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B.E. (Chemical Engineering)

CH 703 Elective - I

Sr. No.	Subject	Teaching Scheme (Hrs.)			Exam Scheme (Marks)
		Lect	Tut	Pract	Theory 3 Hrs.	Sessional	T/W	Pract	Total
CH-703	Elective - I	3	-	4	100	50	25	50	225

Elective – I A : Computer Aided Design & Chemeinformatics

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN

DETAILED PROCESS SYNTHESIS - ALGORITHMIC METHODS.

The Design Process- Design Opportunities, Steps in Product Process Design, Environmental Protection, Safety Considerations, Engineering Ethics, Role of Computers.

Reactor Design and Reactor Network Synthesis- Objectives, Reactor Models, Reactor Design for Complex Configurations, Reactor Network Design Using the Attainable Region.

Synthesis of Separation Trains-Objectives, Criteria for Selection of Separation Methods, Selection of Equipment, Sequencing of Ordinary Distillation for the Separation of Nearly Ideal Fluid Mixtures, Sequencing of Operations for the Separation of Non-ideal Fluid Mixtures, Separation Systems for Gas Mixtures, Separation Sequencing for Solid-Fluid Systems.

Reactor-Separator-Recycle Networks: Objectives, Locating the Separation Section with Respect to the Reactor Section, Tradeoffs in Processes Involving Recycle, Optimal Reactor Conversion, Recycle to Extinction, Snowball Effects in the Control of Processes Involving recycle.

Heat and Power Integration-Objectives, Minimum Utility Targets, Networks for Maximum Energy Recovery, Minimum Number of Heat Exchangers, Threshold Approach Temperature, Optimum Approach Temperature, Superstructures for Minimization of Annual Costs, Multiple Utilities, Heat-integrated Distillation Trains, Heat Engines and Heat Pumps.

Mass Integration- Objectives, Minimum Mass Separating Agent, Mass Exchange Networks for Minimum External MSA, Minimum Number of Mass Exchangers.

Optimal Design and Scheduling of Batch Processes-Objectives, Introduction, Design of Batch Process Units, Design of Reactor-separator Processes, Design of Single Product Processing Sequences, Design of Multi-Product Processing Sequencing.

DETAILED DESIGN, EQUIPMENT SIZING,AND OPTIMIZATION - CONFIGURED PRODUCT DESIGN.

Heat Exchanger Design- Heat Transfer Coefficients and Pressure Drop, Design of Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers.

Multistage and Packed Tower Design- Operating Conditions, Fenske-Underwood-Gilliland (FUG) Shortcut Method for Ordinary Distillation, Kremer Shortcut Method for Absorption and Stripping, Rigorous Multi-component, Multi-Equilibrium-Stage Methods with a Simulator.

Pumps, Compressors, and Expanders-Objectives, Pumps, Compressors and Expanders

Optimization of Process Flow sheets-Flow sheet Optimization - Case Studies.

CHEMINFORMATICS

Software and Calculations, Basic Statistical Concepts, Excel for Chemometrics, Matlab for Chemometrics.

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN- Introduction, Basic Principles, Factorial Designs, Central Composite or Response Surface Designs, Mixture Designs, Simplex Optimization.

SIGNAL PROCESSING- Sequential Signals in Chemistry, Filters, Correlograms and Time Series Analysis, Fourier Transform Techniques.

PATTERN RECOGNITION-The Concept and Need for Principal Components Analysis, Cluster Analysis. Multiple Linear Regression, Principal Components Regression, Partial Least Squares, Model Validation.

EVOLUTIONARY SIGNALS- Exploratory Data Analysis and Preprocessing, Determining Composition.

Computer assisted property estimation, and other property retrieval databases.

Text Books:

• Warren D. Seider, J. D. Seader, Daniel R. Lewin, “Product and Process Design Principles: Synthesis, Analysis, and Evaluation”, 2nd Edition, Wiley(2003)
• T.F. Edgar and D.M. Himmelblau, “Optimization of Chemical Processes”, Chemical Engg. Series, McGraw Hill
• Richard G. Brereton, “Chemometrics: Data Analysis for the Laboratory and Chemical Plant”, April 2003 Wiley

Elective – I B : Nanotechnology in Chemical Engg.-I

Introduction to Nanomaterials, Nano-physics, Nano-chemistry, Nano-biomaterials, Nanosynthesis and Processing by Physical, Chemical and Biological routes, Nano-characterization