Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

B.Tech. / B.Sc.
IN

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM
(Students admitted in 2024 onwards)

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 620 015
TAMIL NADU, INDIA

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VISION OF THE INSTITUTE

• To be a university globally trusted for technical excellence where

learning and research integrate to sustain society and industry.

MISSION OF THE INSTITUTE

• To offer undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and modular programmes in

multi-disciplinary / inter-disciplinary and emerging areas.
• To create a converging learning environment to serve a dynamically evolving
society.
• To promote innovation for sustainable solutions by forging global
collaborations with academia and industry in cutting-edge research.
• To be an intellectual ecosystem where human capabilities can develop
holistically.

VISION OF THE DEPARTMENT

To be a global leader in Chemical Engineering

MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT

(i) To produce competent graduates through effective Teaching-Learning,

State of the art Research and Innovation.
(ii) To foster community by providing leadership in solving societal
problems for sustainable eco system.
(iii)To serve organization and society as adaptable engineers,
entrepreneurs or leaders.

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PROGRAMME EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (PEOs)

Choose their careers as practicing chemical engineers in traditional chemical
PEO1 industries as well as in expanding areas of materials, environmental and energy-
related industries.
Engage in post-baccalaureate study and are making timely progress toward an
PEO2 advanced degree in chemical engineering or a related technical discipline or
business
Function effectively in the complex modern work environment with the ability to
PEO3
assume professional leadership roles.

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES (POs)

Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science,
PO1 engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of
complex engineering problems.
Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze
PO2 complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first
principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences
Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering
problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified
PO3
needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, and the
cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based
knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis
PO4
and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid
conclusions.
Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques,
resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and
PO5
modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the
limitations.
The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual
PO6 knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the
consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.
Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional
PO7 engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate
the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.

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Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and

PO8
responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.
Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a
PO9
member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities
with the engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able
PO10
to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make
effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and
understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these
PO11
to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and
in multidisciplinary environments.
Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and
PO12 ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context
of technological change.

PROGRAMME SPECIFIC OUTCOMES (PSOs)

PSO1 Chemical engineering graduates are capable to understand the core scientific and
engineering principles to conceive and design processes to transform/produce
chemicals.
PSO2 Chemical engineering graduates are capable to engage in professional work in
design, modelling, simulation and development of chemical processes.
PSO3 Chemical engineering graduates are capable to upgrade in advanced degrees of
chemical engineering or in related engineering and professional domains.

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CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK AND CREDIT SYSTEM FOR THE

FOUR-YEAR B.Tech. and 3 Year B.Sc. (Engineering) PROGRAMME

COURSE STRUCTURE

Course Category Courses No. of Credits Weightage (%)

GIR (General Institute 23 56 35
Requirements)
PC (Programme Core) 15 52 32.5
Programme Elective (PE) / 12 36 22.5
Open Elective (OE)
Essential Laboratory 8 16 10
Requirements (ELR) Maximum 2 per
session up to 6th
semester
Total 58 160 100
Minor (Optional) Courses for 15 15 Additional credits -
credits
Honors (Optional) Courses for 15 15 Additional credits -
credits
1. A minimum of seven Programme Core, each carrying 4 credits (II, III, IV, V, VI
Semester).
2. Out of the 12 elective courses (PE / OE), students must complete at least eight
Programme Electives (PE).
3. For a Minor Degree (MI), students must earn 15 credits in addition to the credit specified
by the departments (160 credits), with the details of the Minor only mentioned on the
transcript, not the degree certificate.
4. To qualify for an Honours Degree (HO), students must: (a) register for at least 12 theory
courses and 2 ELRs in their second year, (b) consistently maintain a minimum CGPA of
8.5 during the first four sessions, (c) maintain a minimum CGPA of 8.5 in all sessions
excluding honours courses, (d) successfully completed additional courses totaling 15
credits (3 numbers of 4 credit course and 1 number of 3 credit course), and (e) achieve
at least a B grade in Honours courses, which must be distinct and at a higher level than
PC and PE courses, preferably M. Tech. courses. Honours courses cannot be treated
as programme electives and grades from these courses do not factor into CGPA
calculations.
5. Project work is compulsory for B. Tech. programme. However, those students wish to
carry out the intern outside the institute (8 th semester) can opt for two electives courses
equivalent to 6 credits. But the project work is compulsory for B. Tech. (Honours) degree

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CURRICULUM FRAME WORK / FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM / NEP 2020 / NCrF /

B.Tech.

Semester GIR PC ELR PE/OE Total Credit

Course Credit Course Credit Course Credit Course Credit Credits Distribution
I 7 19 - - - - - - 19 40
II 8 17 1 4 - - - - 21
III 1 3 4 14 2 4 1 3 24 49
IV 1 4 3 11 2 4 2 6 25
V 1 3 4 14 2 4 1 3 24 47
VI 1 1 3 9 2 4 3 9 23
VII 2 3 - - - - 4 12 15 24
VIII 1 6 - - - - 1 3 9
Total 22 56 15 52 8 16 12 36 160 160

CURRICULUM FRAME WORK / FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM / NEP 2020 / NCrF /

B.Sc. (Engineering)

Sem GIR PC ELR PE/OE Total Credit

Course Credit Course Credit Course Credit Course Credit Credits Distri-
bution
Same I 7 19 - - - - - - 19 40
as II 8 17 1 4 - - - - 21
B.Tech. III 1 3 4 14 2 4 1 3 24 49
IV 1 4 3 11 2 4 2 6 25
B.Sc. V 1 3 2 8 2 4 2 6 21 34
Exit VI 3@ 9 - - 2 4 - - 13
After VII - - 2 6 - - 5 15 21 37
B.Sc. VIII 1 1 3 9 - - 2 6 16
exit and
join
back
for B.
Tech.
Total 22 56 15 52 8 16 12 36 160 160

@
(Summer internship (2), Project Work (6) and Industrial Lecture (1))

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GENERAL INSTITUTE REQUIREMENTS (GIR) COURSES

Sl. No. Course Number of Max.

Courses Credits
1. Mathematics 3 10
2. Physics 1 3
Physics Laboratory 1 2
3. Chemistry 1 3
Chemistry Laboratory 1 2
4. Industrial Economics and Foreign Trade 1 3
5. English for Communication 1 4
6. Energy and Environmental Engineering 1 2
7. Professional Ethics 1 3
8. Engineering Graphics 1 3
9. Engineering Practice 1 2
10. Basic Engineering 2 4
11. Introduction to computer Programming 1 3
12. Branch Specific Course (Introduction to the Branch of 1 2
study)

13. Summer Internship 1 2

14. Project work 1 6
15. Comprehensive viva 1 1
16. Industrial Lecture 1 1
17. NSS/NCC/NSO 1 Pass /
Fail
Total 23 56

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Curriculum Framework and Credit System

Semester I (July Session)

Sl. Course COURSE Credits Category

No. Code
1. HSIR11 English for Communication (Theory & Lab) 4 GIR
2. MAIR11 Matrices and Calculus 3 GIR
3. CHIR11 Chemistry 3 GIR
4. CLIR15 Branch Specific Course- Introduction to Chemical 2 GIR
Engineering
5. EEIR11 Basics of Electrical and Electronics Engineering 2 GIR
6. MEIR12 Engineering Graphics 3 GIR
7. CHIR12 Chemistry Laboratory 2 GIR
Total 19
Semester II (January Session)

Sl. Course COURSE Credits Category

No. Code
1. MAIR21 Complex Analysis and Differential Equations 3 GIR
2. PHIR11 Physics 3 GIR
3. CSIR11 Introduction to Computer Programming 3 GIR
4. CEIR11 Basics of Civil Engineering 2 GIR
5. ENIR11 Energy and Environmental Engineering 2 GIR
6. PRIR11 Engineering Practice 2 GIR
7. CLPC11 Programme Core – 1 / Process Calculation 4 PC
8. PHIR12 Physics Laboratory 2 GIR
9. SWIR11/ NSS/ 0 GIR
SWIR12/ NCC/
SWIR13 NSO
Total 21

Semester III (July Session)

Sl. Course COURSE Credits Category
No. Code
1. HSIR13 Industrial Economics and Foreign Trades 3 GIR
2. CLPC12 Programme Core – 2 / Heat Transfer 3 PC
3. CLPC13 Programme Core – 3 / Momentum transfer 4 PC
4. CLPC14 Programme Core – 4 / Chemical Engineering 4 PC
Thermodynamics
5. CLPC15 Programme Core – 5 / Chemical Technology 3 PC
6. Programme Elective – 1 3 PE
7. CLLR11 Laboratory – 1 / Momentum Transfer Lab 2 ELR
8. CLLR12 Laboratory – 2 / Heat Transfer Lab 2 ELR
Total 24
Note: Department(s) to offer Minor (MI) Course and ONLINE Course (OC) to those willing
students in addition to 24 credits.

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Semester IV (January Session)

Sl. Course COURSE Credits Category

No. Code
1. MAIR41 Mathematics III 4 GIR
2. CLPC16 Programme Core–6 / Particulate Science and 3 PC
Technology
3. CLPC17 Programme Core – 7 / Chemical Reaction Engineering 4 PC
4. CLPC18 Programme Core – 8 / Mass Transfer I 4 PC
5. Programme Elective – 2 3 PE
6. Programme Elective – 3 / Open Elective - 1 3 PE/OE
7. CLLR13 Laboratory – 3 / Particulate Science and Technology 2 ELR
Lab
8. CLLR14 Laboratory – 4 / Chemical Reaction Engineering Lab 2 ELR
Total 25

Note: Department(s) to offer MI/PE/OE/OC and Honours course as 2/3 credits to those willing
students in addition to 25 credits.

Semester V (July Session)

Sl. Course Code COURSE Credits Category

No.
1. CLPC19 Programme Core – 9 / Transport Phenomena 3 PC
2. CLPC20 Programme Core – 10 / Mass Transfer- II 4 PC
3. CLPC21 Programme Core – 11 / Chemical Process 4 PC
Equipment Design
4. CLPC22 Programme Core – 12 / Safety in Chemical 3 PC
Process Industries
5. HSIR14 Professional Ethics 3 GIR
6. Programme Elective – 4 / Open Elective - 2 3 PE/OE
7. CLLR15 Laboratory – 5 / Mass Transfer Lab 2 ELR
8. CLLR16 Laboratory – 6 / Technical Analysis and 2 ELR
Thermodynamics Lab
Total 24

Note: Department(s) to offer MI/PE/OE/OC and Honours course as 2/3 credits to those willing
students in addition to 24 credits.

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Semester V (July Session) / B.Sc. (Engineering) Exit

Sl. No. Course Code Course Credits Category
1. HSIR14 Professional Ethics 3 GIR
2. Programme Core – 9 / Chemical Process Equipment 4 PC
CLPC21
Design
3. CLPC20 Programme Core – 10/ Mass Transfer- II 4 PC
4. Programme Elective – 4 3 PE
5. Programme Elective – 5 / Open Elective – 2 3 PE/OE
6. CLLR15 Laboratory – 5 / Mass Transfer Lab 2 ELR
7. Laboratory – 6 / Technical Analysis and 2 ELR
CLLR16
Thermodynamics Lab
Total 21
Semester VI (January Session)
Sl. Course COURSE Credits Category
No. Code
1. CLPC23 Programme Core – 13 / Process Modelling and 3 PC
Simulation
2. CLPC24 Programme Core – 14 / Process Dynamics and Control 3 PC
3. CLPC25 Programme Core – 15 / Project Engineering and 3 PC
Economics
4. Programme Elective - 5 3 PE
5. Programme Elective - 6 3 PE
6. Programme Elective - 7 / Open Elective - 3 3 PE/OE
7. CLIR16 Industrial Lecture 1 GIR
8. CLLR17 Laboratory –7 / Process Dynamics and Control Lab 2 ELR
9. CLLR18 Laboratory – 8 / Process Modelling and Simulation Lab 2 ELR
Total 23
Note: Department(s) may offer Minor (MI) Course, ONLINE Course (OC) and Honours Course
(HO) to those willing students in addition to 24 credits

Semester VI (January Session) / B.Sc. (Engineering) Exit

Sl. No. Course Credits Category
1. CLIR19 Project Work 6 GIR
2. CLIR17 Winter Internship 2 GIR
3. CLIR16 Industrial Lecture 1 GIR
4. CLLR17 Laboratory –7 / Process Dynamics and Control Lab 2 ELR
5. CLLR18 Laboratory – 8 / Process Modelling and Simulation Lab 2 ELR
Total 13

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Semester VII (July Session)

Sl. Course COURSE Credits Category
No. Code
1. Programme Elective – 8 / Open Elective - 4 3 PE/OE
2. Programme Elective – 9 / Open Elective - 5 3 PE/OE
3. Programme Elective – 10 3 PE
4. Programme Elective – 11 3 PE
5. CLIR17 Summer Internship - Internship / Industrial Training / 2 GIR
Academic Attachment
6. CLIR18 Comprehensive Viva Voce 1 GIR
TOTAL 15

Note: Department(s) may offer Minor (MI) Course, ONLINE Course (OC) and Honours Course
(HO) to those willing students in addition to 15 credits

Semester VII (July Session) / Rejoins B.Tech. after B.Sc. (Engineering) exit

Sl. No. Course Credits Category

1. CLPC19 Programme Core – 11/ Transport Phenomena 3 PC
2. CLPC22 Programme Core – 12/ Safety in Chemical Process 3 PC
Industries
3. Programme Elective – 6 3 PE
4. Programme Elective – 7 3 PE
5. Programme Elective – 8 3 PE
6. Programme Elective – 9 3 PE
7. Programme Elective – 10/ Open Elective – 3 3 PE/OE
Total 21

Semester VIII (January Session)

Sl. Course COURSE Credits Category

No. Code
1. Programme Elective – 12 3 PE
2. CLIR19 Project Work 6 GIR
TOTAL 9
Note: Department(s) may offer Minor (MI) Course, ONLINE Course (OC) and Honours Course
(HO) to those willing students in addition to 9 credits.

Semester VIII (January Session) / Rejoins B.Tech. after B.Sc. (Engineering)

exit
Sl. No. Course Credits Category
1. CLPC23 Programme Core – 13// Process Modelling and Simulation 3 PC
2. CLPC24 Programme Core –14/ Process Dynamics and Control 3 PC
3. CLPC25 Programme Core – 15/ Project Engineering and Economics 3 PC
4. Programme Elective – 11 3 PE
5. Programme Elective – 12/ Open Elective – 4 3 PE/OE
6. Comprehensive Viva Voce 1 GIR
Total 16

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Semester I II III IV V VI VII VIII Total

B.Tech. 19 21 24 25 24 23 15 9 160
B.Sc. 19 21 24 25 21 13 21 16 160

Note:

1. Curriculum should have 7 Programme Core courses shall be of 4 credits each.

2. Out of 12 elective courses (PE/OE), the students should study at least eight
programme elective courses (PE).
3. Minor (MI): 15 credits over and above the minimum credit as specified by the
departments (160). The details of MINOR will be mentioned in the transcript and in
the Degree certificate.
4. Honours (HO): 15 credits over and above the minimum credit as specified by the
departments (160).

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ELECTIVES CHOICES

Option 1 / Regular B.Tech.

To get a B.Tech. degree in Chemical Engineering, possible choices of electives in

Programme Electives and Open Electives are,

Program Electives Open Electives Total

8 4 12
9 3 12
10 2 12
11 1 12
12 0 12

Option 2 / B.Sc. (Engineering) Exit (at end of 3rd year)

Program Electives Open Electives Total

3 2 5
4 1 5
5 0 5

Option 3 / B.Tech. with Minor

To get a B.Tech. degree in Chemical Engineering, and minor in other programmes,

possible choices of electives in Programme Electives, Open Electives and Minor Electives
are,

Program Electives Open Electives Minor Electives Total

8 4 5 12 + 5
9 3 5 12 + 5
10 2 5 12 + 5
11 1 5 12 + 5
12 0 5 12 + 5

Option 4 / B.Tech. with Honours

To get a B.Tech. Honors degree in Chemical Engineering, possible choices of electives

in Programme Electives, Open Electives, and Honors electives are,

Program Electives Open Electives Honors Electives Total

8 4 4 12 + 4
9 3 4 12 + 4
10 2 4 12 + 4
11 1 4 12 + 4
12 0 4 12 + 4

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Option 5 / B.Tech. with Honours and Minor

To get a B.Tech. Honors degree in Chemical Engineering, and minor in other

programmes possible choices of electives in Programme Electives, Open Electives, and
Honors electives are,

Program Open Electives Honors Electives Minor Electives Total

Electives
8 4 4 5 12 + 4 + 5
9 3 4 5 12 + 4 + 5
10 2 4 5 12 + 4 + 5
11 1 4 5 12 + 4 + 5
12 0 4 5 12 + 4 + 5

Note: No Minor or Honours will be awarded for B.Sc. But student can credit minors
and honours during the 6 semesters, and redeem it to obtain a minor or honours after
rejoining and completing B.Tech. Also, B.Sc. students shall only do programme
electives in place of their project work in 6 th semester.

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I. GENERAL INSTITUTE REQUIREMENTS COURSES

1. MATHEMATICS
Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1. MAIR11 Mathematics I 3
2. MAIR21 Mathematics II 3
3. MAIR41 Mathematics III 4
Total 10
2. PHYSICS
Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1. PHIR11 Physics I (Theory) 3
2. PHIR12 Physics II (Lab) 2
Total 5
3. CHEMISTRY
Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1. CHIR11 Chemistry I (Theory) 3
2. CHIR12 Chemistry II (Lab) 2
Total 5
4. COMMUNICATION
Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1. HSIR11 English for Communication (Theory) 2
English for Communication Lab 2
Total 4
5. HUMANITIES
Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1. HSIR13 Industrial Economics and Foreign Trade 3
Total 3
6. ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1. ENIR11 Energy and Environmental Engineering 2
Total 2
7. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1. HSIR14 Professional Ethics 3
Total 3
8. ENGINEERING GRAPHICS
Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1. MEIR12 Engineering Graphics 3
Total 3
9. ENGINEERING PRACTICE
Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1. PRIR11 Engineering Practice 2
Total 2
10. BASIC ENGINEERING
Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1. CEIR11 Basics of Civil Engineering 2
2. EEIR11 Basics of Electrical and Electronics Engineering 2
Total 4
11. INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1. CSIR12 Introduction to Computer Programming 3
Total 3

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12. BRANCH SPECIFIC COURSE

Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1. CLIR15 Introduction to Chemical Engineering 2
Total 2
13. INDUSTRIAL LECTURE
Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1. CLIR16 Industrial Lecture 1
Total 1
A course based on industrial lectures shall be offered for 1 credit. A minimum of five
lectures of two hours duration by industry experts will be arranged by the Department. The
evaluation methodology, will in general, be based on Quizzes/MCQs at the end of each
lecture.
14. SUMMER INTERNSHIP
Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1. CLIR17 INTERNSHIP / INDUSTRIAL TRAINING / 2
ACADEMIC ATTACHMENT (2 to 3 months
duration during summer vacation) #
Total 2
The student should undergo industrial training/internship for a minimum period of six
weeks during the summer vacation. Attachment with an academic institution within the country
(IISc/IITs/NITs/IIITs and CFTIs) or university abroad is also permitted instead of industrial
training.
#
A report is to be submitted to the Department Coordinator and will be evaluated at the
beginning of VII semester by assessing the report and seminar presentations.
15. COMPREHENSIVE VIVA
Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1. CLIR18 Comprehensive Viva-Voce 1
Total 1
Note: Students can appear for Comprehensive Viva-Voce Examination only after
completing all Programme Core (PC) courses.
16. PROJECT WORK
Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1. CLIR19 Project Work 6
Total 6
17. NSS/NCC/NSO
Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Credits
1. SWIR11/ NSS/NCC/NSO 0
SWIR12/
SWIR13
Total 0
All students admitted to the B.Tech. Program will have to take either NCC or NSO or NSS as a
non-credit extra-curricular Program. NCC Program is not available for foreign nationals. The
NCC / NSO / NSS requirement should be completed within the first two semesters.

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LIST OF COURSES
PROGRAMME CORE (PC)

Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Prerequisites Credits

1. CLPC11 Process Calculations NONE 4
2. CLPC12 Heat Transfer NONE 3
3. CLPC13 Momentum Transfer NONE 4
4. CLPC14 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics CLPC11 4
5. CLPC15 Chemical Technology NONE 3
6. CLPC16 Particulate Science and Technology NONE 3
7. CLPC17 Chemical Reaction Engineering CLPC14, CLPC12 4
8. CLPC18 Mass Transfer - I CLPC11, CLPC14 4
9. CLPC19 Transport Phenomena CLPC18, CLPC12, 3
CLPC13
10. CLPC20 Mass Transfer - II CLPC18 4
11. CLPC21 Chemical Process Equipment Design CLPC12, CLPC18, 4
CLPC17, CLPC20
12. CLPC22 Safety in Chemical Process Industries CLPC15 3
13. CLPC23 Process Modelling and Simulation CLPC12, CLPC18, 3
CLPC17, CLPC20
14. CLPC24 Process Dynamics and Control MAIR21 3
15. CLPC25 Project Engineering and Economics CLPC15 3
TOTAL 52

(III) ESSENTIAL PROGRAMME LABORATORY REQUIREMENTS (ELR)

Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Co requisites Credits

1. CLLR11 Momentum Transfer Lab CLPC13 2
2. CLLR12 Heat Transfer Lab CLPC12 2
3. CLLR13 Particulate Science and Technology Lab CLPC16 2
4. CLLR14 Chemical Reaction Engineering Lab CLPC17 2
5. CLLR15 Mass Transfer Lab CLPC18, CLPC20 2
6. CLLR16 Technical analysis and CLPC14 2
Thermodynamics lab
7. CLLR17 Process Dynamics and Control Lab CLPC24 2
8. CLLR18 Process Modelling and Simulation Lab CLPC23 2
Total 16

NOTE: Students can register for 2 laboratory courses during one session along with
regular courses (PC / PE / OE / MI).

