Category of

Course
B.E.V Sem
Petrochemical
Engg.

Course Title
Mechanical
Operations

Course Contents
Course Code
PCE-1151

Credits-6

Theory Papers

L=3
T=1
P=2

Max. Marks=70
Min. Marks=22
Duration=3 hrs

UNIT I

CHARACTERISTICS OF PARTICULATE SOLIDS, SIZE

REDUCTION AND SCREENING:
Properties and characterization of particulate solids- Analysis, technical
methods for measurement of size and surface area distribution of powderIntroduction to size reduction equipment Determination of power and
energy requirement in milling operations. Computer simulation techniques
for mill performance- Mechanical classifiers, Screening equipments,
Capacity effectiveness.

UNIT II

FILTRATION:
Filtration equipments, Filtration media and filter aids, Principles of
Filtration and clarification, Estimation of Filtration parameters for
compressible and incompressible cakes and calculations, Centrifugal
Filtration equipment and principles of operation.

UNIT III

SETTLING AND SEDIMENTATION:

Separation based on the motion of particles through fluids, Gravity settling
Processes, Sedimentation: Kynch theory of sedimentation, sedimentation
thickeners, Rate of sedimentation, sedimentation zones in continuous
thickeners, Design of thickeners and clarifiers, Principles of centrifugal
sedimentation.

UNIT IV

AGITATION AND MIXING:

Agitation and mixing of liquids, Agitation equipments, Axial and radial
flow impellers and flow patters in agitated vessels, Prevention of swirling,
Power consumption in agitated vessels, Blending and mixing, Dispersion
operations, Mixing of solids and pastes, Types of mixers.

UNIT V

STORAGE AND CONVEYING OF SOLIDS:

Bins, hoppers and silos, Flow out of bins, Design considerations of bins,
Loading and unloading of solids, bucket elevators, Apron conveyors, Belt
conveyors& its types.

REFEENCE BOOKS:
1. Bhattacharya, Mechanical Operations, Khanna Publishers, 2001
2. Mccabe W L , Smith J C & Harriot P, Unit operations of chemical engineering,
7th edition, McGraw Hill, 2004
3. K.A Gavahne, Unit operations-I, Nirali Publications, 2011

LIST OF PRACTICALS: (Mechanical Operations Laboratory)

1. Study of Cyclone Separator
2. Study of Plate & Frame filter Press
3. To find out Screen Effectiveness
4. Vibrating Screen
5. Jaw Crusher
6. Ball Mill (Variable speed)
7. Leaf Filter
8. Belt Conveyor
9. Hammer Mill
10. Continuous Thickener

Category of
Course
B.E.V Sem
Petrochemical
Engg.

Course Title
Chemical
Reaction
Engineering- I

Course contents
Course Code
PCE-1152/
CM-1173

Credits-4

Theory Papers

L=3
T=1

Max.
Marks=70
Min. Marks=22
Duration=3 hrs

UNIT I

INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL KINETICS:

General Mole balance equation, Homogeneous and Heterogeneous
reaction rates, rate constants, stoichiometry, reactor mass balance,
temperature and concentration dependence of rate of reaction, Constantvolume and varying-volume systems, search for a reaction mechanism and
consequent deduction of rate expression.

UNIT II

BATCH REACTORS:
Constant pressure and volume batch reactors, Interpretation of batch data,
Differential and integral methods of analysis, Regression analysis in fitting
kinetic models.

UNIT III

CONTINUOUS REACTORS:
CSTR & PFR, Performance equations, Space velocity & space time,
Comparison between Batch reactors, CSTR & PFR, Recycle reactor,
Tubular reactors.

UNIT IV

ENERGY BALANCES FOR REACTORS:

Energy balance equation, Non-isothermal reactions, Qualitative discussion
of optimum temperature progression, simultaneous solutions of material
and energy balances for reactor design, and multiple steady states of
adiabatic CSTR.

UNIT V

BASICS OF NON IDEAL FLOW:

Residence Time Distribution (RTD), RTD of ideal reactors, Earliness of
mixing, Conversion in non ideal flow reactors, tanks in series models.

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Octave Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd edition, John Wiley &
Sons, 2003
2. Fogler H S, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Prentice Hall, India,
1997.
3. Smith J M, Chemical Engineering Kinetics, 3rd edition, McGraw Hill, 1981.

Category of
Course
B.E.V Sem
Petrochemical
Engg

Course Title
Mass Transfer-I

Course Contents
Course Code Credits-6
PCE-1153

L=3
T=1
P=2

Theory Papers
Max. Marks=70
Min. Marks=22
Duration=3 hrs

UNIT-1

DIFFUSION IN FLUIDS:
Ficks law of diffusion, equimolecular counter diffusion, diffusion in
stationary gas, maxwells law of diffusion. Inter phase mass transfer, mass
transfer equilibrium, diffusion between two phases. Local mass transfer
coefficients, Local and average mass transfer coefficients. Simultaneous
heat and mass transfer.

UNIT-2

DISTILATION-I:
Basic concepts of distillation, principles, Classification, types, total reflux,
minimum reflux ratio, optimum reflux ratio, Raoults law, Henrys law,
multistage continuous rectification.

UNIT-3

DISTILLATION-II:
Design calculations by McCabe-Thiele and Ponchon-Savarit methods,
continuous contact distillation tower design: extractive & azeotropic
distillation, low pressure distillation: Steam, reactive & membrane
distillation, calculation of actual number of stages, NTU & HTU
calculations.

UNIT IV

LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION:
Liquid-Liquid extraction: Liquid-liquid equilibrium, Different types of
extractors: selection, construction, sizing & operations. Calculation with
and without reflux for immiscible and partially miscible system.

