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B.E. (Chemical Engineering)

CH 704 Chemical Engineering Economics and Project Engineering

Sr. No.	Subject	Teaching Scheme (Hrs.)			Exam Scheme (Marks)
		Lect	Tut	Pract	Theory 3 Hrs.	Sessional	T/W	Prac / Oral	Total
CH-704	Chemical Engineering Economics and Project Engineering	3	-	-	100	50	-	-	150

1. Introduction: Basic considerations in chemical engineering plant design, project identification, preliminary techno-economic feasibility.

2. Process design aspects: Selection of process-factors affecting process selection. Importance of Laboratory development pilot plant, scale up methods, safety factors, types of flow diagrams.

3. Selection of process equipments: Standard versus special equipment-material of construction for process equipments, selection criteria, and specification sheets.

4. Process auxiliaries: Piping design, layout, and supports for piping insulations. Pipe fittings, types of valves, selection of valves, process control and instrumentation control system design.

5. Process utilities: Process water, boiler feed water, water treatment, waste treatment and disposal, disposal, steam, oil heating system, chilling plant, compressed air and vacuum.

6. Plant location and layout: Factors affecting plant location, factors in planning layouts, principles of plant layout, use of scale models.

7. Cost estimation: Factors involved in project cost estimation - Total capital investment, Fixed capital and working capital, types and methods for estimation of total capital investment, Estimation of equipment cost production, factors.

8. Estimation of total product, cost: Factors involved in project cost of production, factors affecting investment and production costs.

9. Depreciation: Types and methods of determining depreciation, evaluation of depreciation methods.

10. Profitability, alternative investments and replacement: Methods for profitability evaluation, Practical factors in alternative investment and replacement studies.

11. Economic considerations in process and equipment design: Inventory control scheduling a project using CPM/PERT methods, project management.

12. Optimum design: General production rates in plant operation, optimum conditions, optimum production rates in plant operation, optimum conditions in cyclic operations.

Text Books:

1. M.S. Peters and Timmerhaus, “Plant design and Economics for Chemical Engineers”, McGraw Hill 3rd Edition

2. F.C. Vibrandt and C.E. Dryden, “Chemical Engineering Plant Design”, McGraw Hill Fifth Edition

Industrial Engineering and Management by O. P. Khanna