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(IV) ELECTIVE COURSES

(a) PROGRAMME ELECTIVES (PE)

Sl.No. Course Code Course Title Prerequisites Credits

1. CLPE11 Chemistry III NONE 3
2. CLPE12 Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals NONE 3
3. CLPE13 Computer Applications in Chemical Engineering NONE 3
4. CLPE14 Polymer science and Technology NONE 3
5. CLPE15 Material Science and Technology NONE 3
6. CLPE16 Water Treatment Technology NONE 3
7. CLPE17 Industrial wastewater treatment NONE 3
8. CLPE18 Solid Waste management NONE 3
9. CLPE19 Air pollution and control engineering NONE 3
10. CLPE20 Modern Separation Processes NONE 3
11. CLPE21 Electrochemical Reaction Engineering NONE 3
12. CLPE22 Fuel cells and batteries NONE 3
13. CLPE23 Heterogeneous Chemical Reaction Engineering NONE 3
14. CLPE24 Biochemical Engineering NONE 3
15. CLPE25 Biorefinery Engineering NONE 3
16. CLPE26 Industrial Process Biotechnology NONE 3
17. CLPE27 Process Intensification NONE 3
18. CLPE28 Food Processing Technology NONE 3
19. CLPE29 Pharmaceutical Technology NONE 3
20. CLPE30 Fluidization Engineering NONE 3

(b) OPEN ELECTIVES (OE): Offered by Department

Sl. No. Course Code Course Title Prerequisites Credits

1. CLOE11 Environmental Engineering NONE 3
2. CLOE12 Energy Engineering NONE 3
3. CLOE13 Process Instrumentation NONE 3
4. CLOE14 Introduction to Data Analysis NONE 3
5. CLOE15 Process Optimization NONE 3
6. CLOE16 Design and Analysis of Experiments NONE 3
7. CLOE17 Soft Computing Techniques NONE 3
8. CLOE18 Nonlinear Controller Techniques NONE 3
9. CLOE19 Nano Technology NONE 3
10. CLOE20 Bioenergy NONE 3
11. CLOE21 Solar Energy NONE 3
12. CLOE22 Interfacial Engineering NONE 3

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(c) OPEN ELECTIVES (OE) - Online Courses

Sl. No. Course Code Course Title Prerequisites Credits

1. CLOE51 BioInformatics: Algorithms and NONE 3
Applications
2. CLOE52 Introduction to Machine Learning NONE 3
3. CLOE53 System Identification NONE 3
4. CLOE54 Computer Aided Drug Design NONE 3
5. CLOE55 Molecular Modelling and Simulation NONE 3
6. CLOE56 Forests and their management NONE 3

V. MINOR (MI) (offered for the students of other departments)

Students who have registered for B.Tech. Minor in Chemical Engineering can opt to study the
courses listed below.
Sl. Course Code Course Title Prerequisites Credits
No.
1. CLMI 11 Chemical Process Calculations NONE 3
2. CLMI 12 Transfer Operations – I NONE 3
3. CLMI 13 Transfer Operations – II CLMI 12 3
4. CLMI 14 Chemical Reaction Engineering NONE 3
5. CLMI 15 Chemical Technology NONE 3

VI. ADVANCED LEVEL COURSES FOR B.Tech. (HONOURS)

• Consistently obtained a minimum CGPA of 8.5 in the first four sessions.

• Consistently maintaining a minimum CGPA of 8.5 in all sessions excluding
Honours courses.
• Completed additional theory courses for 15 credits from the basket of honors
courses listed (3 Nos. of 4 credits courses and 1 No. of 3 credit course)
• Honours courses shall not be treated as PE under any circumstances.

Sl. No. Course Code Course Title Prerequisites Credits

1. CLHO11 Advanced Process control CLPC24 4
2. CLHO12 Pinch Analysis and Heat Exchange CLPC12, CLPC14 4
Network Design
3. CLHO13 Applied Mathematics in Chemical CLPC12, CLPC18, 4
Engineering CLPC17
4. CLHO14 Advances in Heat Transfer CLPC12 4
5. CLHO15 Computational Fluid Dynamics CLPC13, CLPC16 3
6. CLHO16 Process Safety Management NONE 3
7. CLHO17 Statistical Mechanics and CLPC 14 3
Thermodynamics

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SYLLABUS FOR PROGRAMME CORE COURSES

Course Code : CLPC11
Course Title : PROCESS CALCULATIONS
Number of Credits : 4
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PC

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. To understand the fundamental knowledge in units and conversions and also the basic
laws governing chemical operations.
2. To impart knowledgeable on material and energy balance with and without reactions.

COURSE CONTENT
Stoichiometry: Introduction - Units and Dimensions - Stoichiometric principles –composition
relations, density and specific gravity.
Ideal Gases and Vapor Pressure: Behaviour of Ideal gases - kinetic theory of gases -
application of ideal gas law - gaseous mixtures - volume changes with change in composition.
Vapour pressure - effect of Temperature on vapour pressure - vapour pressure plots - vapour
pressure of immiscible liquids - solutions.
Humidity and Solubility: Humidity - saturation - vaporization - condensation - wet and dry bulb
thermometry Solubility and Crystallisation - Dissolution - solubility of gases.
Material Balance: Material Balance - Processes involving chemical reaction - Combustion of
coal, fuel gases and sulphur - Recycling operations - bypassing streams - Degree of
conversion – excess reactant - limiting reactant. Unsteady state problems
Energy Balance: Thermo chemistry - Hess's law of summation - heat of formation, reaction,
combustion and mixing - mean specific heat - Theoretical flame Temperature
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Richard M. Felder, Ronald W. Rousseau, Lisa G. Bullard, “Elementary Principles of
Chemical Processes”, 4th edition, wiley, 2016.
2. O. A .Hougen, K. M. Watson and R. A. Ragatz, “Chemical Process Principles", Vol- I, CBS
Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, 1995.
3. V.Venkataramani, N. Anantharaman and K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum, 2nd Edn., ’Process
Calculations’ Prentice Hall of India Ltd, New Delhi. 2013
4. B. I. Bhatt, "Stoichiometry", 5th Edn., Tata McGraw Hill Publishers Ltd., New Delhi, 2010.
5. Himmelblau, “Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering", 8th Edn.,
Prentice Hall of India Ltd, India 2012.
COURSE OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, student will have
CO1 the capability to convert units and dimensions and also modify equations from system
to another.
CO2 the capability to apply the laws of physics and chemistry in solving process industry
related applications.
CO3 the proficiency to integrate the data and formulate the mass and energy balance
CO4 problems.
the capability to use mathematical knowledge for solving mass and energy balance
problems with and without chemical reactions.

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Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 3
CO2 3 3 1 2 2 3 3 1 3 1 3 3 2 3 3
CO3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 3
CO4 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3

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Course Code : HSIR 13

Course Title : INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS AND FOREIGN TRADES
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : GIR

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

To provide a thorough understanding of the principles of economics that apply to the decisions
of individuals and application of those principles to the world around them.
COURSE CONTENT
Meaning- Basic concepts. Demand and supply analysis-Elasticities of Demand-supply-
Measurements of Elasticities of Demand and supply- Applications-Demand Forecasting-
Qualitative and Quantitative methods-Demand and supply Equilibrium.
Cost Analysis- Types of costs-Short run and long run costs- measurement of costs-Revenue
analysis- Break Even Analysis- Calculations -Break Even analysis- contribution-profit volume
ratio-Margin of safety.
Production- Returns to factor and Returns to scale- Marginal productivity theory- Cobb-
Douglas, CES Production Functions-calculations.
Market structures-Salient features of different markets – perfect competition-Monopoly-types-
measurements of monopoly power - Discriminating monopoly-Monopolistic competition-
selling cost – group equilibrium- Excess capacity- oligopoly-kinked demand curve-price, -
output determination and profit maximisation -short run and long run-calculations.
Oligopolistic Rivalry & Theory of Games- Measurement of economic concentration –
Competition Law – Pricing Practices: Objectives – Determinants – Pricing Methods –
Government Policies and Pricing.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. P.R. Agarwal, Mathematics for Economists (2008) V.K publications
2. Dwivedi. N, Micro Economics (2016), Vikas Publishers.
3. G.L. Jain, Mathematics and Statistics for Economics (2009), Shree Niwas Publications
4. N. Gregory Mankiw, Principles of Economics (2011), 6th edition, South Western Cengage
Learning
5. R.G.D. Allen, Mathematical Analysis for Economists (2014), Trinity Press.
6. R. Pindyck and D.L. Rubinfeld, Microeconomics (1989) Macmillan Publishing Company,
New York.
7. Glenn Hubbard and Anthony O’Brien, Economics (2009), 3th edition, Prentice Hall.
8. Karl E. Case and Ray C. Fair, Principles of Economics (2007), 8th Edition, Prentice Hall.
COURSE OUTCOMES
Upon completing the course, the student will have
CO1 the understanding of the basic principles of economic theory
CO2 the knowledge about decision making by various economic agents
CO3 Exposure to types of market structures and theories
CO4 the understanding of pricing policies
Mapping of Course Outcome with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 2 2 3 1 1 3 3 2 2 1 3 3 1 1 2
CO2 1 2 3 2 1 3 3 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 2
CO3 3 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1
CO4 2 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1

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Course Code : CLPC12

Course Title : HEAT TRANSFER
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PC
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To study the fundamental concepts of heat transfer viz., conduction, convection, radiation,
boiling and condensation.
2. To use these fundamentals in typical engineering applications (Heat exchanger and
Evaporator) and current research.
COURSE CONTENT
Basic modes of heat transfer and the laws governing them. Steady state conduction through
plane and composite walls general heat conduction equation, concepts of thermal diffusivity
and equivalent thermal conductivity. Critical insulation thickness for cylindrical and spherical
surfaces, Radial Heat conduction through thick cylindrical and spherical vessels, concept of
critical thickness, extended surfaces, Transient heat conduction. - Lumped Heat Capacity.
Convection – Dimensional analysis and empirical correlations, Free convection, Forced
convection and Mixed convection. physical significance of the dimensionless groups. Boiling
and condensation.
Heat Exchangers – classification and design, overall and individual film coefficients,
mean temperature difference, LMTD correction factor for multiple pass exchanger, NTU and
efficiency of Heat exchangers, use of efficiency charts.
Evaporation, single and multiple effect operation, material and Energy balance in evaporators,
boiling point elevation, Duhring’s rule, effect of liquid head, illustrative examples.
Thermal Radiation laws, spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, Black and Gray bodies, and
configuration factor – typical examples. Radiation exchange.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Binay K. Dutta, “Heat Transfer Principles and applications” Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.
2. D.Q. Kern,” Process Heat Transfer,” McGraw Hill Publishing.
3. J.P.Holman, “Heat Transfer” 10th edition, Mcgrawhill HED
4. Yunus A. Cengel “Heat Transfer: A Practical Approach”, 2 nd edition, Mcgraw-Hill
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student can
CO1 to estimate steady state and transient heat transfer rates from/to object such as tanks,
pipes, building etc.
CO2 to develop equations for different types of convection and solve for heat transfer rate by
convection.
CO3 to carry out thermal analysis of heat exchanger using LMTD and effectiveness method.
CO4 to estimate steam economy, capacity of single and multiple effect evaporators.
CO5 Ability to identify the roll of re-radiating surface, radiation shields, boiling and
condensation.
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
CO2 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
CO3 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
CO4 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
CO5 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3

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Course Code : CLPC13

Course Title : MOMENTUM TRANSFER
Number of Credits : 4
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PC

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. To impart the fundamental concepts of fluid statics, pressure distribution and dimensional
analysis
2. To nurture the students to solve fluid dynamics problems using Newton's laws of motion.
3. To enable students to compute velocity profile, friction factor and head loss in pipes and
fittings
4. To impart the knowledge of metering and transportation of fluids and fluid moving
machinery performance
COURSE CONTENT
Properties of fluids and concept of pressure: Introduction - Nature of fluids - physical properties
of fluids - types of fluids. Fluid statics: Pressure - density - height relationships. Pressure
Measurement. Units and Dimensions - Dimensional analysis. Similarity - forces arising out of
physical similarity - dimensionless numbers.
Momentum Balance and their Applications: Kinematics of fluid flow: Stream line -stream tube
- velocity potential. Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids - Time dependent fluids - Reynolds
number - experiment and significance - Momentum balance - Forces acting on stream tubes
- Potential flow - Bernoulli’s equation - Correction for fluid friction - Correction for pump work.
Flow of Incompressible Fluids Through Ducts: Flow of incompressible fluids in pipes - laminar
and turbulent flow through closed conduits - velocity profile & friction factor for smooth and
rough pipes - Head loss due to friction in pipes, fitting etc. Introduction to compressible flow.
Isentropic flow through convergent and divergent nozzles and sonic velocity
Flow of Fluids through Solids: Form drag - skin drag - Drag co-efficient. Flow around solids
and packed beds. Friction factor for packed beds. Ergun's Equation - Motion of particles
through fluids - Motion under gravitational and centrifugal fields - Terminal settling velocity.
Fluidisation - Mechanism, types, general properties – applications
Transportation and Metering: Measurement of fluid flow: Orifice meter, venturi meter, pitot
tube, rotameter, weirs and notches Wet gas meter and dry gas meter. Hot wire and hot film
anemometers. Transportation of fluids: Fluid moving machinery performance. Selection and
specification. Air lift and diaphragm pump. Positive displacement pumps: Rotary and
Reciprocating pumps. Centrifugal pumps and characteristics.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Yunus Cengel “Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications” McGraw-Hill Higher
Education; 4 edition, 2017.
2. Noel. D.Nevers, "Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers", McGraw Hill, 3 rd International
Edition, 2005.
3. W. L. McCabe, J.C. Smith and P. Harriott, "Unit operations of Chemical Engineering”, 7 th
Edn., McGraw Hill, International Edn., 2004.
4. J. M. Coulson and J. F. Richardson, "Chemical Engineering", Vol 1, 6 th Edn. Butterworth-
Heinemann, 1999.

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COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students would have

CO1 the knowledge of fundamental concepts in fluids statics and to use dimensional
analysis for scaling experimental results.
CO2 the ability to solve hydrostatic and fluid flow problems using Newton's laws of motion.
CO3 the ability to analyze frictional flow in pipes and piping networks and to compute the
head loss and power requirements for chemical process equipments.
CO4 the ability to select the metering equipments and fluid moving machinery for an
appropriate chemical engineering operation.

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 1 3 1 3 3 3
CO2 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 3 3
CO3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 3 3
CO4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 3 3

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Course Code : CLPC14

Course Title : CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS
Number of Credits : 4
Prerequisites : CLPC11
Course Type : PC
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Course Objectives
1. To understand and appreciate thermodynamics as applied to various Chemical
Engineering Processes.
2. To introduce the behavior of components in a mixture or solution.
3. To impart fundamental concepts of solution thermodynamics involving ideal and non-
ideal systems.
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction to Basic laws and Terminologies in Thermodynamics- Statement of First law, P-
V-T behavior of pure fluids - Heat effects accompanying chemical Reactions - Statements of
second law- Clausius Inequality-Mathematical Statement of Second law-Third Law of
Thermodynamics. Applications to Laws of Thermodynamics - Flow processes: Flow in pipes,
Flow through nozzles, Compression- Refrigeration.
Thermodynamic Properties of Pure Fluids- Classification of Thermodynamic properties -Work
function and Gibb’s Free energy-Fundamental Property relations-Maxwell’s equations-
Clapyeron equation- Entropy Heat capacity relationship-Differential equations of Entropy-
Relationship between Cp and Cv-Effect of pressure and volume on Cp and Cv- Gibb’s
Helmholtz Equation-Properties of Jacobians-Thermodynamic Relations through method of
jacobians.
Thermodynamic Properties of Solutions - Introduction to fugacity and activity, Activity
coefficients-Partial molar properties-Chemical potential as a partial molar property-Lewis
randall rule-Roults and henry’s law-Gibbs Duhem Equation-Phase Equilibria and Chemical
Reaction Equilibria - Criteria for phase equilibrium, Criterion of stability, Phase equilibria in
single and multiple component systems, Duhem’s theorem, VLE for Ideal solutions,
Calculation of activity coefficients.
Reaction stoichiometry-Equilibrium constant- Feasibility of reaction- Effect of temperature,
pressure, volume and other factors- Simultaneous Reactions
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. J.M. Smith, H.C.Van Ness, Michael M. Abbott, Introduction to Engineering
Thermodynamics, McGraw Hill, New York, 2005.
2. M.D. Koretsky, Engineering and Chemical Thermodynamics, 2 nd edition, Wiley; 2nd
edition, 2012.
3. Y. V. C. Rao, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Universities Press, 1997.
4. K.V.Narayanan, A Textbook of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, PHI Learning,
2004.

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COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students will be familiar with
CO1 Fundamentals of thermodynamics as applied to various processes
CO2 Correlating the property changes for real fluids in terms of easily measurable
macroscopic properties
CO3 Applying the fundamentals of solution thermodynamics to gas and liquid mixtures and
correlate phase equilibrium of binary/multi component systems using various models
CO4 Calculating the equilibrium conversion and composition for reactions for chemical
reaction

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PS01 PS02 PS03
CO1 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 2
CO2 3 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 - - 3 2 3 3 3
CO3 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 1 - - 2 1 3 3 3
CO4 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 - 1 2 1 3 3 3

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Course Code : CLPC15

Course Title : CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PC
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To impart the basic concepts of chemical technology.
2. To develop understanding about unit process and unit operations in various industries.
3. To learn manufacturing processes of organic and Inorganic Chemicals and its applications
and major engineering problems encountered in the process
4. To learn the process flow sheet drawing for the manufacturing chemical processes.
COURSE CONTENT
Natural Products Processing: Production of pulp, paper and rayon, Manufacture of sugar,
starch and starch derivatives, Gasification of coal and chemicals from coal.
Industrial Microbial Processes and Edible Oils: Fermentation processes for the production of
ethyl alcohol, citric acid and antibiotics, Refining of edible oils and fats, fatty acids, Soaps and
detergents.
Alkalies and Acids: Chlor - alkali Industries: Manufacture of Soda ash, Manufacture of caustic
soda and chlorine - common salt. Sulphur and Sulphuric acid: Mining of sulphur and
manufacture of sulphuric acid. Manufacture of hydrochloric acid.
Cement Gases, Water and Paints: Types and Manufacture of Portland cement, Glass:
Industrial gases: Carbon dioxide, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Oxygen and Acetylene - Manufacture
of paints - Pigments
Fertilisers: Nitrogen Fertilisers; Synthetic ammonia, nitric acid, Urea, Phosphorous Fertilisers:
Phosphate rock, phosphoric acid, super phosphate and Triple Super phosphate.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. G.T. Austin, N. Shreve’s Chemical Process Industries", 5 th Edn., McGraw Hill, NewYork,
1984.
2. W.V. Mark, S.C. Bhatia “Chemical Process Industries volume I and II”, 2 nd Edition 2007.
3. R. Gopal and M. Sittig " Dryden's Outlines of Chemical Technology: For The 21st Century”
Third Edition, Affiliated East-West Publishers, 1997.
4. S.D. Shukla and G.N. Pandey, "Text book of Chemical Technology” Vol 2, Vikash
Publishing Company, 1984.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students can
CO1 understand the various unit operations and processes with their symbols
understand the manufacturing process of natural products processing and
CO2
industrial Microbial Processes and Edible Oils.
CO3 understand the various chemical reactions involved in the process
CO4 understand the manufacturing process of inorganic chemicals
draw the process Flowsheet and understand the major engineering problems
CO5
encountered in the processes.

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PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 1 - 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 - 2 3 3 2 3
CO2 1 - 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 - 2 3 3 2 3
CO3 1 - 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 - 2 3 3 2 3
CO4 1 - 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 - 2 3 3 2 3
CO5 1 - 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 - 2 3 3 2 3

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Course Code : CLLR11

Course Title : MOMENTUM TRANSFER LAB
Number of Credits : 2
Prerequisites : CLPC13
Course Type : ELR
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To understand and apply the principles and concepts of momentum transfer theory learned
in the momentum transfer course
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1. Flow through straight pipes
2. Flow through pipe fittings
3. Flow through helical/spiral coil
4. Flow through packed bed
5. Flow through fluidized bed
6. Flow measurement using venturi and orifice meter
7. Flow measurement using Pitot- static tube
8. Flow through Bernoulli’s apparatus
9. Performance of centrifugal pump
10. Flow of non-newtonian fluid
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Lab Manual provided by NITT
2. W.L. McCabe, J.C. Smith and P. Harriott, "Unit operations of Chemical Engineering”,
7th Edn., McGraw Hill, International Edn., 2005.
COURSE OUTCOMES
After completion of the course, students are able to
CO1 understand and analyse the laminar and turbulent flow characteristics
CO2 understand the friction factor of fluid flow through pipes and packed column
CO3 understand the flow measurement using flow meters
CO4 understand the pump performance

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3
CO2 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 1 2 1 3 3 3
CO3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 1 2 1 3 3 3
CO4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 1 2 1 3 3 3

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Course Code : CLLR12

Course Title : HEAT TRANSFER LAB
Number of Credits : 2
Prerequisites : CLPC12
Course Type : ELR
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To provide experience on testing, and analysis of heat transfer concepts and heat transfer
equipment
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1. Heat transfer by Natural convection
2. Temperature profile
3. Heat transfer studies in Radiator
4. Emissivity apparatus
5. Experiment on transient heat conduction
6. Heat transfer in Pin-fin
7. Stefan Boltzmann Apparatus
8. Heat transfer phenomena in drop and film condensation
9. Critical heat flux studies in Boiling phenomena
REFERENCE BOOKS
Heat transfer laboratory manual
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student can
CO1 able to verify the basis learnt in theory and also to evaluate the performance of
heat transfer equipment.

