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The document provides information about a semester exam for a Computer Aided Process Synthesis subject. It includes 5 questions covering topics like interior network and auxiliary network diagrams, environmental factors in process design, determining minimum utility targets, Gantt charts, batch plant cycle times, pinch design approach, heat exchanger network synthesis, engineering ethics, phase separation of reactor effluent, multi effect distillation, safety considerations in chemical plant design, using grand composite curves to select utilities, heat integration techniques for distillation columns, possible separation sequences, positioning distillation towers, node and saddle points in residue curve maps, manufacturing makespan and cycle times, marginal vapor flows, and geometric concepts for reactor attainable regions.

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Gujarat Technological University

The document provides information about a semester exam for a Computer Aided Process Synthesis subject. It includes 5 questions covering topics like interior network and auxiliary network diagrams, environmental factors in process design, determining minimum utility targets, Gantt charts, batch plant cycle times, pinch design approach, heat exchanger network synthesis, engineering ethics, phase separation of reactor effluent, multi effect distillation, safety considerations in chemical plant design, using grand composite curves to select utilities, heat integration techniques for distillation columns, possible separation sequences, positioning distillation towers, node and saddle points in residue curve maps, manufacturing makespan and cycle times, marginal vapor flows, and geometric concepts for reactor attainable regions.

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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.

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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY


BE - SEMESTER–VII (NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2021
Subject Code:3170507 Date:17/12/2021
Subject Name:Computer Aided Process Synthesis
Time:10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.

Q.1 (a) Explain interior network and auxiliary network with a diagram. 03
(b) Write a short note on environmental factors in process design. 04
(c) Determine the minimum utility target for following stream data using 07
temperature interval method:
Stream Tin (K) Tout (K) mCp (kW/K)
H1 650 370 10
H2 590 370 20
C1 410 650 15
C2 353 500 13
Take ΔTmin = 10 K.
Q.2 (a) What is Gantt chart? Explain the importance of Gantt chart. 03
(b) A given batch plant produces one single product for which stage 1 requires 8 04
hours/batch; stage 2, 4 hours/batch and stage 3, 7 hours/batch. If zero - wait
transfer is used, what is the cycle time? How many parallel units should be
placed in each stage to reduce the cycle time to 4 hours?
(c) Discuss the pinch design approach for minimum utility requirements. 07
OR
(c) For the heat exchanger network synthesis (HENS) problem, the following 07
stream information is available:
Stream tin (ºC) tout (ºC) FCp kW/ºC
C1 60 180 3
C2 30 100 2
H1 180 40 2
H2 150 40 4
Draw HCC and find out pinch point for ΔTmin = 10 ºC.

Q.3 (a) Discuss the engineering ethics briefly. 03


(b) Discuss in detail the phase separation of reactor effluent. 04
(c) Explain the concept of multi effect distillation as possibility of energy 07
integration.
OR
Q.3 (a) Briefly explain safety considerations and design approaches towards safe 03
chemical plant.
(b) Describe the use of grand composite curve to select utility. 04
(c) Explain the heat integration in distillation column using heat pumping, vapor 07
recompression and reboiler flashing.
1
Q.4 (a) Draw the possible separation sequences for 4 number of products. 03
(b) Explain reactor design for complex configurations. 04
(c) With neat sketch explain positioning distillation towers between hot and cold 07
composite curves.
OR
Q.4 (a) Define with example: cycle time, make span, flow shop plant. 03
(b) Explain in detail common industrial separation methods. 04
(c) Write a short note on threshold approach temperature and optimum approach 07
temperature for heat exchanger networks.
Q.5 (a) Explain node and saddle point in residue curve map. 03
(b) Explain in brief general steps in product and process design. 04
(c) Given the processing time for two products A and B, determine makespan and 07
cycle time for manufacturing one batch of A and one batch of B using i) zero
wait policy, ii) no intermediate storage policy, and iii) unlimited intermediate
storage policy.
Processing Time (hr)
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3
A 6 4 3
B 3 2 2
OR
Q.5 (a) Draw the superstructure for one cold stream and two hot streams. 03
(b) Explain marginal vapor flows and show how it will be useful for predicting the 04
best sequence of distillation columns.
(c) Write a short note on Geometric concepts for reactor attainable region. 07

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