Chemical Process Calculation Syllabus

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Units And Dimensions

Basic and derived units, use of model units in calcualtions, Methods of expression, compositions of mixture and solutions.

Gas Calculations

Ideal and real gas laws – Gas constant – calculations of pressure, volume and temperature using ideal gas law. Use of partial pressure and pure component volume in gas calculations, applications of real gas relationship in gas calculation.

Material Balance

Stoichiometric principles, Application of material balance to unit operations like distillation, evaporation, crystallisation, drying etc., – Material balance with chemical reaction – Limiting and excess reactants – recycle – bypass and purging – Unsteady state material balances.

Humidity And Saturation

Calculation of absolute humidity, molal humidity, relative humidity and percentage humidity – Use of humidity in condensation and drying – Humidity chart, dew point.

Fuels And Combustion

Determination of Composition by Orsat analysis of products of combustion of solid, liquid and gas fuels – Calculation of excess air from orsat technique, problems on sulfur and sulfur burning compounds.

Thermo Physics

Heat capacity of solids, liquids, gases and solutions, use of mean heat capacity in heat calculations, problems involving sensible heat and latent heats, evaluation of enthalpy.

Thermochemistry

Standard heat of reaction, heats of formation, combustion, solution, mixing etc., calculation of standard heat of reaction – Effect of pressure and temperature on heat of reaction – Energy balance for systems with and without chemical reaction. – unsteady state energy balances.

Chemical Process Calculation Text Books

1. Bhatt, B.L., VORA, S.M., ” Stoichiomentry “, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1976.
2. Hougen, O.A., Watson, K.M and Ragatz, R.A., ” Chemical Process Principles Part-I “, John Wiley and Asia Publishing, 1970.

Chemical Process Calculation References

1. Himmelblau, D.M., ” Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering “, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall Inc., 1982.
2. Whitwell, J.C., Tone, R.K. ” Conservation of Mass and Energy “, McGraw-Hill, 1973.
3. Process Calculation for Chemical Engineering, Second Revised Edition, Chemical Engineering Education Developement Centre, I.I.T., Madras, 1981.

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