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1

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Course Code : MAIR41

Course Title : MATHEMATICS III
Number of Credits : 4
Prerequisites : MAIR11 and MAIR21
Course Type : GIR

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. To express periodic and non-periodic functions in terms of sinusoidal functions.
2. To provide the basic concepts of numerical methods in view of solving linear systems and
nonlinear equations.
3. To introduce several methods for the interpolation of data from chemical engineering
problems
4. To learn various numerical computational techniques and apply to engineering problems.
5. To train students with mathematical aspects so as to comprehend, analyze, design and
create novel products and solution for the real-life problems.
COURSE CONTENT
Fourier series - Dirichlet's conditions - Half range Fourier cosine and sine series -
Parseval's relation - Fourier series in complex form – Harmonic analysis.
Classification of second order linear partial differential equations (PDEs); Method of
separation of variables; Laplace equation; Solutions of one-dimensional heat and wave
equations -Fourier series solution.
Solution of systems of linear equations using LU decomposition, Gauss elimination and
Gauss-Seidel methods; Lagrange and Newton's interpolations, Solution of polynomial and
transcendental equations by Newton-Raphson method.
Numerical integration by trapezoidal rule, Simpson's rule and Gaussian quadrature rule.
Numerical solutions of first order ordinary differential equations (ODEs) by Euler’s method,
Modified Euler’s method and 4th order Runge-Kutta method.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. K. E. Atkinson. An introduction to numerical analysis, 2ed. Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1989.
2. R. Haberman. Applied partial differential equations: with Fourier series and boundary value
problems, 4ed. Pearson, 2013.
3. M. K. Jain, S. R. K. Iyengar, and R. K. Jain. Numerical methods: For scientific and
engineering computation, 7ed. New Age International Publishers, 2019.
4. E. Kreyszig, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 10 ed. Wiley, 2011.
5. K. Sankar Rao. Introduction to partial differential equations, 3ed. PHI Learning Pvt Ltd,
2010.
6. S. S. Sastry. Introductory methods of numerical analysis, 5ed. PHI Learning Pvt Ltd, 2012.
7. Grewal, B.S., Higher Engineering Mathematics, Khanna Publishers, 2017.
COURSE OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, student will have
CO1 the ability to express non-periodic functions in terms of Fourier series expansion.
CO2 the knowledge about partial differential equations (PDEs) and how they serve as
mathematical models for physical processes such as heat transfer problems in one-
system to another.
dimensional and two-dimensional cases, and one-dimensional wave equation.
CO3 the capability to adopt methodologies to solve the system of linear equations
numerically for exact/approximate solutions.
CO4 the capacity to evaluate the difficult definite integrals and find approximate solutions
for first order ODEs using various numerical techniques.

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Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2
CO2 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 3
CO3 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 3
CO4 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 3

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Course Code : CLPC16

Course Title : PARTICULATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PC

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Understand the philosophy of characterization of particulate materials and its application
to various functionalities of particulates materials
2. Enable to apply Population Balance Equations (PBE) to study the dynamic behavior of
various particulate processes
3. Understand the basic principles and design/ analysis of various process applications such
as Size Reduction, Filtration, Sedimentation, Mixing and Agitation, material handling and
metering etc.
COURSE CONTENT
Characteristics of Particulate Material: Properties and characterisation of particulate solids,
analysis and technical methods for size and surface area distribution of powder; Flow
properties of particulates. Population Balance Equations
Synthesis Methods: Introduction to synthesis of composite material by spray technique,
aerosol generation, Introduction to size reduction equipment, energy and power requirement
in milling operations, computer simulation techniques for mill performance.
Particulate Processes: Gas-liquid separation methods, Classification by size, agitation of
liquids and mixing of solids, Fluidization, encapsulation etc., process performance simulations
Handling of Particulate Material: Conveying methods, Storage methods and design of silo,
selection of feeders and elevators
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Martin Rhodes (Ed.), “Introduction to Particle Technology”, 2 nd Edn, Wiley- Interscience
Publications, 2002
2. McCabe and J.C .Smith," Unit Operation of Chemical Engineering", 7th Edn., McGraw Hill.,
New York, 2004.
3. M. Coulson and J.F .Richardson, "Chemical Engineering", Vol. II, 5 thEdn., Butterworth -
Heinemann, 2002
4. Raymond A. Kulweic, "Materials Handling Handbook", 2 ndEdn, Wiley- Interscience
Publications, 1985.
5. Badger and Banchero, "Introduction to Chemical Engineering", 1 stEdn., McGraw Hill,
NewYork, 1955
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, students are expected to
CO1 understand the philosophy of characterization of particulate material
CO2 use Population Balance Equations to study the dynamics of various processes
CO3 design a process or analyze the performance of a process associated with particulate
material
CO4 have sufficient knowledge to address the current challenges of particulate processes in
industries including safety, environmental and ethical considerations

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PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 3 1 3 1 2 2 1 3 3 1 3 3 3 3
CO2 3 3 1 3 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3
CO3 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 1 3 2 3 3 3
CO4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 3

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Course Code : CLPC17

Course Title : CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING
Number of Credits : 4
Prerequisites : CLPC12, CLPC14
Course Type : PC
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Introduce basic concepts of chemical kinetics like homogeneous and heterogeneous
reactions, rate of reaction, order and molecularity of reaction, concentration and
temperature dependency of rate of reaction
2. Build up the concepts to analyze kinetic data and determine the rate expression for a
reaction
3. This course will guide students to make use of key concepts and techniques of chemical
kinetics to design single reactor and multiple reactors
4. Analyze multiple reactions to determine selectivity and yield
5. Work together in same-discipline teams to solve engineering problems
COURSE CONTENT
Basics of Kinetics: Introduction - kinetics of homogeneous reactions: Concentration dependent
& Temperature dependent term of rate equation, Searching for a mechanism. Interpretation
of Batch Reactor data
Reactor Design: Introduction to Reactor Design. Single Ideal Reactors.
Design of Reactor for Multiple Reaction: Design for single and multiple Reactions. Size
comparison of single reactors for single reactions. Multiple Reactor system for single
reactions. Reactions in parallel, reactions in series and series - parallel reactions of first order.
Recycle reactor, auto catalytic reactions.
Heat Effects: Temperature and pressure effects on single and multiple reactions, Introduction
to Heterogeneous reaction kinetics.
Flow Behaviour of Reactors: Non - ideal flow: Residence time distribution studies: C, E, F and
I curves, conversion calculations directly from tracer studies. Models for non-ideal flow -
dispersion and tanks in series multi-parameter models
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. O. Levenspiel, "Chemical Reaction Engineering", 3 rd Edn., Wiley Easter Ltd., New
York,1999.
2. K. A. Gavhane, “Chemical Reaction Engineering –I”, Nirali Prakashan Publications, Pune,
2013
3. J.M. Smith, “Chemical Engineering Kinetics", 3rd Edn., McGraw Hill, New York, 1981.
4. Fogler.H.S., “Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering”, Prentice Hall of
India Ltd., IIIrd Edition, 2000
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students will
CO1 understand the classification of chemical reactions, factors affecting the rate of reaction, and
the effect of temperature on rate of reaction.
CO2 gain the knowledge on Analyzing the laboratory data for determining the order of reaction
and reaction rate constant Ability to relate rate of reaction with design equation for reactor
sizing.
CO3 familiar with the comparisons of ideal reactor types (batch, plug flow, mixed flow, etc.) and
select the most suitable one. Also familiar with the determining optimal ideal reactor design
for multiple reactions for particular yield or selectivity.
CO4 have knowledge on non-ideal reactors and troubleshooting the existing non-ideal reactors
to improve its performance.

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PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1
CO2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1
CO3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1
CO4 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1

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Course Code : CLPC18

Course Title : MASS TRANSFER - I
Number of Credits : 4
Prerequisites : CLPC11, CLPC14
Course Type : PC
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To learn the concept of diffusion in gas, liquid & solid.
2. To understand the basics of interphase mass transfer.
3. To learn application of gas-liquid operation and simultaneous heat and mass transfer
operations.
COURSE CONTENT
Definition, Ficks law, Molecular and eddy diffusion, Diffusion in gaseous mixtures, liquid
mixtures and solids, Types of solid diffusion, Pseudo steady state diffusion, measurement and
calculation of diffusivities. Ordinary diffusion in multicomponent gaseous mixtures. Unsteady
state Diffusion.
Equilibria, Mass transfer coefficients - Individual and overall with relations, Theories of mass
transfer, Analogies between momentum, heat and mass transfer to predict mass transfer
coefficients.
Absorption Concept, Solubility of gas absorption, Concept of Equilibrium and operating lines.
Mass Transfer Equipments- Batch and continuous Stage wise contactors, Differential
contactors, Concept of HTU and NTU, Tower packings and packing characteristics, Design of
absorption towers, Non-isothermal absorbers.
Humidification Theory, Psychometric Chart, Adiabatic Saturator, Wet Bulb Theory, Methods
of Humidification and dehumidification, Cooling tower theory, Design of cooling towers,
Industrial cooling towers, Air conditioning process, Recirculating water gas humidification
system.
Drying Theory and Mechanism, Drying Characteristics, Estimation of Drying time, drying rate
curve, Classification of Driers, Through circulation driers design, Design of driers, Description
and Application of Driers, Analysis of continuous driers.
Crystallization Theory, Solubility curve, Types of crystals, Principles of Crystallization,
Supersaturation Theory, Factors governing nucleation and crystal growth. Classification and
description of crystallizers, applications. Product size distribution by MSMPR model. Design
of Crystallizers.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. R. E. Treybal, "Mass Transfer Operations", 3 rd Edn., McGraw Hill Book Co., New York,
1981.
2. N. Anantharaman and K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum, “Mass Transfer Theory and Practice”,
Printice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2013.
3. A.S.Foust, “Principles of Unit Operations”, 2 nd Edition, Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
4. J. M. Coulson and J. F. Richardson, "Chemical Engineering", 5 th Edition Vol. II, P
Butterworth Heinemann, New, 2002.
5. C.J.Geankoplis, “Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles,” IV edition,
Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 2004.
6. W.L. McCabe, J.C. Smith and P. Harriot, "Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering", 7th
Edn., McGraw Hill Book Co., New York, 2004.

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COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students will be

CO1 familiar with the basic phenomenon of mass transfer involving phases.
CO2 applying the mathematical and design concepts of mass transfer in gas-liquid
systems such as absorption and humidification.
CO3 applying the basic and mathematical concepts of mass transfer to design the
drying and crystallization unit operations.
CO4 gaining good knowledge of required optimum condition for a gas-liquid system.

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3

CO1 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1
CO2 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1
CO3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1
CO4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1

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Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : CLLR13

Course Title : PARTICULATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LAB
Number of Credits : 2
Prerequisites : CLPC16
Course Type : ELR
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To understand and verify the principles & concepts of learned in Particulate Science &
Teechnology theory course and application to various particulate processes.
2. To gain knowledge through conducting experiments on characterization of single particle
and powder samples, particulate process such as Comminution, Screen Analysis, Filtration,
Mixing, Sedimentation, storage of solids in a silo and Elutriation.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1. Particle size characterization (i) Image analysis, (ii) Settling velocity (iii) Particle
density, (iv) Bulk density (Tap Density, Repose Density), (v) Angle of repose
2. Screen analysis for effectiveness of a screen
3. Influence of flight on comminution in a Ball mill
4. Evaluation of energy requirement in Jaw crusher
5. Evaluation of filtration characteristics for cake and filter medium
6. Evaluation of mixing characteristics and influence of baffles
7. Effect of inclination on sedimentation of suspension
8. Evaluation of elutriation parameters
9. Influence of discharge opening on solid discharge rates from silo
10. Discharge rates of non-cohesive powders through silo
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Lab Manual
2. W.L. McCabe, J.C. Smith and P. Harriott, "Unit operations of Chemical Engineering”, 7 th
Edn., McGraw Hill, International Edn., 2005.
3. Martin Rhodes [2001], “Introduction to Particle Technology” 2 ndEdn. Elsevier Publicaitons.
COURSE OUTCOMES
After completion of the course, the students are able to
CO1 understand and interpret the particulate properties
CO2 understand the principle and evaluate the performance of comminution, screening
operation, elutriation and solids discharge through silo.
use the performance characteristics to design particulate processes lilke
CO3
sedimentation, filtration and mixing
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 1
CO2 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 1
CO3 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 1

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Course Code : CLLR14

Course Title : CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING LAB
Number of Credits : 2
Prerequisites : CLPC17
Course Type : ELR

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Providing experience on experimentally to find activation energy and kinetics of particular
chemical reaction, evaluation of performance of single and multiples reactors and evaluation
of performance of non-ideal reactors

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1. Adiabatic Reactor
2. Batch reactor –I
3. Batch reactor –II
4. Mixed Flow Reactor
5. Mixed Flow Reactor in series
6. Plug Flow Reactor
7. Mixed Flow Reactor followed by Plug Flow Reactor
8. RTD studies in Mixed Flow Reactor
9. RTD studies in Plug Flow Reactor

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. O. Levenspiel, "Chemical Reaction Engineering", 3 rd Edn., Wiley Easter Ltd., New York,
1999.
2. K.A. Gavhane Chemical Reaction Engineering -I, Nirali Prakashan Publications, Pune,
2013
3. Chemical reaction engineering laboratory manual.

COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student will be
CO1 able to verify the basis learnt in theory on finding activation energy and finding
kinetics of particular chemical reaction, evaluation of performance of single and
multiples reactors and evaluation of performance of non-ideal reactors

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1

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Course Code : CLPC19

Course Title : TRANSPORT PHENOMENA
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : CLPC12, CLPC13, CLPC18
Course Type : PC
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To find the velocity distribution in laminar and turbulent flow of Newtonian and non-
Newtonian fluid
2. To obtain the temperature and concentration distribution of solids and fluids.
COURSE CONTENT
Mechanism of fluid transport: Laminar Flow - Velocity distribution in Laminar flow - Shell
momentum balances - Flow through tubes, surfaces. Flow of non - Newtonian fluids
Equation of Motion: Equation of change for isothermal process – One dimensional equation
of motion and continuity - Euler and Navier – Stokes equation. Dimensional analysis of
equation of change
Turbulent Flow: Velocity distribution in turbulent flow - Semi empirical expressions for
Reynolds stress. Interphase transport in isothermal system - Ergun's equation.
Heat Transfer analysis: Mechanism of heat transport - Temperature distribution in solids and
fluids in laminar flow - Equations of change for multi component systems.
Mass Transfer analysis: Mechanism of mass transport - Concentration distribution in solids
and in fluids laminar flow - Equations of change for multi component systems.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. James Welty, Charles E. Wicks, Gregory L. Rorrer, Robert E. Wilson, “Fundamentals of
Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer”, 5 th edition, Wiley; 2007
2. Bird R.B., Stewart W.E. and Light Foot E.N. Transport Phenomena, 2 nd Edition, John Wiley
and Sons., 2007.
3. Geankoplis C.J., Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles, 4 th Edition,
Prentice Hall Inc., 2009.
4. J.L. Stuart, “Transport Phenomena”, John Wiley, New York, 1982.
5. W. J. Thomson, “Introduction to Transport Phenomena”, Prentice Hall, 2000.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students can
CO1 Understand the analogy among momentum, heat and mass transport
CO2 Develop differential momentum, heat, and mass balances for 1-D steady state problems
using conservation principles
CO3 Formulate a mathematical representation of velocity, temperature and concentration
profiles in momentum, heat and mass transfer respectively in laminar flow.
CO4 identify the similarity among the correlations for floe, heat and mass transfer at interface
CO5 Solve the flow, heat and mass transfer problems
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 3 2 2 1 3 3 3
CO2 3 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 3 3 2
CO3 3 3 1 3 3 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 2
CO4 3 3 1 2 3 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2
CO5 3 3 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2

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Course Code : CLPC20

Course Title : Mass Transfer II
Number of Credits : 4
Prerequisites : CLPC18
Course Type : PC

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. To impart the basic concept of conventional mass transfer operations.
2. To learn the equilibrium characteristics of two-phase mass transfer processes.
3. To understand the hydrodynamics and modes of operations in mass transfer equipment.
4. To develop the skill in the design and analysis of mass transfer equipment in process
industries.
COURSE CONTENT
Distillation-Principle, theory, Vapor- Liquid Equilibria calculations- Effect of Pressure and
temperature on VLE- Methods of distillations- flash, steam, simple, vacuum, molecular
distillations- Azeotropic and Extractive distillation - Design of single stage flash, simple and
steam distillation columns.
Design of continuous distillation equipments -stage-wise and differential contact towers-
Design calculations using Ponchon-Savarit and Mc-Cabe Thiele Methods- Murphree Plate
efficiency, Point and overall efficiency interrelations- Reboilers and condensers- Open steam
Distillation – Design of Packed bed distillation towers-HTU and NTU calculations.
Extraction- Theory, LLE for different systems, Effect of pressure and temperature on LLE-
Solubility criteria- Design of Batch and continuous extraction towers for miscible and
immiscible systems- Industrial equipments and applications- Description of Extractors with
reflux.
Leaching-Theory, Mechanism, Types of leaching, Solid - Liquid equilibria- Design of batch and
continuous extractors- Equipments and industrial applications.
Adsorption-Types of adsorption, nature of adsorbents - adsorption hysteresis- adsorption
isotherms- Design of batch and continuous adsorbers- Mechanism of Break through plot and
its effect.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. R.E. Treybal, "Mass Transfer Operations", 3 rd Edn., McGraw Hill Book Co., New York,
1981.
2. N. Anantharaman and K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum, “Mass Transfer Theory and Practice”,
Printice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2013.
3. A.S. Foust, “Principles of Unit Operations”,2nd Edn., Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
4. M. Coulson and J.F. Richardson, "Chemical Engineering", Vol - II, 5th Edn., Pergamon
Press, New York, 2002.
5. C.J. Geankopolis, "Transport Processes in Chemical Operations", 4 th Edn., Prentice Hall
of India, New Delhi, 2004.
6. W.L. Mccabe, J.C. Smith and P. Harriot, "Unit Operations in Chemical Engg.”, 7 th Edn.,
McGraw Hill Book Co., New York, 2004.

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COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students are expected to

CO1 understand the concepts of mass transfer operations in Chemical Process

industries.
CO2 analyze the two-phase mass transfer processes and apply in Process industries.
CO3 apply equilibrium characteristics for the design of transfer operations.
CO4 evaluate the design of equipments for the separation of components using
mathematical skills in Chemical engineering Practice.

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 - - - - 3 3 - - - - 3 3 2 2
CO2 - 2 - 3 - 2 2 - 1 - 2 - 2 2 -
CO3 3 - - 3 3 - - - - - - - 3 1 -
CO4 3 2 2 3 3 - - - - - 2 - 3 3 1

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Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : CLPC21

Course Title : CHEMICAL PROCESS EQUIPMENT DESIGN
Number of Credits 4
Prerequisites : CLPC12, CLPC17, CLPC18, CLPC20
Course Type : PC
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To apply the basic principles/concepts learned in the subjects of Momentum transfer,
Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer, Chemical Reaction Engineering in the design of
chemical process equipment.
2. To develop the skill to select and design the appropriate process equipment for the
required unit operation or process.
3. To analyses and evaluate the performance of existing equipment.
COURSE CONTENT
Design of Pressure Vessels: Design of vessels and its components under internal pressure,
external pressure and combined loadings, design of heads/closures, design of supports and
design of high-pressure vessels.
Design of Storage tanks, Agitated vessels and Reaction vessels.
Design of Pumps, Valves, Design of Phase Separation Equipment - Design of physical
separation equipments.
Design of heat exchangers without and with phase change: Double Pipe heat Exchanger,
Shell and Tube Heat exchanger, Condenser, reboilers (Kettle type, Thermosyphon, Forced
circulation), Evaporator
Design of Mass Transfer Equipments: Design of mass transfer equipments such as distillation
columns, absorption columns, extraction columns.
Design of Simultaneous Heat & Mass Transfer Equipments: Design of dryers and cooling
towers.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Don W Green and Marylee Z Southard, “Perry’s Chemical Engineers' Handbook", 9th Edn.,
McGraw Hill Edn., NewYork, 2019.
2. R. K. Sinnott, "Chemical Engineering Design", Coulson and Richardson’s Chemical
Engineering Series, Volume-6, Fourth Edition, Butterwoth-Heinemann, Elsevier, NewDelhi,
2005.
3. L. E. Brownell and E.H. Young, "Process Equipment Design - Vessel Design", Wiley
Eastern Edn. New York, 1968.
4. B.C. Bhattacharyya, “Introduction to Chemical Equipment Design Mechanical Aspects”,
CBS Publishers & Distributors, NewDelhi, 2008.
5. D.Q.Kerm “Process Heat Transfer”, Tata McGraw Hill Edn., 2004.
6. V. V.Mahajani and S. B. Umarjii, "Joshi’s Process Equipment Design", 4th Edn., Mac Millan
Publishers India Limited, NewDelhi, 2009.