UNIT-5

EQUIPMENTS FOR GAS-LIQUID OPERATIONS:

Sparged vessel/Bubble column, Mechanically agitated vessels for gas
liquid contact, Tray towers, type of trays, flow arrangements on tray, tray
efficiency. Venturi scrubbers, wetted wall tower, spray tower, spray
chamber, packed tower, Mass transfer coefficients for packed tower, types
of packing.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. R E Treybal- Mass Transfer Operations 3rd edition Mc Graw Hill 1980.
2. J M Coulson and J F Richardson- Chemical Engineeing Vol I & IIELBS
Pergeman Press 1970.

LIST OF PRACTICALS: (Mass Transfer-I Laboratory)

1. To carry out Steam distillation.
2. To study different types of plates and packing.
3. Studies on the Sieve plate distillation unit.
4. Studies on Bubble cap distillation column.
5. To study the absorption of a gas in a packed column and calculation of NTU and
HTU.
6. To study Batch distillation.
7. To study Continuous distillation.
8. Study of Venturi Scrubber.
9. Study of Differential distillation

Category of
Course
B.E.V Sem
Petrochemical
Engg.

Course Title
Industrial
Chemical
Technology

Course Contents
Course Code
PCE-1154

Credits-6

Theory Papers

L=3
T=1
P=2

Max. Marks=70
Min. Marks=22
Duration=3 hrs

UNIT I

INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL INDUSTRY:

Chemical industries facts and figures, concept of unit operations and unit
processes. General principle involved studying a chemical industry, manufacture
and applications of fuel gases and industrial gases- producer gas, water gas, coke
oven gas, Carbureted gas or oil gas, Natural gas and LPG, Synthesis gas,
Acetylene.

UNIT II

ACIDS & ALKALIS:

Manufacture of soda ash, caustic soda, chlorine, sulphuric acid, hydrochloric,
phosphoric acid, nitric acid.

UNIT III

NATURAL PRODUCT PROCESSING:

Production of pulp, paper & rayon. Manufacture of sugar, starch & starch
derivatives. Fermentation processes for production of ethyl alcohol. Refining of
edible oil & facts, fatty acids. Soaps & detergents.

UNIT IV

FERTILIZER & CEMENT INDUSTRIES:

Nitrogen fertilizers- synthetic ammonia- Urea- Ammonium chloride- CANAmmonium sulphate- Phosphorous fertilizers- Phosphate rock- Super phosphateTriple Super phosphate- MAP & DAP, Cement-Types of Portland cement,
methods of production.

UNIT V

COAL, COAL CHEMICALS & PETROLEUM:

Occurrence- coking of coal, distillation of coal tar, gasification of coal,
hydrogenation of coal. Petroleum- occurrence & chemical composition.
Petroleum refinery products. Types of refineries. Refining processes- physical
changes & chemical changes like pyrolysis & cracking, reforming,
polymerization etc.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. R. Gopala Rao and M. Sitting Drydens- Outlines of Chemical Technology 3rd
edition. Affiliated East West Pub. 1990.
2. S D Shukla and G N Pandey Text book of Chemical Technology Vol. I 1977.

LIST OF PRACTICALS: (Industrial Chemical Technology Laboratory)

1. To determine BOD and COD of given water sample.
2. Preparation of acetic acid from ethyl alcohol
3. To find out the sucrose content in aqueous solution by polarimeter.
4. To evaluate the viscosity of molasses.
5. To determine percentage of formaldehyde in the formalene.
6. To determine iodine value of the given oil sample.
7. To determine the acetic acid, ethanol concentration in aqueous solutions.
8. To prepare azodye and finding the yield.
9. Prepare a standard phenol solution and estimate the % of phenol in the given
unknown sample of phenol.
10. Analysis of fertilizers- determination N, P amounts.
11. Cement analysis.
12. Preparation of soap.
13. Preparation of detergents.
14. Preparation of starch.

Category of
Course
B.E.V Sem
Petrochemical
Engg.

Course Title

Course Contents
Course Code

Credits-4

Theory Papers

Process
Instrumentation

PCE-1155/
CM-1171

L=3
T=1

Max. Marks=70
Min. Marks=22
Duration=3 hrs

UNIT I

PHYSICAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENT:

Density and specific gravity, Viscosity and consistency, Refractive Index
analysers, Boiling and flash point analysers, Thermal conductivity.

UNIT II

TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT:
Differential Expansion and fluid expansion types, Resistance
thermometers, Thermoelectric pyrometers, Radiation pyrometers, Optical
pyrometers, Pyrometric cones, Ultrasonic thin wire thermometer.

UNIT III

PRESSURE MEASUREMENT:
Absolute pressure, Gauge and Vaccum pressure, liquid types and spring
balanced types, Differential pressure, manometer types, Simple U-tube
and inclined tube manometer, sealed bell types, Pressure transmitters.

UNIT IV

FLOW MEASUREMENT:
Volumetric meters, Variable head meters, Orifice meters, Venturi meter,
pitot tube, Closed and open channel types, Variable area meters, Velocity
and current meters, Anemo meter, Ultrasonic flowmeter, mass meter

UNIT V

LEVEL MEASUREMENT:
Measurement of head and level, Float methods, Hydrostatic pressure
methods, Gauge glass automatic detector, Ultrasonic probe, Electronic
level gauge, Continuous capacitance gauge.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Nakra B C and Choudhry K K , Instrumentation, Measurement and Analysis,
2nd edition, Tata Mcgraw Hill, 2004
2. Singh S K , Industrial instrumentation and control, 2nd edition, Tata Mcgraw
Hill, 2007