment design cost.
Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):
- Engineering Knowledge
- Problem Analysis
- Design/development of solutions (Partly)
- Interpretation of data.
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:
- Rudd D.F and Watson C.C, Strategy of Process Engineering, John Wiley and Sons.
- Kumar Anil, Chemical process synthesis and engineering design, Tata McGraw Hill New Delhi.
Reference Books:
- Max S Peters, Klaus D T and Ronald E W, Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers, 5 edition 2011, McGraw Hill Education Pvt Limited. New Delhi.
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Petro, 2017 regulation do visit Petro 7th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.
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