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COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, student can able to
CO1 execute the mechanical design of vessels at different operating conditions
identify the problems associated with heat transfer equipment and demonstrate suitable
CO2
solutions for the design
CO3 recognize the mass transfer equipment problems and demonstrate the design
identify the simultaneous heat and mass transfer equipments and perform the design for
CO4
the selected applications

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3

CO1 2 - 3 2 3 2 1 - 1 2 2 3 2 3 1
CO2 2 - 3 2 3 2 1 - 1 2 2 3 2 3 1
CO3 2 - 3 2 3 2 1 - 1 2 2 3 2 3 1
CO4 2 - 3 2 3 2 1 - 1 2 2 3 2 3 1

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Course Code : CLPC22

Course Title : SAFETY IN CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRIES
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : CLPC15
Course Type : PC
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To provide a general idea about safety in chemical industries.
2. To imbibe in students a culture of safer practices.
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction: Role of chemical engineer in process industries; Industrial Hazards –Fire hazards
and it’s prevention, Radiation hazards and control of exposure to radiation, Mechanical
hazards, Electrical hazards, Construction hazards.
Psychology, hygiene & other industrial hazards: Industrial psychology, Industrial hygiene,
Housekeeping, Industrial lighting and ventilation, Industrial noise, Occupational diseases and
prevention methods, Personal protective equipments; Site selection and plant layout,
Instrumentation and control for safe operation: Pressure, Temperature and Level controllers;
Risk Management and Hazard Analysis – Steps in risk management, Risk analysis using
HAZOP, FTA etc.
Case studies pertaining to chemical industries: Bhopal gas tragedy, causes, affects & lessons
learnt, other cases; Economics of safety – Financial costs to individual, family, organization
and society.
Process safety and process safety management, Legal framework for industrial safety and
environment in India- The Factories Act, The Environmental (Protection) Act, The Workmen’s
compensation Act, The Employee State Insurance Act.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Sam Mannan, Frank P. Lees, “Lees' Loss Prevention in the Process Industries: Hazard
Identification, Assessment and Control”, 4th Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005.
2. H.H. Fawcett and W. S .Wood, “Safety and Accident Prevention in Chemical Operation",
2nd Ed, Wiley Interscience, 1982.
3. Guide for Safety in the Chemical laboratory Second edition 1977, Manufacturing Chemists
Association. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York.
4. Industrial Safety and Laws, 1993, by Indian School of Labour Education, Madras.
5. Daniel A. Crowl and Joseph F. Louvar, “Chemical Process Safety, Fundamentals with
Applications”, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, Inc. ISBN 0-13-018176-5.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students are expected to be familiar with
CO1 hazards in chemical industries and their mitigation
CO2 safety aspects in plan site selection, design & layout and psychological approach
to process safety
CO3 occupational diseases and their prevention, process control for process safety,
process safety and PSM
CO4 case studies of industrial disasters, risk management methodologies
CO5 legislations for safety in chemical industries & environmental protection,
economics of providing safety

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Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 - - 1 1 2 2 - 3 - 1 - 1 1 3
CO2 2 - 3 - 1 3 2 3 3 2 1 - 2 1 2
CO3 3 3 2 - 1 2 1 1 3 - 2 - 2 1 3
CO4 1 1 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 2
CO5 - - 3 - - 2 2 3 3 - 1 - 2 1 2

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Course Code : CLLR15

Course Title : MASS TRANSFER LAB
Number of Credits : 2
Prerequisites : CLPC18, CLPC20
Course Type : ELR
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To impart the practical experience for the students to apply the concepts of mass transfer
principles and estimate the mass transfer parameters.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1. Verification of Rayleigh’s equation in simple distillation
2. Vaporization and thermal efficiency in steam distillation
3. Effect of temperature on surface evaporation
4. Stage efficiency in leaching
5. Diffusion of liquid and solid in air
6. Air drying characteristics
7. Vacuum drying characteristics
8. Mass transfer coefficient using a wetted wall column
9. Freundlich isotherm in batch adsorption
10. Break through point in continuous adsorption
11. Characteristics of a recirculation humidifier

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Mass transfer laboratory manual
2. R.E. Treybal, "Mass Transfer Operations", 3rdEdn., McGraw Hill Book Co., New York,
1981.
3. C.J. Geankopolis, "Transport Processes in Chemical Operations", 4 thEdn., Prentice Hall
of India, New Delhi, 2004.

COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the practical course, the students will be able to

CO1 understand the application of theoretical concepts

CO2 interpret and apply the data for process equipment design

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 2 - - - 2 2 - 1 - 2 2 3 2 1
CO2 3 3 - 3 3 2 - - 2 - 1 2 3 2 -

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Course Code : CLLR16

Course Title : TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND THERMODYNAMICS LAB
Number of credits : 2
crcreditsCredits
Prerequisites : CLPC14
Course Type : ELR

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. To provide hands on training to the students to familiarize various analytical instruments for
the analysis of Chemicals (Bleaching powder, Coal, Cement and water)
2. To provide practical experience on the principles, viz., thermodynamic laws, Solution
thermodynamics, Phase equilibrium and reaction equilibrium.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

1. Estimation of bleaching powder

2. Proximate analysis of coal
3. Analysis of water (pH, turbidity, conductivity, resistivity, suspended particles)
4. Estimation of salinity of water
5. Analysis of cement
6. Heat of solution by solubulity method
7. Equilibrium constant determination
8. Liquid – Liquid equilibrium
9. Excess property determination
10. Vapour compression refrigeration
11. VLE using Othmer still

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. J.M. Smith, H.C. Van Ness and M.M. Abbot, "Introduction to Engineering
Thermodynamics", McGraw Hill, New York, 7 th Edition, 2004
2. K.V. Narayanan, “A Text Book of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics,” Second second
Edition, Prentice Hall of India, 2013.
3. Laboratory Manual

COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student are able to
CO1 calibrate and perform analysis the chemicals using instruments
Verify the fundamentals learnt viz., application of thermodynamic laws, solution
CO2 thermodynamics, phase equilibrium and reaction equilibrium in Chemical
Engineering thermodynamics by conducting experiments and evaluating them.

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PS01 PS02 PS03
CO1 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
CO2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3

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Course Code : CLPC23

Course Title : PROCESS MODELLING AND SIMULATION
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : CLPC12, CLPC17, CLPC18, CLPC20
Course Type : PC
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To develop mathematical model and dynamic simulator for chemical processes
COURSE CONTENTS
Introduction to process modelling and simulation - a systematic approach to model building,
classification of models, Conservation principles, Degrees of freedom analysis. Tools of
simulation, computer simulation, Use of simulated process model
Mathematical models for chemical engineering systems: Steady state lumped systems,
process units, systems yielding linear and non-linear algebraic equations, solution of linear
and non-linear algebraic equations
Unsteady state lumped systems: liquid level tank, gravity flow tank, Isothermal CSTR and
Non-isothermal CSTR, Heated tank, distillation column,
Unsteady State Distributed System, Analysis laminar flow in pipe, sedimentation, conduction,
heat exchanger, diffusion, plug flow reactor, Solution strategies for, ODE-IVP and ODE-BVP.
Solution strategies for distribted parameter models. Solving parabolic, elliptic and hyperbolic
partial differential equations by finite difference method.
Introduction to MATLAB/Aspen, Simulation of chemical engineering problems
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. W.L. Luyben, “Process Modelling, Simulation and Control for Chemical Engineers”, 2 nd
Edn., McGraw Hill Book Co., New York, 1996.
2. Amiya K. Jana, Chemical Process Modelling and Computer Simulation, Prentice Hall of
India, 2nd Edition, 2011
3. Laurene V. Fausett, Applied Numerical Analysis using MATLAB, Second edition,
Pearson, 2009
COURSE OUTCOMES
Upon completing the course, the student can
CO1 Identify and explain the types of mathematical models
CO2 Explain and apply the workflow of developing process models based on
conservation principles and conducting numerical simulations
CO3 Select the proper type of methods and tools for a given problem
CO4 Apply computational techniques to solve practical engineering problems
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 - 2 - 2 1 3 3 3
CO2 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 - 2 - 2 1 3 3 3
CO3 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 - 2 - 2 1 3 3 3
CO4 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 - 2 - 2 1 3 3 3

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Course Code : CLPC24

Course Title : PROCESS DYNAMICS AND CONTROL
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : MAIR21
Course Type : PC
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To introduce students to the terminology, concepts and practices of input/output modeling
and automatic process control.
2. To impart knowledgeable in the design of control systems and controller tuning for
chemical processes.

COURSE CONTENT
Introduction – Control system, components of a feedback control system.
Laplace transforms - properties of Laplace transform, solution of linear differential equations
using Laplace transform techniques, piecewise continuous functions.
Dynamic behaviour of systems - derivation of transfer functions for first and second order
systems, liquid level, temperature, pressure, flow and concentration control processes,
linearization of nonlinear systems, interacting and non-interacting systems.
Transient response of first and second order systems, natural frequency, damping factor,
overshoot, decay ratio, rise time and settling time.
Transient analysis of control systems - block diagram algebra, overall transfer function of
closed loop control systems, regulator and servo problems, transient response of first and
second order systems with P, PI and PID controller.
Definition of stability of control systems, Routh test, limitations of Routh test, Pade’s
approximation of time delay systems.
Introduction to frequency response - Bode diagrams, Bode diagrams for first and second order
systems, P, PI, PID controllers, transportation lag. Bode stability criteria, phase margin and
gain margin, Nichols chart, Ziegler - Nichols Optimum controller settings. Nyquist stability
criteria, calculation of phase margin and gain margin.
TEXT BOOKS
1. D.R. Coughanowr and S. E. LeBlanc, ‘Process Systems Analysis and Control’, Mc Graw
Hill, III Edition, 2009.
2. D. E. Seborg, T. F. Edger, D. A. Millichamp and F.J. Doyle III, ‘Process Dynamics and
Control’, Wiley, IV Edition, 2017.
REFRENCE BOOKS
1. C.A.Smith and A.B.Corripio, ‘Principle and Practice of Automatic Process Control’, John
Wiley and Sons, 1985.
2. W.L.Luyben, ‘Process Modelling Simulation and Control for Chemical Engineers’,
McGraw Hill, II Edition, 1990.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student can
construct a model of the elements used in control systems from first principles
CO1
leading to the development of transfer function models
compute the response of the developed transfer function for various forcing
CO2
functions and predict the control action of P, PI, PD and PID controllers
compute the transient response under closed loop conditions and evaluate the
CO3
stability of the control system given a mathematical model of the control system.
CO4 design a control system for robust performance using frequency response methods.

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PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 3 3 - 2 - - - - - - 3 3 3 2
CO2 3 3 2 - 2 - - - - - - 3 1 - -
CO3 3 3 2 - 2 - - - - - - 1 3 - -
CO4 3 3 2 - 2 - - - - - - - 2 - -

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Course Code : CLPC25

Course Title : PROJECT ENGINEERING AND ECONOMICS
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : CLPC15
(CourseType
Course code) : PC
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. For enabling the students to gain experience in organisation and implementation of a
small project and thus acquire the necessary confidence to carry out main project in the
final year.
2. To make the students to understand all the facility required for starting up a new industry
apart from various unit operation
3. To make the students to gain all the knowledge in terms of financial analysis for starting
up a new chemical industry.
4. To give a clear linkage between technical knowledge and commercial aspects of the
major chemical engineering unit operations and design.
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction: Chemical Engineering plant design, Overall design consideration, Plant location
and site selection, plat layout, factors affecting plant location, project planning and scheduling
of projects, Process selection and Development: Process creation, Process design criteria,
Process flow diagram (PFD), Piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID).
Process utilities, process water, boiler feed water, water treatment & disposal, steam
distribution, Furnaces, process pumps, compressors, vacuum pumps, valves, Piping design,
layout, Support for piping insulation, plant constructions.
Process Instrumentation: measurement of temperature, pressure, fluid flow, liquid weight and
weight flow rate, viscosity, pH, concentration, electrical and thermal conductivity, humidity of
gases
Analysis of Cost Estimation: Cash flow for industrial operations, Factors affecting investment
and production costs, Capital investments, Fixed capital and working capital, Estimation of
capital investment, Cost indices, Estimation of total cost, Profit and cash flow, Net present
value analysis, Balance sheet and Income statements, Methods for calculating Depreciation
Profitability Analysis: Profitability standards, Costs of capital, Methods of calculating
profitability, Rate of return on investment, Payback period, Discounted cash flow rate of return,
Net present worth, Payout period, Alternative investments, Replacements.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. J.M. Coulson, JF Richardson, RK Sinnott Butterworth Heinman, Chemical Engineering
Volume 6, Revised Second Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996.
2. M.S. Peters and K.D. Timmerhaus, "Plant Design and Economics for Chemical
Engineers", McGraw Hill book Co., New York, 1991.
3. H.E. Schwyer, "Process Engineering Economics", McGraw Hill Book Co., N.Y.
4. Peters M.S., K.D. Timmerhaus and R.E. West. “Plant Design and Economics for
Chemical Engineers”, McGraw Hill, 5th Edition, 2011.
5. V.Ganapathy, Industrial Boilers, and Heat recovery Steam Generators Design,
Applications and calculations, Marcel Dekker, Inc, 2003.
6. Turton R., R.C. Baile, W.B. Whiting, J. A. Shaeiwitz. “Analysis, Synthesis and Design of
Chemical Processes”, PHI, New Delhi, 3rd Edition, 2011.
7. Robin Smith, “Chemical Process Design”, McGraw Hill Book Co., New York, 1995.

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COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students can

understand how a project has to be started, their pre-requirements, flow chart

CO1 preparation, economic calculation and so on.
CO2 draw a complete flowchart of a plant with complete cost analysis.
choose between the equipment/instruments of the same function based on both
CO3 technical and commercial point of view
gain a good knowledge on when to run an industry in a profitable or without
CO4 loss/gain of a particular concern.
CO5 work out the balance sheet and Income statement for a particular concern.

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PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 1 - 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3
CO2 1 - 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3
CO3 1 - 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3
CO4 1 - 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3
CO5 1 - 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3

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Course Code : CLLR17

Course Title : PROCESS DYNAMICS AND CONTROL LAB
Number of Credits : 2
Prerequisites : CLPC24
Course Type : ELR

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

To impart hands on experience on various process control systems and instrumentation

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1. I and II Order System Dynamics
2. Interacting & non-interacting Systems
3. Flapper - Nozzle system
4. Control valve characteristics
5. Level control system
6. Flow control system
7. Pressure control system
8. Control of a thermal system
9. Design of control system for a given process
10. Simulation of a closed loop system
11. Demo Experiment using Aspen Software of a given process

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Process Control Laboratory Manual.
2. D.R. Coughanowr and S.E. LeBlanc, ‘Process Systems Analysis and Control’, Mc.Graw
Hill, III Edition, 2009.

COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students will be

CO1 able to apply the theoretical knowledge while performing experiments for different
chemical engineering processes

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3

CO1 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 - - - 3 1 1 2 1

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Course Code : CLLR18

Course Title : PROCESS MODELLING AND SIMULATION LAB
Number of Credits : 2
Prerequisites : CLPC23
Course Type : ELR

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

To simulate the various chemical processes through software packages

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS:
1. Estimation of dew point and bubble point temperature of a hydrocarbon mixture
2. Simulation of flash drum
3. Design of ditillation column
4. Optimization of a flow sheet or process
5. Determination of temperature profiles for heat exchanger
6. Concentration profiles for reactor
7. Simulation of Jacketed CSTR
8. Simulation of process
9. Simulation of evaporator/ distillation column/ extraction process

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Steven C. Chapra, Applied numerical methods with MATLAB for engineers and
scientists, McGrawhill, 2012
2. Jana A.K., Chemical Process Modelling and Computer Simulation, PHI, 2008.
3. Jana A.K., Process Simulation and Control using ASPEN, PHI, 2009

COURSE OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, students will be able to
CO1 Use design packages for the simulation of chemical processes
CO2 analyze the chemical processes and select the appropriate numerical techniques
or tool for the process.

Mapping of course outcomes with programme outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 2 3 1 3 1 - - 2 - 1 2 2 3 3
CO2 3 2 3 1 3 1 - - 2 - 3 3 3 3 3

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PROGRAMME ELECTIVE COURSES

Course Code : CLPE11
Course Title : CHEMISTRY-III
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To learn the principles of photochemical and pericyclic reactions in order to apply them in
organic synthesis.
2. To acquire knowledge on the advanced characterization techniques in identification of
compounds.
3. To learn about the industrially relevant catalytic processes, technologies for various chemical
processes and preparation of fine chemicals.
4. To learn the applications of electrochemistry in energy and environmental studies
COURSE CONTENT
Photochemistry and Pericyclic Reactions: Fundamentals of photochemistry, Norrish type I
and II reactions, photo reduction of ketones, photochemistry of arenes. Pericyclic reactions,
classification, Woodward-Hoffmann rules and FMO theory.
Identification of organic compounds: Basics of IR spectroscopy, applications. Mass
spectroscopy: Methods of desorption and ionization (EI, CI, MALDI, ESI), study of
fragmentation pattern. Basic principles of 1H and 13C NMR, applications of 1H and 13C NMR
(DEPT) to organic chemistry, case studies and combined problems.
Catalysis and Kinetics: Catalysis- Homogeneous & heterogeneous catalysis, Langmuir –
Hinshelwood mechanism of a bimolecular surface reaction, Elay – Rideal mechanism of a
surface reaction, enzyme catalysis and kinetics, self-assembled monolayers and Langmuir-
Blodgett films-determination of surface area of catalysts.
Process development for fine chemicals: Preparation of acid chlorides from carboxylic
acids, Friedel-Crafts acylation, Grignard reagents, Wittig reaction, ozonolysis, sharpless
epoxidation. Hydroformylation, Wacker-smidt synthesis, Monsanto acetic acid and
carbonylation processes.
Electrochemistry Principles: Electrode processes, thermodynamics and potential, electron
and mass transfer; electrochemical measurement methods and instruments; principles of
electrochemical devices including batteries, super capacitors, fuel cells and
electrochemical sensors.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. K. Jagadamba Singh, Jaya Singh, Photochemistry and Pericyclic Reactions, 3rd Edn,
New Age International publications, 2009
2. R. M. Silverstein and F. X. Webster: Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds,
7th Edn, 2007
3. Gopala Rao M. and Marshall S., “Dryden’s Outlines of Chemical Technology- for the 21st
Century”, Affiliated East-West Press.
4. V. S. Bagotsky, Fundamentals of electrochemistry, 2nd Edition, John Wiley and
Sons,2005.
5. Bard and Faulkner, Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals and Applications, 2nd
edition, Wiley 2001, (ISBN 0-471-04372-9)
6.C. Someswara Rao “The Chemistry of Process Development in Fine Chemical and
Pharmaceutical Industry” John Wiley and Sons. 2007.

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COURSE OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, student will be able to
apply the concepts of photochemistry and catalysts in optimizing the conditions of
CO1
organic synthesis.
use advanced spectroscopic tools in characterization of the reaction products to assess
CO2
purity and yield.
determine the best reaction conditions to maximize the products by applying the
CO3
principles of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis.
CO4 understand the concepts of electrochemistry principles and applications

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PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 1
CO2 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 1
CO3 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 3 3 2 1
CO4 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 1

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Course Code : CLPE12

Course Title : PETROLEUM REFINING AND PETROCHEMICALS
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. To impart introductory knowledge of petroleum refining and corresponding processes.
2. To provide an insight into petrochemical industry.
COURSE CONTENT
Origin & formation of crude oil, Classification of crude, Characterization of crude.
Primary Processing: Atmospheric and vacuum distillation of crude oil.
Secondary Processing: FCC, Hydro cracking, Visbreaking, Coking, Reforming, Alkylation,
Isomerisation and polymerization processes.
Treatment Techniques: Removal of Sulphur, Treatment of LPG, Gasoline, Kerosene, Diesel;
Lube oils production and treatment.
Introduction to Petrochemicals: Chemicals from methane and synthesis gas, Chemicals from
olefins, Chemicals from aromatics.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. W.L. Nelson, “Petroleum Refinery Engineering”, 4 th Edn., McGraw Hill, New York,1985
2. B. K. Bhaskara Rao, "Modern Petroleum Refining Processes", 5 th Edn., Oxford and IBH
Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2012.
3. G. D. Hobson and W. Pohl., "Modern Petroleum Technology", John Wiley & sons
Publishers, 4th Edn. 2004.
4. R. A. Meyers, "Hand book of Petroleum Refining Processes”, McGraw Hill, 3 rd Edn. 2003.
5. S Maitra and OP Gupta “Elements of Petrochemical Engineering ”Khanna Publishers
2018.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students will be able to
CO1 Explain the origin, formation, composition and characterization of crude oil.
CO2 Analyze primary processing mechanisms of crude to obtain various petroleum cuts.
Discuss about secondary conversion techniques and treatment processes in
CO3 petroleum refinery to get products of desired yield and quality.
CO4 Explain production and applications of various petrochemicals.
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 2 3 2 2 2 2 - - 2 - 3 2 3 3 3
CO2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - 3 2 3 2 1
CO3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 - 3 2 3 2 1
CO4 - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 - 3 2 3 2 1

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Course Code : CLPE13

Course Title : COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
The main objective of this course is to solve the chemical engineering problems by software
packages
COURSE CONTENTS
Review of solution methods of non-linear single variable equations, polynomials
(determination of quadratic factors), solution to the linear set of simultaneous equations, ill
conditioned matrix, and solution to the set of nonlinear equations
Numerical integration: Trapezoidal and Simpson’s rules, Function Approximation: Least
square curve fit
Interpolation & regression: Lagrange interpolation, forward difference, backward difference
and central difference interpolation methods, linear regression, polynomial regression.
Ordinary Differential equations (Initial value problems): Euler method, Runge-Kutta
methods, predictor corrector methods, ODE-BVP: Finite difference techniques
Partial differential equations: Helliptical, parabolic, hyperbolic PDE’s, Solving chemical
engineering problems by software packages
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. S.K.Gupta, “Numerical methods for engineers”, New Age Intl. Publishers, Second
Edition, 2010
2. Finlayson B. A., “Introduction to Chemical Engineering Computing”, 7 th Ed.., Wiley
Interscience publication, 2006.
3. Gerald C. F. and Wheatly P. O.; “Applied Numerical Analysis”, 7 th Ed., Addison Wesley,
2003.
4. Beers K. J., “Numerical Methods for Chemical Engineering: Applications in Matlab”,
Cambridge University Press,2006.
5. Cutlip M. B. and Shacham M.., “Problem Solving in Chemical and Biochemical
Engineering with POLYMATH, EXCELL and MATLAB”, 2 nd Ed., Prentice Hall,2008.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
CO1 Acquire knowledge about different types of equation that used for modelling of processes
CO2 formulate the problem for chemical engineering applications
CO3 apply the appropriate numerical technique for the problem
CO4 solve the problem by using software packages
Mapping of course outcomes with programme outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 - 3 - 1 2 2 3 3
CO2 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 - 3 - 1 2 2 3 3
CO3 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 - 3 - 1 2 2 3 3
CO4 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 - 3 - 1 2 2 3 3

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Course Code : CLPE14

Course Title : POLYMER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To provide a fundamental knowledge on polymers and their chemical, physical and
mechanical behavior.
2. Emphasis is on the processing techniques, along with the production of polymers.
COURSE CONTENT
Characteristics, Analysis of Polymers: The science of large molecules. Theory of polymer
solutions. Measurement of molecular weight and size. Analysis and testing of polymers.
Polymer material structure and Properties: Deformation, flow and melt characteristics.
Morphology and order in crystalline polymers. Rheology and the mechanical properties of
polymers. Polymer structure and physical properties.
Polymer synthesis and reaction engineering: Condensation polymerization. Addition
polymerization. Ionic and coordination polymerization. copolymerisation. polymerization
conditions and polymer reactions.
Industrial polymers: Manufacturing processes and applications: Hydrocarbon plastics and
elastomers. Other carbon chain polymers. Heterochain thermoplastics. Thermosetting resins.
Processing of polymers: Plastics, Fibres and Elastomers: Polymers developed for synthetic
plastics, fibres and elastomer applications. Plastics technology. Fiber technology. Elastomer
technology.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. F.W. Billmeyer Jr., "Text Book of Polymer Science", 3rd Edn., Wiley-Inter Science, 1984.
2. F. Rodriguez, Claude Cohen, Christopher K. Ober and Lynden A. Archer “Principals of
Polymer Systems”, 5th Edn., Taylor and Francis, Washington, 2003.
3. "Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology", John Wiley-Inter Science.
COURSE OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, the studens will be able to
apply the knowledge and to understand the properties and use of polymeric materials and
CO1
other related environmental aspects.
acquire sufficient knowledge on how polymeric materials are build-up from molecular
CO2
level to macroscopic level and the relationship between structure and material properties.
equip with knowledge on synthesis/modification, characterization, processing and
CO3
applications of synthetic polymers.
CO4 understand and apply the various processing and manufacturing techniques.
correlate structure-processing-property relationships for polymers, blends and
CO5
composites.
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PS03
CO1 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3
CO2 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 2 3
CO3 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 1 2
CO4 3 2 3 3 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 3
CO5 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 3 2 3 3 1 3 2

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Course Code : CLPE15

Course Title : MATERIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To impart the basic concept of material science.
2. To understand the various properties, corrosion and heat treatment of engineering
materials
3. To understand the engineering requirement and selections of materials based on the
properties for various applications.
COURSE CONTEN T
Atomic Bonding: Classes of engineering materials - engineering requirement of materials -
selection of materials - structure of atoms and molecules - Bonding in solids - types of bonds
and comparison of bonds.
Structure and Imperfections in Crystals: Crystal structure Crystal geometry, structure of solids,
methods of determining structures. Imperfection in crystals - types of imperfection. Point
imperfection, diffusion in solids - self diffusion Fick’s law, Applications of diffusion.
Properties and Corrosion of Material: Mechanical, Electrical and magnetic properties of
materials - Deformation of materials - Heat Treatment techniques - corrosion, theories of
corrosion - control and prevention of corrosion.
Metals: Engineering materials - ferrous metals - Iron and their alloys Iron and steel Iron carbon
equilibrium diagram. Non-ferrous metals and alloys - Aluminium, copper, Zinc, lead, Nickel and
their alloys with reference to the application in chemical industries.
Non Metals: Inorganic materials: Ceramics, Glass and refractories - organic materials: wood,
plastics, and rubber and wood - Advanced materials (Biomaterials, nanomaterials and
composites) with special reference to the applications in chemical Industries.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Lawrence H. Van Vlack, "Elements of Material Science and Engineering", 1971.
2. S.K. Hajra Choudhury, "Material Science and processes", 1 st Edn., 1977. Indian Book
Distribution Co., Calcutta.
3. William D. Callister, “Materials Science and Engineering”, 7 th edn, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
4. V. Raghavan, Materials Science and Engineering, Prentice Hall.
COURSE OUTCOMES
After completion of the course, the students can
CO1 understand the basics knowledge such as internal structure, crystal geometry, crystal
imperfection of the engineering materials
CO2 understand the various properties and corrosion behavior of the selected materials in
chemical industries
CO3 Understand the relationships between the structures, properties, processing and
applications of various engineering materials
CO4 provide experience in the metallic and nonmetallic material selection and handling material in
chemical engineering in the areas of equipment design
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 2 1 - - - - 3 - 3 - - 2 2 1 2
CO2 - - - - 2 - 3 - 3 - - 2 1 1 3
CO3 2 1 1 - 1 1 3 - 2 2 1 1 1 1 2
CO4 1 2 2 - 1 1 3 - 3 - 1 2 1 1 3

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Course Code : CLPE16

Course Title : WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. To impart basic knowledge on importance of water treatment and quality aspects.
2. To impart knowledge on different unit processes and unit operations involved in water
treatment.
3. To enable the students to design water treatment system
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction to Physical/Chemical Water Treatment Processes: Objectives of water treatment,
water sources, water contaminants, Water and Wastewater Characteristics (physical,
chemical, biological parameters), overview of methods used to treat water, Water Treatment
Regulations, Population prediction methodologies, Particles in Water, Natural Organic
Material (NOM), Particle Charge (Electric Double Layer theory and DLVO Theory) and Particle
Size Distributions
Coagulation: particle destabilization, hydrolyzing metals, polymers, mechanisms, jar tests,
enhanced coagulation, Flocculation and Mixing: basics, theory, practice, Sedimentation: Type-
1 and type-2 settling (discrete particle behavior, flocculent settling), Removal Efficiencies,
sedimentation basins, Design of sedimentation basins.
Depth Filtration: history, hydraulics, particle capture Mechanisms, types of filter, Disinfection:
pathogens, disinfectants, inactivation kinetics, disinfection by-products
Chemical Oxidation: oxidants, advanced oxidation processes, Aeration techniques,
Adsorption: equilibrium, kinetics, activated carbon, Ion Exchange
Air stripping, Membrane Processes: microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse
osmosis, forward osmosis, fouling, removal of selected constituents, Other new techniques:
Capacitive deionization processes
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. MWH’s Water Treatment: Principles and Design, 3 rd edition, John Wiley (2012).
2. Water Quality and Treatment, 5th edition, R. Letterman, EditorAmerican Water Works
Association, Denver, CO (1999).
3. Kawamura, Susumu. Integrated Design and Operation of Water Treatment Facilities, 2nd
Edn., John Wiley and Sons, Inc.,2000.
4. Arcadio P. Sincero, Gregoria A. Sincero - Physical-chemical treatment of water and
wastewater- IWA Publishing, CRC Press (2003) ISBN 1-84339-028-0
5. George Tchobanoglous, Franklin L Burton, H David Stensel, Wastewater engineering
treatment and reuse, Boston, US: McGraw-Hill Higher Education (2003)
6. Arceivala S.J. and Asolekar S.R., 2007, Wastewater Treatment for Pollution Control and
Reuse
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of this course the students would have
CO1 required essential knowledge for the selection of water treatment processes.
CO2 Understand the principles and operation of water treatment systems
CO3 the ability to design water treatment plant and unit processes
CO4 Evaluate process operations and performance

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PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 3 3 2 3 3 1 - 3 - 3 2 2 3 1
CO2 3 3 3 2 3 3 - - 3 - 3 2 2 3 1
CO3 3 3 3 2 3 3 - - 3 - 3 - 2 3 1
CO4 3 3 3 2 3 3 1 - 3 - 3 2 2 3 1

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Course Code : CLPE17

Course Title : INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
To understand the sources of wastewater,
To learn the treatment methods and equipments
COURSE CONTENT:
Introduction: Characterisation and monitoring of industrial waste water, recycling and reuse.
Selection of treatment techniques;
Physico-Chemical Treatment Methods: sedimentation, coagulation, flocculation, thickening,
floatation.
Biological Treatment Fundamentals: Microbial metabolism, bacterial growth kinetics;
Biological nitrification, denitrification and phosphorus removal; Anaerobic fermentation and
aerobic treatment.
Aerated lagoon, activated sludge systems, trickling filter, sequential batch reactor, fluidized
bed bioreactors.
Advanced Treatment Processes: Advanced oxidation systems – Fenton process,
electrochemical oxidation, sono-chemical oxidation; Membrane processes, Wet air oxidation,
Adsorption and ion-exchange, Sludge treatment.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Tchobanoglous G., Burton F.L., Stensel H.D., “Metcalf and Eddy Inc.-Waste Water
Engineering Treatment and Reuse”, Tata McGraw-Hill (2003)
2. Arceivala S.J. and Asolekar S.R., “Wastewater Treatment for Pollution Control and
Reuse”, 3rdEd., Tata McGraw Hill (2009)
3. Sincero A.P. and Sincero G.A., “Environmental Engineering –A Design Approach”,
Prentice-Hall (2006)
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of this course the students can
CO1 list different water pollutants and their environmental effects.
CO2 select the physico-chemical treatment methods for the treatment of wastewater.
CO3 analyze differ biological wastewater treatment methods and identify their
applicability
CO4 explain the principles of advanced treatment processes and their importance.

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PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 - - 3 - - 3 3 3 - - - - 2 - -
CO2 - 2 2 2 - - 3 - 3 - 3 - - 2 3
CO3 - 2 2 - 3 - - - 3 - - 3 - 2 3
CO4 2 - - - - 3 - 3 3 - 2 3

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Course Code : CLPE18

Course Title : SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To impart knowledge on problems associated with improper solid waste disposal and
regulatory requirements.
2. To describe the methods followed for solid waste collection. characterization, and
transport methods.
3. To demonstrate the different methods followed for the treatment of solid wastes.
4. To describe about hazardous waste and its management methods.

COURSE CONTENTS
Solid Waste Classification and Regulatory Requirements
Introduction - definition of the term solid waste – Importance of solid waste management -
Types and sources of solid wastes – Important aspects of Indian legal and regulatory
requirements - Functional elements of solid waste management –Problems and issues in
existing waste management practices - Participatory waste management – Sustainable waste
management.
Waste Characterization, Source Reduction and Recycling
Solid waste sampling - composition and characterization –physical composition, chemical and
biological properties – hazardous characteristics – ignitability, corrosivity and TCLP tests –
source reduction, segregation and onsite storage of wastes - recycling of plastics and E
wastes.
Waste Collection, Transport and Material Recovery
Solid waste collection methods - handling of hazardous wastes – - principles and design of
transfer and transport facilities - mechanical processing and material separation technologies
– size reduction – size separation - density separation - magnetic separation – compaction –
principles and design of material recovery facilities – physico-chemical treatment of hazardous
wastes - solidification and stabilization
Biological and Thermal Processing of Wastes
Biological and thermo chemical conversion technologies – composting – biomethanation –
incineration – pyrolysis- Solid waste processing to energy with high-value products and
specialty byproducts - operation of facilities and environmental controls - treatment of
biomedical wastes
Waste Disposal
Secured Landfills – concept and challenges - types – criteria for site selection – methods -
machineries involved - reactions – control of gas movement and leachate control –
environmental monitoring – TSDF – landfill remediation – cost consideration. rehabilitation of
open dumps and biomining of dumpsites-remediation of contaminated sites- Case studies.

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REFERENCE BOOKS
1. George Technobanoglous, Hilary Theisen and Samuel A, Vigil, “Integrated Solid waste
Management”, McGraw Hill Publishers, New York, 1993.
2. Howard. S.Peavy, Donald R. Rowe & George Technobanoglous, “Environmental
Engineering” McGraw Hill Publishers, New York, 1985.
3. K Sasikumar and Sanoop Gopi Krishna, “Solid Waste Management” Prentice Hall of
India, 2009
4. Frank Kreith and George Technobanoglous, Hand book of Solid Waste Management,
Mc Graw Hill, 2002.
5. Haggerty, D.J., Solid Waste Management, Von Nostrand Renihold Company, New
York, 1973.
6. M. N. Rao, Razia Sultana., Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Second Edition,
BS Publications,2020.

COURSE OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of this course, the students will have knowledge on:
CO1 Legal and regulatory requirements followed India.
CO2 Classification and Characterization of solid wastes.
CO3 Source reduction, reuse and recycle of solid wastes.
CO4 Treatment of solid and hazardous wastes.
CO5 Proper disposal of solid wastes.

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 3
CO2 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2
CO3 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 3 3
CO4 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 3 3 3 3 3
CO5 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 3 3 3 3 3

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Course Code : CLPE19

Course Title : AIR POLLUTION AND CONTROL ENGINEERING
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
To understand the air pollutants, measurement techniques, control methods.
COURSE CONTENT:
Emission sources, types of air pollutants, effects of air pollutants on human, materials and
plants Introduction to air pollution control acts.
Air pollution measurements, emission estimates: sample collection, standard analytical
methods, metrology for air pollution control engineers.
Air pollutant concentration models: Fixed box and Diffusion models
Particulate Emission Control: Nature of Particulate pollutants, Control of primary particulates,
Control of VOCs. Control of 69ulphur and nitrogen oxides. Air pollutants effect on global
climate
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Nevers, Noel de, “Air Pollution Control Engineering”, McGraw-Hill, Inc
2. AP Sincero and GA Sincero “Environmental Engineering”, Prentice Hall of India, (2015)
3. CS Rao “Environmental Pollution Control Engineering” Wiley Eastern Ltd (2006)
4. H Brauer and YBG Verma, “Air Pollution Control Equipment”, Springer-Verlag Berlin
Heidelberg, NY, New Delhi, 1996
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of this course the students would have
CO1 The knowledge on different air pollutants and their impacts.
CO2 Understand the different air pollution measurement techniques.
CO3 The ability to select the treatment mechanisms for various air pollutants.
CO4 The knowledge on the design of various equipment’s used for air pollution control.

Mapping of course outcomes with programme outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 1
CO2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 1 3 3 3 2 1
CO3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 1 3 3 3 3 2
CO4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 3 3 3 2

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Course Code : CLPE20

Course Title : MODERN SEPERATION PROCESSES
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. This subject deals with the application of the science and engineering science that you
have learned to the separation of chemical and wastewater.
2. To understand how separation work, and to further develop your ability to apply basic
principles to the solution of specific problems.
COURSE CONTENT
Review of Conventional separation processes separation techniques based on size, surface
properties, ionic properties and other special characteristics of substances.
Sorption Techniques: Types and choice of adsorbents, chromatographic techniques, types,
Retention theory mechanism, equipment and commercial processes, Recent advances.
Membrane Techniques: Types and choice of membranes, Membrane reactors, commercial
applications. Membrane process concepts- Dialysis, Reverse Osmosis, Nanofiltration, Ultra
filtration, Micro filtration, Gas permeation and Pervaporation.
Ionic Separation: Process concept of electro dialysis, Ion- exchange, electrophoresis,
equipments, commercial processes.
Other Techniques: Zone melting, adductive crystallization, Supercritical fluid extraction,
Industrial Effluent Treatment by Modern Techniques
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. H.M. Schoen, "New Chemical Engineering Separation Techniques", Inter Science
Publications, New York, 1972.
2. Nakagawal, O.V., “Membrane Science and Technology”’ Marcel Dekkar, 1992
3. B. Sivasankar, “Bioseparations – Principles and Techniques”, Prentice Hall of India Pvt.
Ltd, New Delhi, 2005.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students will be able to
CO1 understand the concept of various non-conventional separation processes.
CO2 select appropriate separation technique for solving the industrial problems
CO3 troubleshoot the controlling factors for modern separation techniques
CO4 design separation system for solids, liquids and gases for effective solution of intended
problem.
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 - - - - 2 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 1
CO2 2 1 2 - 3 2 2 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 1
CO3 3 2 - 3 3 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 1
CO4 3 3 - 2 3 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 1

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Course Code : CLPE21

Course Title : ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : CLPC18, CLPC21
Course Type : PE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To familiarize in the aspects of current-voltage relationships & estimation of mass
transfer coefficient, PFR & CSTR systems model
COURSE CONTENT
A general view of electrolytic processes; current-voltage relationships in electrolytic reactors;
the limiting current plateau; mass & energy balance, and efficiency in electrochemical reactors;
The estimation of mass transport coefficients at commonly occurring electrodes; The
estimation of mass transport coefficients under enhanced convection conditions
A general view of plug flow model of electrolytic reactors: plug flow model of electrochemical
reactors employing parallel plate reactor; Plug flow model under constant mass flux conditions;
PFM analysis with electrolyte recycling PFM and real electrochemical reactors. General view
of simple CSTER systems; CSTER in cascades; CSTER analysis of batch electrochemical
reactors, CSTER analysis of semi-continuous electrochemical reactors; CSTER analysis of
electrolyte recycling; Batch reactor combined with electrolyte recycling.
General aspects of thermal behaviour in electrochemical reactor; Thermal behaviour under
CSTER conditions; The estimation of heat losses; the thermal behaviour under PFR
conditions; Thermal behaviour of batch electrochemical reactors
Convective diffusion equation and migration effects –derivation of convective diffusion
equation theory – scope and limitation – migration effects – Electroneutrality conditions –
supporting electrolyte effect – fundamental of Nernst layer model – Estimation of true limiting
current
General aspects of dispersion models-tracer input signal/output signal - axial dispersion in
electrochemical reactors - axial dispersion and reactor performance - axial dispersion analysis
via tank-in-series model - general notions on optimization of electrochemical reactor –
elementary process optimization – IBL formula – optimization of electro refining process –
Jaskula formula – optimization of a general electrolytic process – The Beck formula.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Scott K, “Electrochemical Reaction Engineering”, Plenum Press, New York, 1991.
2. Goodridge F, Scott K, “Electrochemical Process Engineering”, Plenum Press, New
York, 1995.
3. T.Z. Fahidy, “Principles of Electrochemical Reactor Analysis”, Elsevier, 1985
4. D.J. Pickett, “Electrochemical Reactor Designs”, Elsevier Scientific Publishing
Company, New York, 1979.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student can
CO1 understand kinetics of single and multiple electrochemical reaction
CO2 understand mass transport process in the electrochemical system
CO3 design of electrochemical reactors.
CO4 analyze electrochemical design models, thermal behaviour of reactors and
electrochemical reactors

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Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 - 3 1 3 3 3
CO2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 - 3 1 3 3 3
CO3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 - 3 1 3 3 3
CO4 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 - 3 1 3 3 3

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Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : CLPE22

Course Title : FUEL CELLS AND BATTERIES
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
To understand working principles, types and design of primary and secondary batteries and
fuel cells
COURSE CONTENTS:
Fuel Cells: Basic principle, anodic and cathodic reaction, Nernst equation and open circuit
potential, pressure and temperature effect. Types of Fuel Cells: Proton Exchange Membrane
Fuel Cells, alkaline fuel cells, phosphoric acid, solid oxide, molten carbonate, direct methanol
fuel cells.
PEM Fuel Cell components: Anode and Cathode materials, catalysts, membrane, PEM Flow
field design, Fuel Cell Stack - Rate of mass transfer of reactants and products - water
management, Heat removal from the stack.
Fuels for Fuel Cells: Hydrogen, methane, methanol - Sources and preparation, reformation
processes for hydrogen – clean up and storage of the fuels, advantages and disadvantages
of using hydrogen as fuel. Fuel cell outlook, Applications of fuel cells – Industrial and
commercial.
Basic concepts – Components of cells and batteries, Classification of cells and batteries,
Operation of a cell, Specifications – Free energy, theoretical cell voltage, specific capacity,
specific energy, energy density, memory effect, cycle life, shelf life, state of charge (SOC) and
depth of discharge (DOD), internal resistance and coulombic efficiency.
Electrochemical principles and reactions – electrical double layer, discharge characteristics of
cell and polarization, Electrode processes and Tafel polarization, thermodynamic background
and Nernst equation. Primary and secondary batteries – Zn/C, Zn/air, alkaline cells, lithium
primary batteries, lead-acid, Ni/Cd, Ni/MH and Lithium secondary batteries (Components,
Chemistry and Performance characteristics). Applications of storage batteries.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Fuel Cell System Explained, James Larmine and Andrew Dicks, 2 nd Edn, John Wiley &
Sons Ltd
2. F. Barbir, ‘PEM fuel cells: theory and practice’, Elsevier, Burlington, MA, (2005).
3. Hand Book of Batteries and Fuel cells, 3rd Edition, Edited by David Linden and Thomas.
B.Reddy, McGraw Hill Book Company, N.Y. 2002.
4. Modern Electrochemistry 2A, Fundamentals of Electrodics, 2nd Edition, John O’M Bockris,
Amulya K. N. Reddy and Maria Gamboa-Aldeco, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Newyork.
COURSE OUTCOMES
After studying this course, the students will able to
CO1 know the basics and working principles of the batteries and Fuel cells
CO2 understand the various types and applications of primary and secondary batteries,
CO3 Select suitable materials for electrode, catalyst and membrane for fuel cells
CO4 design stacks, fuels and reformation of fuels for fuel cells

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PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 3 2 1 3 3 3 1 3 1 2 1 3 3 3
CO2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3
CO3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 3 3 3 2 2
CO4 3 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 2

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 Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : CLPE23

Course Title : HETEROGENEOUS CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. To understand the kinetics of catalytic and noncatalytic chemical reaction and reactor
design.
2. To understand the catalyst physical characterisation of surface area, pore volume, and pore
size distribution.
3. To understand the operation and troubleshooting of heterogeneous reactors.
COURSE CONTENT
Modes of contacting different phases: Self mixing of single fluids, Mixing of two miscible fluids,
Model for non ideal flow: One and two parameter model, Introduction. Design for
heterogeneous reacting systems.
Design of reactor for non-catalytic reactions: Fluid-particle systems: Models for non-catalytic
heterogeneous reactions, their limitations, selection and their applications to design.
Design of Slurry Reactor: Fluid- Fluid Reactions: Rate equations for instantaneous, fast,
intermediate, slow, and infinitely slow reactions. Slurry reaction kinetics. Application to design.
Catalyst preparation and characterization: Catalysis - Nature of catalysis, methods of
evaluation of catalysis, factors affecting the choice of catalysts, promoters, inhibitors, and
supports, catalyst specifications, preparation and characterization of catalysts, surface area
measurement by BET method, pore size distribution, catalyst, poison, mechanism and kinetics
of catalyst, deactivation.
Kinetics of heterogeneous chemical reaction: Kinetics and mechanism of heterogeneous
catalytic reactions. Various models. Evaluation and elimination of internal and external
transport processes, effectiveness factor. Solid catalysed reactions, heat effects, controlling
resistances, rates of chemisorption, adsorption isotherms, rates of adsorption and desorption
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. O. Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rdEdn., Wiley Eastern, New York, 2006.
2. J .M. Smith, Chemical Kinetics, 3rdEdn., McGraw Hill, New York, 1981.
3. H. Scott Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 4thEdn., Prentice Hall of India
Ltd.,2008.
4. G.F. Froment, K.B. Bischoff, Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design, 2 nd ed., John Wiley,
New York, 1990.
COURSE OUTCOME
Upon completing the course, the student will be able to
CO1 Understand the kinetics of catalytic reaction and non-catalytic reaction, rate determining and
reactor design.
CO2 Understand the catalyst physical properties, catalyst characterization, internal and external
diffusion process of catalyst.
CO3 familiarize kinetics of fluid-fluid reaction, three phase reaction, rate determine and reactor design
CO4 familiarize with operation and troubleshooting of heterogeneous reactors.
Mapping of Course Outcome with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 2 3 2 3
CO2 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 2
CO3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3
CO4 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 1 3

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Course Code : CLPE24

Course Title : BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. To impart the basic concepts of biochemical engineering
2. To develop understanding about biochemistry and bioprocesses
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction to Bioscience: Types of Microorganisms: Structure and function of microbial cells.
Fundamentals of microbial growth, batch and continuous culture. Isolation and purification of
Enzymes from cells. Cell Growth Measurement.
Functioning of Cells and Fundamental Molecular Biology: Metabolism and bio-energetics,
Photosynthesis, carbon metabolism, EMP pathway, tricarbocyclic cycle and electron transport
chain, aerobic and anaerobic metabolic pathways. Synthesis and regulation of biomolecules,
fundamentals of microbial genetics, role of RNA and DNA.
Enzyme kinetics: Simple enzyme kinetics, Enzyme reactor with simple kinetics. Inhibition of
enzyme reactions. Other influences on enzyme activity. Immobilization of enzymes. Effect of
mass transfer in immobilised enzyme particle systems. Industrial applications of enzymes.
Cell kinetics and fermenter design: Growth cycle for batch cultivation, Stirred-tank fermenter,
Multiple fermenters connected in series. Cell recycling. Structured Model.
Introduction to Bioreactor design: Continuously Stirred aerated tank bioreactors. Mixing power
correlation. Determination of volumetric mass transfer rate of oxygen from air bubbles and
effect of mechanical mixing and aeration on oxygen transfer rate, heat transfer and power
consumption. Multiphase bioreactors and their applications. Downstream processing and
product recovery in bioprocesses.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. J. E. Bailey and D. F. Ollis. " Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals", 2 nd Edn., McGraw
Hill, New York, 1986.
2. Trevan, Boffey, Goulding and Stanbury," Biotechnology", Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co.,
New Delhi, 1987.
3. H. W. Blanch and D. S. Clark, “Biochemical Engineering”, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York,
1996.
4. M. L. Shuler and F. Kargi, “Bio Process Engineering: Basic concepts”, 2ndEdn., Prentice
Hall of India, New Delhi, 2002.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students can
CO1 enhance knowledge in the aspects of cell structure and its functions
CO2 identify the importance of biomolecules in metabolic processes.
CO3 analyze the kinetics of enzymatic reactions and their inhibitions.
CO4 evaluate and model the cell growth kinetics in a bioreactor.
CO5 design a bioprocess with various unit operations involved in it.
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3
CO2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
CO3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
CO4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
CO5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

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Course Code : CLPE25

Course Title : BIOREFINERY ENGINEERING
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. To impart knowledge on the biomass resources available and its importance
2. To illustrate the fuels and chemicals production methods from biomass.
3. To inculcate knowledge on the conversion of waste into wealth.
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction: Vision of Bioenergy and Biochemicals, Biorefinery concept, Feedstock
preparation and characterization, Pretreatment techniques, Processes, Biorefinery products,
Evaluation of Biorefinery performances
Lignocellulosic Biorefinery: Classification of Sources, Unit operations and processes involving
in LCB biorefinery, Bioethanol, ABE fermentation, Thermochemical conversion of
lignocellulosic biomass
Platform Chemicals from biorefinery: Introduction to Platform chemicals, Chemical and
biological routes for the production, detailed discussion on production of HMF, Succinic acid,
Levulinic acid, and Propylene glycol.
Biodiesel technology: Feed Stock preparation and characterization, enzymatic and catalytic
production, biodiesel quality assessment, storage
Waste biorefinery: Thermochemical conversion of waste biomass, pyrolysis, gasification, bio
hydrogen production, biogas product
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Hongzhang Chen, “Lignocellulose Biorefinery Engineering” Elsevier (2015)
2. Thallada Bhaskar et al “Waste Biorefinery” Elsevier (2018)
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student can
CO1 understand the feed stock preparation and characterization of biofuels.
CO2 learn techniques and methods used in Biorefinery.
CO3 understand the concept of platform chemicals and their importance.
CO4 acquire knowledge on converting waste to biofuels.

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 1 3 1 3 2 3 2 3
CO2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2
CO3 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 2
CO4 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 3 2 2

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Course Code : CLPE26

Course Title : INDUSTRIAL PROCESS BIOTECHNOLOGY
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To impart the basic concepts of bioprocesses
2. To develop understanding about application of engineering principles in bioprocesses.
COURSE CONTENT
Rates and Patterns of Changes in cell cultures: Kinetics of substrate utilization, biomass and
product formation in cellular cultures. Stoichiometry of growth and product formation
Physical Parameters in Bioreactors and Downstream Separations: Transport phenomena and
modelling in Bioprocesses. Product recovery operations.
Sensors, Monitoring and control systems in Bioprocesses: Instrumentation and process
control in Bioprocesses.
Biochemical Reaction Engineering and Bioreactor design: Design and analysis of Bioreactors.
Dynamic models and stability, non-ideal mixing, residence time. Sterilisation reactors.
Immobilised bio-catalysts and multiphase bio reactors.
Fermentation Technology and R-DNA Technology: Bio-process Technology and Genetic
Engineering.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. J. E. Bailey and D. F. Ollis, "Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals", 2nd Edn., McGraw
Hill, New York, 1986.
2. M. D. Trevan, S. Boffly, K.H. Golding and P. Stanbury, "Biotechnology", Tata McGraw
Publishing Company, New Delhi 1987.
3. R.Lovitt and M.Jones, “Biochemical Reaction Engineering” in Chemical Engineering, Vol.
III, 3rd Edn., Edited by J. F. Richardson and Peacock, Pergamon, London, 1994.
4. Debabrata Das, Debayan Das, “Biochemical Engineering-An Introductory Textbook”, 1st
Edn., Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2019, ISBN 9789814800433
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students can
CO1 analyze the kinetics of cell growth and product formation from biomass.
CO2 model bioprocesses and design downstream processes involved in product
recovery.
CO3 identify instruments and model control systems involved in bioprocesses.
CO4 design and analyze bioreactors.
CO5 identify and familiarize with advanced technologies in bioprocesses
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 3 3 3 1 3 - - - - 3 2 3 3 3
CO2 3 3 3 3 1 3 - - - - 3 2 3 3 3
CO3 3 3 3 3 1 3 - - - - 3 2 3 3 3
CO4 3 3 3 3 1 3 - - - - 3 2 3 3 3
CO5 3 3 3 3 1 3 - - - - 3 2 3 3 3

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Course Code : CLPE27

Course Title : PROCESS INTENSIFICATION
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To understand the scientific background, techniques and applications of intensification in the
process industries
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction: Theory of Process Intensification, Process Intensification (PI) Applications, Main
benefits from process intensification, Process-Intensifying equipment
Process Intensification through micro reaction technology: Effect of miniaturization on unit
operations and reactions, Design rules, Implementation of Micro-reaction Technology, Micro-
fabrication of reaction and unit operation devices – Wet and Dry Etching processes.
Scales of mixing, Flow patterns in reactors, Mixing in stirred tanks: Scale up of mixing, Heat
transfer. Mixing in intensified equipment, Atomizer, Nebulizers, Static mixers, design of mixers,
Ejectors, Tee mixers, Impinging jets, Rotor stator mixers, Applications of static mixers, Higee
reactors.
Combined chemical reactor heat exchangers and reactor separators: Principles of operation;
Reactive absorption, Reactive distillation, Reactive Extraction – Case Studies.
Compact heat exchangers: Classification of compact heat exchangers, Plate heat
exchangers, Spiral heat exchangers, Flow pattern, Heat transfer and pressure drop, Flat tube-
and-fin heat exchangers, Micro channel heat exchangers, Phase-change heat transfer,
Selection of heat exchanger and design technology, Integrated heat exchangers in separation
processes.
Enhanced fields: Energy based intensifications, Sono-chemistry, Basics of cavitation,
Cavitation reactors, The Rotating electrolytic Cell, Electrostatic fields, Sonocrystallization,
Supercritical fluids.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Stankiewicz, A. and Moulijn, (Eds.), Reengineering the Chemical Process Plants, Process
Intensification, Marcel Dekker, 2003.
2. Reay D., Ramshaw C., Harvey A., Process Intensification, Butterworth Heinemann, 2008.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student can
CO1 aware of process intensification methods and available intensifying routes
CO2 apply process intensification in industrial processes
CO3 design and implement methodologies for process intensification
CO4 understand scale up issues in chemical processes
CO5 identify and solve process challenges using intensification technologies
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 - 2 1 2 1 2
CO2 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 - 1 - 3 1 2 1 2
CO3 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 - 1 - 2 1 3 1 2
CO4 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 - 1 - 2 1 3 1 2
CO5 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 - 1 - 2 1 3 1 2

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Course Code : CLPE28

Course Title : FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The course is aimed to impart knowledge of various areas related to Food processing and
technology.
COURSE CONTENT
Review of mathematics principles and applications in food process engineering. Material
balances: Dilution, Dehydration, Blending, and Multistage process. Gases and vapors, Energy
Balances: Enthalpy changes. Properties of saturated and super-heated steam. Fluid flow:
Rheology, Continuous viscosity monitoring and control, Transportation of fluids.
Heat Transfer: Mechanism, Temperature measuring devices, Steady state and unsteady state
heat transfer. Thermal process calculations, Aseptic processing, Refrigeration, Evaporation,
Improving the economy of evaporators.
Physical separation process: Filtration, sieving, gravity separation. Mass transfer: Leaching,
Super critical extraction, mass diffusion, psychrometry, Simultaneous heat and mass transfer,
Drying: Spray. Freeze, Vacuum belt drier.
Food Canning Technology: Fundamentals of food canning technology, Heat sterilization of
canned food, containers-metal, glass and flexible packaging, Canning procedures for fruits,
vegetables, meats, poultry and marine products
Emerging Food process Technology: Microwave and Radio frequency heating, High pressure
processing, Pulse electric –Field processing, Advanced membrane separation, Food nano-
biotechnology.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Romeo T.Toledo,Rakesh K.Singh and Fanbin Kong, “Fundamental of Food Process
Engineering”,Springer,2018
2. Susanta Kumar Das and Madhu Sweta Das,” Fundamental and operations in Food Process
Engineering, CRC Press,2019.
3. J.M. Jackson & B.M. Shinn, "Fundamentals of Food Canning Technology", AVIPublishing
Co., New York, 1978
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students will be familiar with
application of mathematics in food processing (i.e., mass and energy balances, flow
CO1
properties)
CO2temperature measuring devices in food processing operation and thermal analysis
CO3application of separation methods and principles in food processing
CO4appropriate processing, preservation, and packaging methods
CO5knowledge about unconventional food processing techniques
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 - 1 - 2 1 1 2 2
CO2 3 3 3 1 2 1 1 - 1 - 2 1 1 1 2
CO3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 - 2 - 2 1 2 1 2
CO4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 - 2 - 2 1 2 1 2
CO5 3 3 3 1 2 1 1 - 2 - 2 1 2 1 2

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Course Code : CLPE29

Course Title : PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To provide the basic knowledge on functional group identification, chemical bonding with
their mechanism
2. To provide the basic knowledge of principles involved in the identification and estimation
of Pharmaceutical substances.
3. To understand the properties and principles of medicinal agents that originates from
organic and inorganic sources and their application in pharmaceutical industry.
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction to Physical pharmaceutics: Metrology and calculations, Molecular structure,
properties and states of matter, solutions, Phase equilibra, Micromeritic and powder rheology,
Surface and interfacial phenomena, Dispersion systems
Diffusion and dissolution, kinetics and drug stability, Viscosity and rheology, Polymer science
and applications.
Formulations and development, Packaging, Introduction to industrial processing, Transport
Phenomena (Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer)
Particulate Technology (Particle Size, Size reduction, Size Separation, Powder Flow and
Compaction), Unit Operations (Mixing, Evaporation, Filtration, Centrifugation, Extraction,
Distillation, and Drying)
Materials of Pharmaceutical Plant Construction, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP’s)
Guidelines
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Alfred N. Martin, "Physical Chemical and Biopharmaceutical Principles in the
Pharmaceutical Sciences", 6th Edn., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
2. David B. Troy, Paul Beringer, “Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy”, 21st
Edn., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
3. Sidney James Carter, “Cooper and Gunn's Tutorial Pharmacy”, CBS Publishers &
Distributors, 1986.
COURSE OUTCOMES
After completion of the course, the students can
acquire basic knowledge of preformulation and formulation of drugs, pharmaceutical unit
CO1 operations and manufacturing, packaging and quality control of pharmaceutical dosage
forms.
acquire a knowledge on pharmaceutical unit operations and manufacturing, packaging and
CO2
quality control of pharmaceutical dosage forms.
trained to conceptualize, design, build up, maintain and operate various industrial
CO3
processes and machineries involved in the process.
CO4 understand and apply the various processing and manufacturing techniques.
CO5 formulate a pure drug substance into a dosage form.
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 - 3 3 - - - - - - - - 3 3 1
CO2 3 - 3 3 3 2 3 1 2 - 3 - 3 2 3
CO3 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 2 1 3 3 3 2 2
CO4 3 2 3 3 2 1 - - 2 1 2 2 2 1 2
CO5 3 1 3 3 1 1 - - 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

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Course Code : CLPE30

Course Title : FLUIDIZATION ENGINEERING
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : PE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To introduce students to the concepts and applications of fluidized bed systems
2. To introduce the students to development of models for fluidized bed systems
3. To impart knowledge on Heat and mass transfer in fluidized bed systems
4. To impart knowledgeable on the importance on Entrainment and elutriation in fluidized
bed systems
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction and applications: Introduction to fluidised bed systems. Fundamentals of
fluidisation. Industrial applications of fluidised beds - Physical operations. Synthesis reactions,
cracking and reforming of hydrocarbons, Gasification, Carbonisation, Gas-solid reactions,
calcining and clinkering
Gross behaviour of Fluidised beds: Gross behaviour of fluidised beds. Minimum and terminal
velocities in fluidised beds. Types of fluidisation. Design of distributors. Voidage in fluidised
beds. TDH, variation in size distribution with height, viscosity and fluidity of fluidised beds,
Power consumption
Analysis of bubble and emulsion Phase: Davidson’s model, Frequency measurements,
bubbles in ordinary bubbling bed model for bubble phase. Emulsion phase: Experimental
findings. Turnover rate of solids. Bubbling bed model for emulsion phase. Interchange co-
efficients.
Flow pattern of Gas and heat & mass transfer in Fluidised beds: Flow pattern of gas through
fluidised beds. Experimental findings. The bubbling bed models for gas inter change
Interpretation of Gas mixing data. Heat and Mass Transfer between fluid and solid:
Experiment findings on Heat and Mass Transfer. Heat and mass transfer rates from bubbling
bed model.
Heat transfer between Fluidised beds and surfaces - Entrainment & Elutriation: Heat transfer
between fluidised beds and surfaces: Experiment finding theories of bed heat transfer
comparison of theories. Entrainment of or above TDH, model for Entrainment and application
of the entrainment model to elutriation.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. D. Kunii and O. Levenspiel, "Fluidisation Engineering", 2nd Edn., Butterworth Heinemann,
1991.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student can
CO1 analyze and apply fluidized bed systems for Industrial applications
CO2 analyze the fluidized bed systems and apply models to predict the bubble behaviors
CO3 analyze and estimate heat and mass transfer in fluidised beds
CO4 analyse eentrainments and elutriation in fluidized bed systems and value its
importance in the design of fluidized bed columns.
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 1
CO2 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 3 3 1
CO3 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 3 3 1
CO4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 1

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OPEN ELECTIVE COURSES

Course Code : CLOE11
Course Title : ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : OE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To impart the basic concepts of environmental engineering
2. To understand the problems of pollution and its treatment methodology.
3. To understand the control methodologies of pollutants and uses Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA)
COURSE CONTENT
Environment, Environmental quality and degradation, Industrial scenario in India. Sources and
classification of Air Pollutants, Air quality standards – Meteorology and Air Pollution:
Atmospheric stability and inversions-mixing height-plume rise estimation – effluent dispersion
theories effects of air pollution on the environment, on materials, on human health, on animals.
Measurements of air pollution, Equipments for control of air pollution.
Sources and types of industrial wastewater – Nature and Origin of Pollutants - Industrial
wastewater and environmental impacts. Regulatory requirements for treatment of industrial
wastewater. Industrial Wastewater Treatment methods: Equalization - Neutralization – Oil
separation – Flotation – Precipitation, Aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment, Chemical
oxidation – Ozonation – carbon adsorption -Photo catalysis, Ion Exchange – Membrane
Technologies
Solid Waste Management: Type of waste collection systems, analysis of collection system –
alternative techniques for collection system. Separation and Processing and Transformation
of Solid Waste: unit operations user for separation and processing, Landfills: Site selection,
design and operation, drainage and leachate collection systems – e waste - sources,
collection, treatment and reuse management. Hazardous waste treatment technologies
Sources of noise pollution. Noise pollution standards and measurements - controlling methods
of noise pollution. Effects on human being.
Historical development of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). EIA in Project Cycle.
Legal and Regulatory aspects in India. – Types and limitations of EIA – Cross sectoral issues
and terms of reference in EIA – Public Participation in EIA. EIA process- screening – scoping
- setting – analysis – mitigation, Software packages for EIA – Expert systems in EIA. Prediction
tools for EIA – Mathematical modelling for impact prediction
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. M.N. Rao, “Air Pollution”, Tata McGraw Hill, 1989.
2. Metcalf and Eddy, Wastewater Engineering, Treatment and Reuse, Tata McGraw Hill,
New Delhi, 2003.
3. George Techobanoglous et al, “Integrated Solid Waste Management”, McGraw-Hill,
Publication, 1993.
4. Canter, L.W., Environmental Impact Assessment, McGraw Hill, New York. 1996
5. C. S. Rao, “Environmental Pollution Control Engineering”, New Age International Pvt. Ltd.,
2003.
6. Richard W. Boubel et al “Fundamentals of Air pollution”, Academic Press, New York, 1994

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COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student can
CO1 understand the sources and effects of pollutants to the environment
understand the various treatment technologies for wastewater, air effluents,
CO2
solid waste, noise pollution released from Process industries
understand the development and applications of various unit operation to control
CO3
the toxic elements
CO4 understand the Limitation and Importance of Environmental Impact Assessment
(EIA)
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 3 2 3 - 2 3 1 2 - - 3 3 3 3
CO2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 - 2 2 3 3 3
CO3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 1 1 - 2 2 2 2 2
CO4 3 3 3 - - 3 3 1 2 - - 2 3 3 3

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Course Code : CLOE12

Course Title : ENERGY ENGINEERING
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : OE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To identify different types of fuel sources for energy production.
2. To appreciate the advantages of energy production from renewable energy resources.
COURSE CONTENT:
Coal - Coal and Coal derived fuels; Characteristics, production methods and uses. Coal
combustion technology, waste heat recovery.
Oil and Gases- Fuels from oil and gases: Characteristics, production methods and uses.
Technology for combustion of fuels derived from oil and gas.
Renewable Energy - Solar energy utilization, Thermal application and photovoltaic
applications; Wind, geothermal and hydro energy utilization; Nuclear Energy, Nuclear fission
fuels processing, Nuclear reactions and nuclear reactors.
Bio Energy, Biomass conversion for fuels, characteristics and uses; production methods
based on thermochemical and bioconversion, design of digesters.
Cogeneration: cogeneration alternatives, Gas turbine cogeneration, Steam turbine
cogeneration, Diesel engine, utility cogeneration
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. G.D. Rai, “Non-conventional energy sources,” Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2011.
2. Samir Sarkar, “Fuels and Combustion”, 3rd Edn, University press Publication, 2008.
3. D.A. Reay, “Industrial energy conservation: a handbook for engineers and managers,
Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK, 1977.
4. O.P. Gupta, “Fundamentals of Nuclear power reactors”, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi,
1983.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students can
familiar with energy production from conventional fuels and renewable energy
CO1
resources.
CO2 familiar with energy conservation through waste heat recovery.
CO3 familiar with the challenges associated with the use of various energy sources.
familiar with information on renewable energy technologies as a basis for further
CO4
analysis and evaluation.
MAPPING OF COURSE OUTCOMES WITH PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1
CO2 3 1 3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1
CO3 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 1
CO4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1

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Course Code : CLOE13

Course Title : PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course
Course Typecode) : OE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To understand the measurement techniques for the process variables such as temperature.
Pressure, flow, level, composition etc.
COURSE CONTENT
Characteristics of Measurement System -Elements of instruments, static and dynamic
characteristics, basic concepts and qualities of measurement, basic concepts of response of
first order type instruments, mercury in glass thermometer
Pressure measurement: Pressure, Methods of pressure measurement, Manometers, Elastic
pressure transducers, Measurement of vacuum, Force-balance pressure gauges, Electrical
pressure transducers, Pressure switches, Calibration of pressure measuring instruments,
Maintenance and repair of pressure measuring instruments, Troubleshooting
Temperature measurement: Temperature, Temperature scales, Methods of temperature
measurement, Expansion temperature, Filled-system thermometers, Electrical temperature
instruments. Pyrometers: Radiation and optical
Flow Measurement: Methods of flow measurement, Inferential flow measurement, Quantity
flowmeters, Mass flowmeters, Calibration of flowmeters, Selection of flowmeters.
Level measurement: Methods of liquid level measurement, Direct methods, level
measurement in pressure vessels, measurement of interface level, level of dry materials.
Instruments for Analysis - recording instruments, indicating and signaling instruments,
instrumentation diagram.
Methods of composition analysis: Spectroscopic analysis, Absorption spectroscopy, Emission
spectroscopy, Mass spectroscopy, chromatography
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. D. P. Eckman, Industrial Instrumentation, Wiley Eastern Ltd.,2004
2. J. P. Bentley, Principles of Measurement Systems, Longman
3. G. C. Barney, Intelligent Instrumentation, PHI Pvt Ltd.
4. D. Patranabis, Principles of Industrial Instrumentation, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1999.
5. William C. Dunn, Fundamentals of Industrial Instrumentation and Process Control, 1st
Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Education Private Limited, 2009.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student can
CO1 understand the importance of steady state and dynamics characteristics of
measuring instruments (i.e., repeatability, precision and accuracy of the instruments)
CO2 identify the appropriate pressure measuring sensor for a specific application and
understand the working principles and operation
CO3 understand the measurement techniques for temperature measurements and their
construction and operation
CO4 choose the appropriate measuring device for a flow measurement and their working
principles and operation
CO5 figure out the best choice for a level measuring device and their operational
principles
CO6 be aware the various measurement techniques for composition

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Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 - 3 - 2 1 2 1 2
CO2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 - 3 - 2 1 2 1 2
CO3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 - 3 - 2 1 2 1 2
CO4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 - 3 - 2 1 2 1 2
CO5 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 - 3 - 2 1 2 1 2
CO6 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 - 3 - 2 1 2 1 2

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Course Code : CLOE14

Course Title : INTRODUCTION TO DATA ANALYSIS
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : OE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The course will introduce students to the fundamental mathematical concepts required for a
program in data science
Course content:
Descriptive statistics and data visualization: quantities frequently used to describe data (mean,
median, mode, range, variance), Chebyshev’s inequalities, correlation, data visualization
tools/techniques such scatter plots, stem and leaf plots, histograms, quantiles, pie charts, use
of dynamically changing plots to visualize evolving data;
Random variables and expectations: discrete and continuous random variables, probability
density/mass function, cumulative distribution function, conditional probability, Bayes rule,
joint density, marginal density, expectation, moments, moment generating functions, special
discrete random variables (bernoulli, binomial, geometric, negative binomial, poisson), special
continuous random variables (exponential, gaussian, chi-squared, t, F);
Distribution of Sampling Statistics: sample mean and its distribution, sample variance and its
distribution, central limit theorem;
Parameter Estimation and Confidence Intervals: maximum likelihood estimation, properties of
estimators, concept of estimators as random variables, concept of confidence intervals for
parameters based on estimators, confidence intervals on mean and variance of normal
distribution for various cases, confidence intervals on difference of means of normal
distributions, confidence interval on success probability p in a binomial distribution;
Hypothesis testing: hypothesis testing framework, type I and type II errors, effect of sample
size on these errors, p-value, hypothesis testing for mean of normal distribution for some
commonly encountered situations, hypothesis testing for variance of normal distribution,
hypothesis testing for equality of means and variances of data coming from two normal
distributions, paired t-tests, hypothesis testing on success probability p in a binomial
distribution
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Douglas C. Montgomery, G. C. Runger, Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers,
John Wiley and Sons, 2003.
2. Sheldon M. Ross, Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists,
Elsevier, 4thEdition
COURSE OUTCOMES:
After completion of the course, the students will be able to
CO1 gain knowledge on statistics and density functions
CO2 determine mean and variance
CO3 able to perform parameter estimation
CO4 test hypothesis for the problems
Mapping of Course outcomes with Programme outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 1 1 1 2 - - - 2 - - 1 - 1 2
CO2 3 1 1 1 2 - - - 2 - - 1 - 1 2
CO3 3 1 1 2 2 - 1 - 2 - 1 1 - 1 2
CO4 3 1 1 2 2 - 1 - 2 - 1 1 - 1 2

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Course Code : CLOE15

Course Title : PROCESS OPTIMIZATION
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : OE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To understand the concepts and origin of the different optimization methods.
2. To get a broad picture of the various applications of optimization methods
3. Optimize the different methods in industry for design and production of products, both
economically and efficiently.
COURSE CONTENT:
Linear algebra and matrices, Introduction to optimization, Classification of optimization
problems, Linear Programming, Simplex method, Transportation Problems
Unconstrained Minimization: One dimensional search methods: Exhaustive search method,
Fibonacci method etc., Gradient Based Methods: Newtons method, Secant method etc.,
Conjugate direction and quasi-Newton methods
Constrained Optimization: Lagrange theorem, FONC, SONC, and SOSC conditions
Non-linear problems: Non-linear constrained optimization models, KKT conditions, Projection
methods
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. T.F. Edgar and D.M. Himmelblau,” Optimization Techniques for Chemical Engineers”,
McGraw-Hill, New York, 1985.
2. S.S.Rao, ”Engineering Optimization Theory and Practice”, Third edition, New Age
International Publishers, India.
3. K. Deb, “Optimization Techniques”, Wiley Eastern, 1995.
COURSE OUTCOMES
After completion of course, the students can
CO1 apply the knowledge of different optimization methods for an optimum design.
CO2 acquire sufficient knowledge in this subject related to applications, where optimal
decisions need to be taken in the presence of trade-offs between two or more conflicting
objectives
CO3 implement the theory and applications of optimization techniques in a comprehensive
manner for solving linear and non-linear, constrained and unconstrained programming
techniques.
CO4 identify, formulate and solve a practical engineering problem of their interest by applying
or modifying an optimization technique.

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 3
CO2 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2
CO3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 2
CO4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 3 3 3 3

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Course Code : CLOE16

Course Title : DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : OE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Describe how to design experiments, carry them out, and analyze the data they yield.
2. Investigate the logic of hypothesis testing, including analysis of variance and the detailed
analysis of experimental data.
3. Understand the process of designing an experiment including factorial and fractional
factorial designs.
4. Learn the technique of regression analysis, and how it compares and contrasts with other
techniques studied in the course.
5. Understand the role of response surface methodology and its basic underpinnings.
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction to probability, Guidelines for experimental design, simple comparative
experiments: Hypothesis testing, Experiments of a single factor, ANOVA
Randomized blocks, Latin squares, Introduction to factorial design, 2𝑘 Factorial design,
Blocking and confounding in 2𝑘 Factorial design, Two level fractional factorial design,
Development of regression model by 2𝑘 Factorial design
Three level Factorial design and fractional factorial design, Blocking and confounding in three
level design, Development of regression model by 3𝑘 Factorial design
Fitting regression methods, Least square method, Simple linear regression, multiple linear
regression, Polynomial regression
Introduction to optimization, Response surfaces, Method of steepest ascent, EVOP
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Douglas C. Montgomery, Design and Analysis of Experiments, Wiley, 6th Edition
2. Zivorad R. Lazic, Design of Experiments in Chemical Engineering: A Practical Guide, Jhon
Wiley &Sons Inc.
3. Robert L. Mason, Richard F. Gunst, James L. Hess, Statistical Design and Analysis of
Experiments: With Applications to Engineering and Science, Jhon Wiley &Sons Inc.2nd ed.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student can
CO1 Plan experiments and testing the hypothesis
CO2 apply factorial design and fractional factorial design
CO3 develop the regression models from the experimental data
CO4 find the optimum solution
Mapping of Course outcomes with Programme outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 2 1 3 1 - - - 2 - 2 3 3 3 2
CO2 3 2 1 3 1 - - - 2 - 2 3 3 3 2
CO3 3 2 1 3 1 - - 1 2 - 2 3 3 3 2
CO4 1 3 3 1 3 - - 1 3 - 2 - 3 1 1

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Course Code : CLOE17

Course Title : SOFT COMPUTING TECHNIQUES
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : OE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
The primary objective of this course is to provide an introduction to the basic principles,
techniques, and applications of soft computing.
COURSE CONTENT:
Introduction of soft computing, various types of soft computing techniques, Introduction to
Neural Networks:
Artificial Neural Networks: Basic properties of Neurons, Neuron Models, activation functions,
single layer and multilayer Feedforward networks. McCullochPitts neuron model-perceptron
model-, learning methods, Computational complexity of ANNs. Case study
Imprecision, Ambiguity, Uncertainty, Fuzziness and certainty, Fuzzy sets and crisp sets. Fuzzy
Properties, Mathematical operations on fuzzy sets, Fuzzy Inference system, fuzzification,
rules, defuzzification, different methods of defuzzification Case study
Introduction to artificial neuro fuzzy inference system.
Basic concept of Genetic algorithm and detail algorithmic steps-GA Application to optimization
problems.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Kosco B, Neural Networks and Fuzzy Systems: A Dynamic Approach to Machine
Intelligence, Prentice Hall of India, 1992.
2. S.N.Sivanandam,S.N.Deepa, Principles of Soft Computing, John Wiley & Sons, 2007.

COURSE OUTCOMES:
Upon successful completion of the course, students can
CO1 Understand the idea about soft computing and its various techniques.
CO2 Understand the basic areas including Artificial Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic and
Genetic Algorithms.
CO3 Provide the mathematical background for carrying out the optimization associated
with neural network learning
CO4 formulate the soft computing algorithms with respect to a specific application.

Mapping of Course outcomes with Programme outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 - 2 - - 1 1 2 1
CO2 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 - 2 - 1 1 1 2 2
CO3 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 - 2 - 1 1 1 2 2
CO4 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 - 2 - 1 1 1 2 2

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COURSE CODE : CLOE18

COURSE TITLE : NONLINEAR CONTROLLER TECHNIQUES
NUMBER OF CREDITS : 3
PREREQUISITES : NONE
COURSE TYPE : OE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To introduce students to gain knowledge about the various nonlinear system analysis
and controller synthesis
2. This course helps in understanding the issues involved in controller design and its
implementation
COURSE CONTENT
Design aspect of process control system –classification of variables, modelling considerations
for control purposes, conventional controller: a review, direct and reverse action, derivative
kick, nonlinear proportional controller, noise and data filters.
Process dynamics: control relevant process model, realization of state space model from
transfer function model, parametric models and non-parametric models, controllability,
observability, pole placement design.
Nonlinear dynamics with examples, qualitative behavior of second order systems, bifurcation,
Lyapunov stability.
Control systems with multiple loops: selective control systems, split range control, ratio control,
adaptive and inferential control system: Programmed/ scheduled adaptive controller, Self
adaptive controller, inferential control.
Nonlinear design tools: generic model control, globally linearizing control, sliding mode control,
high gain observers.
Process simulation in Matlab/Simulink, process identification, demonstration of linear and
nonlinear controller implementation with case studies.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. George Stephanopoulos, ‘Chemical Process Control: An Introduction to Theory and
Practice’, Pearson Education India; First edition, 2015.
2. D.E.Seborg, T.F.Edger, D.A.Millichamp and F.J. Doyle III, ‘Process Dynamics and
Control’, Wiley, III Edition, 2013.
3. Hassan K Khalil, ‘Nonlinear Systems’, Prentice Hall Inc., Third Edition, 2002.
4. B.A.Ogunnaike and W.H.Ray, “Process Dynamics, Modelling and Control”, Oxford Press,
1994.
5. B.W. Bequette, ‘Process Control: Modelling, Design and Simulation’, PHI, 2006.
6. S. Bhanot, ‘Process Control: Principles and Applications’, Oxford University Press, 2008
7. D.R. Coughanowr and S.E.LeBlanc, ‘Process Systems Analysis and Control’, Mc.Graw
Hill, III Edition, 2009.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student can
CO1 understand the classification of variables for a given chemical process system
CO2 understand the process dynamics and realization through different models
CO3 design and analyze the different nonlinear control techniques
CO4 understand the stability analysis
CO5 identify and analyze open and close loop simulation through software

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Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 - 2 - 3 2 3 3 2
CO2 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 - 2 - 3 2 3 3 2
CO3 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 - 2 - 3 2 3 3 2
CO4 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 - 2 - 3 2 3 3 2
CO5 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 - 2 - 3 2 3 3 2

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Course Code : CLOE19

Course Title : NANO TECHNOLOGY
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : OE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To impart the basic concepts of nanomaterials and nanotechnology
2. To understand the synthesis and applications of nanomaterials.
COURSE CONTENT
Overview of nanoscience: Nanorevolution, Properties at nanoscale. Theory, definitions and
scaling. Supramolecular Chemistry, Definition and examples of the main intermolecular forces
used in supramolecular chemistry. Self-assembly processes in organic systems.
Nanomaterials: Metal and Semiconductor Nanomaterials, Quantum Dots, Wells and Wires,
Molecule to bulk transitions, Bucky balls and Carbon Nanotubes.
Methods of synthesis of Nanometerials: Equipment and processes needed to fabricate
nanodevices and structures such as bio-chips, power devices, and opto-electronic structures.
Bottom-up (building from molecular level) and top-down (breakdown of microcrystalline
materials) approaches.
Instrumentation for Nanoscale Characterization: Instrumentation required for characterization
of properties on the nanometer scale. The measurable properties and resolution limits of each
technique, with an emphasis on measurements in the nanometer range.
Applications: Solar energy conversion and catalysis, Molecular electronics and printed
electronics Nanoelectronics, Polymers with a special architecture, Liquid crystalline systems,
Linear and nonlinear optical and electroopticals. Advanced organic materials for data storage,
Photonics, Plasmonics, Chemical and biosensors, Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Jonathan Steed and Jerry Atwood, Supramolecular Chemistry.
2. Joel I. Gersten, “The Physics and Chemistry of Materials”, Wiley, 2001.
3. Hari Singh Nalwa, “Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology”, Academic Press,
2002.
4. Guozhong Cao, ”Nanostructures and Nanomaterials, synthesis, properties and
applications”, Imperial College Press, 2004.
5. C.Dupas, P.Houdy, M.Lahmani, Nanoscience: “Nanotechnologies and Nanophysics”,
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2007
6. Nanobiotechnology; ed. C.M.Niemeyer, C.A. Mirkin. Springer Hand book of
Nanotechnology, ed. Bharat Bhushan.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student can
CO1 understand the chemistry involved in the synthesis of nanomaterials.
CO2 identify and understand the peculiar properties of materials at nanoscale.
CO3 differentiate various synthesis techniques of nanomaterials for different applications.
analyze the properties and identify the instrumentation for characterization of
CO4
nanomaterials.
CO5 find the importance of applications of nanomaterials in biological processes.

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PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 1 3 2 3 1 2
CO2 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 3
CO3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 1 3 3 3 2 1
CO4 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 1 1 2 3 2 3 1 2
CO5 3 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 1 1 3 3 1 2 3

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Course Code : CLOE20

Course Title : BIOENERGY
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : OE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Gain a comprehensive understanding of the principle of generation of energy from biomass.
COURSE CONTENT
Biomass characteristics & preparation: Biomass sources and classification. Chemical
composition and properties of biomass. Energy plantations. Size reduction, Briquetting of
loose biomass, Drying, Storage and handling of biomass.
Biogas technology: Feedstock for producing biogas. Aqueous wastes containing
biodegradable organic matter, animal residues sugar rich materials. Microbial and biochemical
aspects and operating parameters for biogas production, Kinetics and mechanism. Dry and
wet fermentation, Digestors for rural application-High rate digesters for industrial waste water
treatment.
Pyrolysis and thermos-chemical conversion: Thermo-chemical conversion of ligno-cellulose
biomass. Incineration for safe disposal of hazardous waste, Biomass processing for liquid fuel
production, Pyrolysis of biomass-pyrolysis regime, effect of particle size, temperature, and
products obtained.
Gasification of biomass: Thermochemical principles: Effect of pressure, temperature and of
introducing steam and oxygen. Design and operation of Fixed and Fluidised Bed Gasifiers,
Safety aspects.
Combustion of biomass and cogeneration systems: Combustion of woody biomass-theory,
calculations and design of equipment, Cogeneration in biomass processing industries. Case
studies: Combustion of rice husk, Use of bagasse for cogeneration.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. A.Chakraverthy, Biotechnology and Alternative Technologies for Utilisation of Biomass or
Agricultural Wastes, Oxford & IBH publishing Co., New Delhi, 1989.
2. K.M.Mital, Biogas Systems: Principles and Applications, New Age International Publishers
(p) Ltd., 1996.
3. P.VenkataRamana and S.N.Srinivas, Biomass Energy Systems, Tata Energy Research
Institute, New Delhi, 1996.
4. D.L. Klass and G.M. Emert, Fuels from Biomass and Wastes, Ann Arbor Science publ.
Inc. Michigan, 1985.
5. George J Banward, Basic Food Microbiology, CBS Publishers, New Delhi, 1987.
6. Lindsay, Biotechnology challenges for the flavour and food industry, Elsevier Applied
Science, 1988.
7. H.G.Muller, An Introduction to Tropical Food Science, C L P Edition, Cambridge University
Press, 1989.

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COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students will be familiar with
CO1 list biomass feedstocks available and prepare biomass for further treatment
CO2 demonstrate biogas production methods and its kinetics
CO3 explain thermochemical conversion of biomass into energy
CO4 analyze the utilization biomass for energy related industrial applications
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 - - 3 - - 2 1 1 2 - - 2 - - 3
CO2 - - 2 2 3 - - - 1 - 3 - 3 - -
CO3 - - 2 2 3 - - - 1 - 3 - 3 - -
CO4 - 3 3 - - 3 2 - 2 - - 2 2 - 3

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Course Code : CLOE21

Course Title : SOLAR ENERGY
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : OE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This course will serve as a platform for the applications using solar energy.
COURSE CONTENT
Source of radiation – solar constant– solar charts – Measurement of diffuse, global and direct
solar radiation: pyrheliometer, pyranometer, pyregeometer, net pyradiometer-sunshine
recorder
Solar Non-Concentrating Collectors- Design considerations – Classification- air, liquid
heating collectors –Analysis and testing of flat plate collectors –Analysis of concentric tube
collector
Design – Classification– Concentrator mounting –Focusing solar concentrators- Heliostats.
Solar powered absorption A/C system, water pump, chimney, drier, dehumidifier, still, cooker.
Photo-voltaic cell – PV characteristics- Stand alone-grid connected-battery based solar PV-
Semiconductor Materials-Charge Generation-Doping.
Energy Storage – Sensible, latent heat and thermo-chemical storage- materials for phase
change- Solar ponds.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Duffie J. A and Beckman, W.A., “Solar Engineering of Thermal Process”, John Wiley,
1991.
2. G. N. Tiwari and M. K. Ghosal, “Fundamentals of Renewable energy Sources”, Narosa
Publishing House, New Delhi, 2007
3. Energy Studies, Second Edition, by W. Shepherd and D. W. Shepherd, Imperial College
Press, London, 2004.
COURSE OUTCOME
Upon completing the course, the student will be able to

CO1 Understand the methods of measurement of solar radiation

CO2 Apply energy analysis for solar thermal and solar photovoltaic systems
CO3 Design solar collector systems for thermal and electric load
CO4 Evaluate the energy storage mechanisms for storing solar energy

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PS01 PS02 PS03
CO1 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 1 3 2 1 1 1
CO2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 1 3 3 2 2 2
CO3 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2
CO4 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2

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Course Code : CLOE22

Course Title : INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : OE
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To learn the role of interfacial forces in fluid flows and measurement techniques for
quantification of interfacial forces.
2. To expand and update the students` knowledge in the field of surface science to match
academic and industrial expectations based on their field of interests to strengthen
their fundamental understanding in the area of interfacial science.
COURSE CONTENT
Interfacial forces and fluid flow: physical origin, Mechanical definition, surface energy and
capillary force, measurement of interfacial forces, Laplace Pressure minimal surfaces.
Surface energy and Spreading: Estimates of surface energies from contact angle data or vice
versa, Thermodynamics of solid-liquid contact; work of adhesion, work of wetting and work of
spreading; the young-Dupre` Equation.
Spreading of liquids on solid surfaces: Criteria for spontaneous spreading; spreading
morphology, temperature effects of wetting, heats of immersion and wetting transitions, the
kinetics of spreading on smooth surfaces spreading agents; super spreaders.
The relationship of wetting and spreading behavior to adhesion-The definition of adhesion,
adhesion mechanisms, The laws of molecular adhesion, Practical adhesion Vs
Thermodynamic adhesion.
Interfacial tension, Interfacial rheology, Bulk, elastic and viscous modulus, liquid foam
structure and stability, electrokinetics flows, electrowetting, solid-vapor and liquid-liquid
interface characterization for interfacial forces
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Hiemenz, Paul C., and Raj Rajagopalan “Principles of colloid and surface chemistry” Vol 9
Newyork; M. Dekker, 1986
2. Graf, Kralheinz, and Michael Kappl “Physics and chemistry of interfaces” John Wiley and
sons, 2006
3. Israelachvili J. “Intermolecular and surface forces” Third edition, Academic Press, Elsevier,
1985
4. De Gennes, Pierre-Gilles, Francoise-Brochard-Wyart, and David Quere “Capillarity and
wetting phenomena; drops, bubbles, pearls, waves” Springer Science and Business Media,
2013
5. Masliyah, Jacob H., and Subir Bhattacharjee, “Electrokinetic and colloid transport
phenomena” John Wiley & Sons, 2006
6. Berg, John C. “An introduction to interfaces and colloids: the bridge to nanoscience” World
Scientific, 2010
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student
CO1 Understand the fundamental theories associated with the surface and interface properties.
CO2 Identify the surface and interfacial phenomena of thin film coatings and surface wetting
CO3 Analyze the role of surface and interface properties in the processing methods of different
industrial products, intermediates, and raw materials
CO4 Design of new product formulations with superior surface and interface properties.

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PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 1 1 1 3 - 1 - 2 - - 1 2 3 3
CO2 3 3 1 2 3 - 1 - 2 - - 2 2 3 3
CO3 3 1 1 1 3 - 1 - 2 - - 1 2 3 3
CO4 3 2 1 2 3 - 1 - 2 - - 1 2 3 3

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MINOR COURSES
Course Code : CLMI 11
Course Title : CHEMICAL PROCESS CALCULATIONS
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : MR
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To give students fundamental knowledge on Unit processes and Unit operations, Units
and conversions and also the basic laws governing chemical operations.
2. To impart knowledgeable on material and energy balance with and without reactions
COURSE CONTENT
Basics of Unit operations and Unit processes. Units and Dimensions.
Stoichiometric principles –composition relations, density and specific gravity. Behaviour of
Ideal gases - application of ideal gas law - gaseous mixtures - volume changes with change
in composition.
Vapour pressure - effect of Temperature on vapour pressure - vapour pressure plots - vapour
pressure of immiscible liquids - solutions. Humidity and Solubility: Humidity - saturation -
vaporization - wet and dry bulb thermometry.
Material Balance - Processes involving chemical reaction - Combustion of coal, fuel gases
and sulphur - Recycling operations - bypassing streams - Degree of conversion – excess
reactant - limiting reactant. Unsteady state problems
Energy Balance: Thermo chemistry - Hess's law of summation - heat of formation, reaction,
combustion and mixing - mean specific heat - Theoretical flame Temperature.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. O. A .Hougen, K. M. Watson and R. A. Ragatz, “Chemical Process Principles", Vol- I, CBS
Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, 1995.
2. V.Venkataramani, N.Anantharaman and K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum, 2nd Edn., ’Process
Calculations’ Prentice Hall of India Ltd, New Delhi. 2013
3. B. I. Bhatt, "Stoichiometry", 5th Edn., Tata McGraw Hill Publishers Ltd., New Delhi, 2010.
4. Himmelblau, “Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering", 8th Edn.,
Prentice Hall of India Ltd, India 2012.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students will have
the capability to understand the need for study of unit operations and processes. Convert
CO1
units and dimensions and also modify equations from system to another.
the capability to apply the laws of physics and chemistry in solving process industry
CO2
related applications.
CO3 proficiency to integrate the data and formulate the mass and energy balance problems.
the capability to use mathematical knowledge for solving mass and energy balance
CO4 problems with and without chemical reactions.
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 3
CO2 3 3 1 2 2 3 3 1 3 1 3 3 2 3 3
CO3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 3
CO4 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3

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Course Code : CLMI 12

Course Title : TRANSFER OPERATIONS - I
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : MR
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To impart the fundamental concepts of fluid statics, pressure distribution and dimensional
analysis
2. To enable students to compute velocity profile, friction factor and head loss in pipes and
fittings
3. To impart the knowledge of metering and transportation of fluids and fluid moving
machinery performance
4. To understand basic principles of particle preparation, their characterization and
equipments
COURSE CONTENT
Properties of fluids and concept of pressure: Introduction - Nature of fluids - physical properties
of fluids - types of fluids. Fluid statics: Pressure - density - height relationships. Pressure
Measurement. Units and Dimensions - Dimensional analysis
Momentum Balance and their Applications: Kinematics of fluid flow: Stream line -stream tube
- velocity potential. Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids - Time dependent fluids - Reynolds
number - experiment and significance - Bernoulli’s equation - Correction for fluid friction -
Correction for pump work.
Flow of Incompressible Fluids Through Ducts: Flow of incompressible fluids in pipes - laminar
and turbulent flow through closed conduits - velocity profile & friction factor for smooth and
rough pipes - Head loss due to friction in pipes, fitting etc. Transportation and Metering:
Measurement of fluid flow: Orifice meter, venturi meter, pitot tube, rotameter
Characteristics of Particulate Material: Properties and characterisation of particulate solids,
analysis and technical methods for size and surface area distribution of powder; Flow
properties of particulates. Introduction to size reduction equipment, energy and power
requirement in milling operations.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Mc Cabe and J.C .Smith," Unit Operation of Chemical Engineering", 7 th Edn., McGraw
Hill., New York, 2004.
2. M. Coulson and J.F .Richardson, "Chemical Engineering", Vol. II, 5 th Edn., Butterworth
- Heinemann, 2002.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student can
understand the fundamental concepts in fluids statics and to use dimensional
CO1 analysis for scaling experimental results
analyze frictional flow in pipes and piping networks and to compute the head loss
CO2
and power requirements for chemical process equipments
select the metering equipments and fluid moving machinery for an appropriate
CO3
chemical engineering operations
CO4 understand the basic principles of particles preparation and their characterization
have knowledge on different size reducing equipment and power requirements
CO5
during size reduction

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PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 2 3 2 3 1 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - -
CO2 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - -
CO3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - -
CO4 3 2 2 3 3 1 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - -
CO5 2 2 3 2 3 1 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - -

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Course Code : CLMI 13

Course Title : TRANSFER OPERATIONS – II
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : CLMI 12
Course Type : MR
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To impart the basic concepts of transfer operations.
2. To understand the transfer operations and equipments in process industries.
COURSE CONTENT
Principles of Mass transfer: Fick’s law of diffusion, unsteady state diffusion, Convective
mass transfer, Inter phase mass transfer and mass transfer coefficients, Mass transfer
theories. Equilibrium stages and transfer units, Equipments-Plate and Packed columns,
stage efficiency.
Unit Processes in Mass Transfer: Principle and theory of Gas absorption, Distillation- Types
of distillation, continuous fractionation, Liquid-Liquid extraction, Leaching, Adsorption.
Basic concepts of heat Transfer: Heat conduction, types and governing equation, natural
and forced convection heat transfer coefficient, thermal boundary layer, laws of thermal
radiation, shape factor, radiation shield, green house effect. Types of heat exchangers,
charts, performance analysis of heat exchangers.
Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer: Humidification- cooling towers, Drying, Crystallization-
Super saturation theory, crystallizers, evaporators and condensers.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. R. E. Treybal, "Mass Transfer Operations", 3 rd Edn., McGraw Hill Book Co., New York,
1981.
2. W. L. Mccabe, J. C. Smith and P. Harriot, "Unit Operations in Chemical Engg.”,7 th Edn.,
McGraw Hill Book Co., New York, 2004.
3. W.L.Badger and J.T.Banchero, “Introduction to Chemical Engineering”, McGraw Hill Book
Co., New York, 1955.
4. Binay. K. Dutta, “Heat Transfer Principles and applications” Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.,
2003.
5. D.Q. Kern,” Process Heat Transfer,” McGraw Hill Publishing Co., 1950.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students can
CO1 acquire sufficient knowledge in the concepts of heat transfer operations
CO2 acquire sufficient knowledge in the concepts of mass transfer operations
CO3 analyse the transfer operations and apply in the process industries
CO4 develop skills in operating the transfer equipment’s in Process industries
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 - 1 - 2 - 3 - -
CO2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 - 1 - 2 - 3 - -
CO3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 - 1 - 2 - 2 - -
CO4 3 2 2 3 3 1 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - -

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Course Code : CLMI 14

Course Title : CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : MR
COURSE OBJECTIVES
To impart knowledge on reactors for chemical processes and kinetics
COURSE CONTENT
Basics of Kinetics: Introduction - kinetics of homogeneous reactions: Concentration dependent
& Temperature dependent term of rate equation, Searching for a mechanism. Interpretation
of Batch Reactor data
Reactor Design: Introduction to Reactor Design. Single Ideal Reactors.
Design of Reactor for Multiple Reaction: Design for single and multiple Reactions. Size
comparison of single reactors for single reactions. Multiple Reactor system for single
reactions. Reactions in parallel, reactions in series and series - parallel reactions of first order.
Recycle reactor, auto catalytic reactions.
Flow Behaviour of Reactors: Non - ideal flow: Residence time distribution studies: C, E, F and
I curves, conversion calculations directly from tracer studies. Models for non-ideal flow -
dispersion and tanks in series multi-parameter models. Heat Effects: Temperature and
pressure effects on reaction
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. O. Levenspiel, "Chemical Reaction Engineering", 3rd Edn., Wiley Easter Ltd., New
York,1999.
2. K. A. Gavhane Chemical Reaction Engineering -I, Nirali Prakashan Publications, Pune,
2013
3. J.M. Smith, “Chemical Engineering Kinetics", 3 rd Edn., McGraw Hill, New York, 1981.
4. Fogler.H.S., “Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering”, Prentice Hall of
India Ltd., IIIrd Edition, 2000
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student can
understand the calculation of heat capacities and heat effects accompanying
CO1
chemical reactions
CO2 gain the knowledge on equilibrium states for mixture of gases, phases and
chemical reaction.
CO3 understand the fundamentals of chemical kinetics, reaction mechanism and
factors affecting reaction
CO4 have knowledge on ideal reactor design and reactor combination and reactor trouble
shooting.

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1
CO2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1
CO3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1
CO4 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1

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Course Code : CLMI15

Course Title : CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : MR
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To impart the basic concepts of chemical technology.
2. To develop understanding about unit process and unit operations in various industries.
3. To learn manufacturing processes of organic and Inorganic Chemicals and its applications.
COURSE CONTENT
Natural Products Processing: Production of pulp, paper and rayon, Manufacture of sugar
Petroleum and Petrochemicals: Characteristics, Fuels/chemicals from petroleum and
petrochemicals, Primary and Secondary processing, Treatment techniques and applications.
Building blocks of the petrochemicals.
Alkalies and Acids: Chlor - alkali Industries: Manufacture of Soda ash, Manufacture of caustic
soda and chlorine - common salt. Sulphur and Sulphuric acid: Mining of sulphur and
manufacture of sulphuric acid. Manufacture of hydrochloric acid.
Cement Gases, Water and Paints: Types and Manufacture of Portland cement, Glass:
Industrial Gases: Carbon dioxide, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Oxygen and Acetylene - Manufacture
of paints – Pigments
Fertilisers: Nitrogen Fertilisers; Synthetic ammonia, nitric acid, Urea, Phosphorous Fertilisers:
Phosphate rock, phosphoric acid, super phosphate and Triple Super phosphate
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. G.T. Austin, N. Shreve’s Chemical Process Industries", 5th Edn., McGraw Hill, NewYork,
1984.
2. W.V.Mark, S.C. Bhatia “Chemical Process Industries volume I and II”, 2nd Edition 2007
3. R. Gopal and M. Sittig " Dryden's Outlines of Chemical Technology: For The 21st Century”
Third Edition, Affiliated East-West Publishers, 1997.
4. 2. S. D. Shukla and G. N. Pandey, "Text book of Chemical Technology” Vol 2, 1984
COURSE OUTCOME
On completion of the course, the student can
CO1 understand the various unit operations and processes with their symbols
CO2 understand the various chemical reactions involved in the process
CO3 understand the manufacturing process of inorganic chemicals
draw the process Flowsheet and understand the major engineering problems
CO4
encountered in the processes.

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 1 - 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 - 2 3 3 2 3
CO2 1 - 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 - 2 3 3 2 3
CO3 1 - 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 - 2 3 3 2 3
CO4 1 - 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 - 2 3 3 2 3

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ADVANCED LEVEL COURSES FOR B.TECH. (HONOURS)

Course Code : CLHO11
Course Title : ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL
Number of Credits : 4
Prerequisites : CLPC24
Course Type : HO
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Expose students to the advanced control methods used in industries and research. This
course prepares the student to take up such challenges in his profession.
COURSE CONTENT
Review of Systems: Review of first and higher order systems, closed and open loop response.
Response to step, impulse and sinusoidal disturbances. Transient response. Block diagrams.
Stability Analysis: Frequency response, design of control system, controller tuning and
process identification. Zeigler-Nichols and Cohen-Coon tuning methods, Bode and Nyquist
stability criterion. Process identification.
Special Control Techniques: Advanced control techniques, cascade, ratio, feed forward,
adaptive control, Smith predictor, internal model control, model predictive control.
Multivariable Control Analysis: Introduction to state-space methods, Control degrees of
freedom analysis, Interaction, Bristol arrays, Niederlinski index, design of controllers, Tuning
of multivariable controllers.
Sample Data Controllers: Basic review of Z transforms, Response of discrete systems to
various inputs. Open and closed loop response to step, impulse and sinusoidal inputs, closed
loop response of discrete systems. Design of digital controllers. Introduction to PLC and DCS.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. D.R. Coughanowr and S.E.LeBlanc, ‘Process Systems Analysis and Control’, Mc.Graw Hill,
III Edition, 2009.
2. D.E.Seborg, T.F.Edger, D.A.Millichamp and F.J. Doyle III, ‘Process Dynamics and Control’,
Wiley, III Edition, 2013.
3. B.A.Ogunnaike and W.H.Ray, “Process Dynamics, Modelling and Control”, Oxford Press,
1994.
4. B.W. Bequette, ‘Process Control: Modelling, Design and Simulation’, PHI, 2006.
5. S. Bhanot, ‘Process Control: Principles and Applications’, Oxford University Press, 2008.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student can
CO1 analyze the transient response of a system and perform system identification
CO2 apply the knowledge of stability and perform controller design and tuning
design various advanced control algorithms for chemical processes having specific
CO3
problems
CO4 analyze multivariable control systems and tuning of multivariable controllers
CO5 understand the sampled data systems and design of digital controllers
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 - - 1 3 1 1 2 1
CO2 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 - - 1 3 1 1 2 1
CO3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 - - 1 3 1 1 2 1
CO4 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 - - 1 3 1 1 2 1
CO5 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 - - 1 3 1 1 2 1

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Course Code : CLHO12

Course Title : PINCH ANALYSIS AND HEAT EXCHANGE NETWORK DESIGN
Number of Credits : 4
Prerequisites : CLPC12, CLPC14
Course Type : HO
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Understanding on Pinch concept, and application of this concept to Processes for
maximizing the waste heat recovery and minimizing the utility requirements
2. Identification of Energy Minimization in the Process through Heat exchange network
desgin
3. Setting up Targets for number of units, shell, area and cost
COURSE CONTENT
Thermodynamical review of the process, Pinch Concept, significance of pinch, pinch in grid
representation, Threshold problems, capital cost implication of the pinch.
Targeting: Heat exchanger networks, energy targeting, area targeting, unit targeting, shell
targeting, cost targeting, super targeting, continuous targeting.
Pinch Methodology: Problem representation, temperature enthalpy diagram, simple match
matrix. Heat content diagram, Temperature interval diagram.
Pinch Design and Optimization: Networks for maximum energy recovery, Pinch design
method, Flexibility criteria of the pinch, cp table, the tick of heuristic, case studies, optimization
of heat exchanger network optimality for a minimum area network, Sensitivity analysis.
Energy and Resource Analysis of various processes, Batch process, flexible process,
distillation process, evaporation process, reaction process, process using mass separating
agent. Heat pipes and Heat pumps,
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Robin Smith, “Chemical Process Design and Integration” Wiley – India, 2006
2. V. UdayShenoy" Heat Exchanger network synthesis" Gulf Publishing Co, USA, 1995
3. D.W. Linnhoff et al., "User Guide on Process Integration for the efficient use of Energy",
Institution of Chemical Engineers, U.K., 1994.
4. James M. Douglas “Conceptual Design of Chemical Process”, McGraw Hill, New York,
1988.
Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course, the student can
understand the concept of the Pinch analysis and appreciate the pinch analysis
CO1
concept and process thermodynamics.
identify the minimum energy targets, different choices and constraint during heat
CO2 exchange networking.
CO3 represent the pinch Methodology using different presentations.
CO4 design and Optimization of HENS
form strategies for retrofitting existing process plant, integration of energy demands of
CO5 multiple processes.
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1
CO2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1
CO3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1
CO4 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1
CO5 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 1

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Course Code : CLHO13

Course Title : APPLIED MATHEMATICS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Number of Credits : 4
Prerequisites : CLPC12, CLPC18, CLPC17
Course Type : HO
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Describe chemical engineering processes in mathematical form by employing the
appropriate microscopic and macroscopic balances
2. Identify if an analytical solution to the differential equations is possible
3. Derive and interpret physically the solution to differential equations amenable to analytical
solution
COURSE CONTENTS
Design of engineering experiments: Treatment of experimental data and interpretation of
results. Experiments with a single factor: the analysis of variance. Factorial designs. Curve
fitting methods, Interpolation and extrapolation.
Formulation of physical problems: Mathematical modelling of chemical engineering processes
based on the first principles.
Analytical solutions of equations: Separable forms, homogeneous equations, exact solutions,
singular solutions.
Numerical solution of non-linear equations: Linearization of nonlinear equations. Numerical
solution of ordinary differential equations: Initial value and boundary value problems. Stiff
differential equations. Numerical solution of partial differential equations.
Optimization: Types of optimization problems, optimization of a function of single variable,
unconstrained minimization, constrained minimization.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Douglas C. Montgomery, “Design and Analysis of Experiments” John Wiley, 8 th Edition,
2012
2. Harold S. Mickley, Thomas S. Sherwood, Charles E. Reed, “Applied Mathematics in
Chemical Engineering” Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited, Second Edition,
1975.
3. Richard G. Rice & Duong D. D, “Applied Mathematics and Modelling for Chemical
Engineers” John Wiley & Sons, 1995.
4. Mark E. Davis, “Numerical Methods and Modelling for Chemical Engineers”, John Wiley &
Sons, 1984.
5. S. K. Gupta, “Numerical Techniques for Engineers", Wiley Eastern Ltd., New York, 1995
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student can
CO1 apply mathematical concepts and principles for perform the computations
CO2 create, use and analyze graphical representations of mathematical relationships.
CO3 apply mathematics to solve the chemical engineering problems.
CO4 develop mathematical representation for chemical process system
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 1 - 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 - 2 3 3 2 3
CO2 1 - 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 - 2 3 3 2 3
CO3 1 - 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 - 2 3 3 2 3
CO4 1 - 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 - 2 3 3 2 3

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Course Code : CLHO14

Course Title : ADVANCES IN HEAT TRANSFER
Number of Credits : 4
Prerequisites : CLPC12
Course Type : HO
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Understanding on the concept of thermal conduction; should be able to get analytical
solutions for 2D/3D steady heat conduction problems by using variable separation method.
2. Understanding of the heat conduction with phase change, and knowing how to solve it.
3. Application of governing equations for convection heat transfer; and knowing the
dimensionless parameters
4. Analyzing the external and internal laminar flow heat transfer using boundary layer concept
5. Understanding of the boiling and condensation mechanism
COURSE CONTENT
Heat conduction, Variable thermal conductivity, 2D steady state heat conduction, transient
heat conduction: Numerical, Analytical and Graphical solutions.
Convective heat transfer: conservation equations, boundary layer approximations, Exact and
approximate solution methods. Forced convective laminar and turbulent flow solutions.
Natural and forced convection correlations for complex systems.
Radiation heat transfer, estimation of view factors and emissivity factors for different situations.
Estimation of radiation exchange between with and without participating medium. Effect of
non-condensable on radiation.
Heat Transfer with phase change: condensation – mechanism, controlling parameters.
Nusselt Theory; solution to laminar film modifications, influence of other parameters,
correlations for single horizontal tube, vertical bank of horizontal tubes, other configurations.
Dropwise condensation. Boiling mechanisms regimes. Selection and design of equipment with
phase transformation
Advances in heat exchanger design and compact heat exchangers, Heat transfer in liquid
metals. Heat transfer in packed and fluidized beds, Heat transfer in reactors.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Ozisik, M. Necati, “Heat Transfer: A basic approach”, McGraw Hill Book Company, 1985.
2. Yunus A Sengel, “Heat and Mass transfer – A Practical Approach” Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Company Ltd., 2008.
3. J. M. Coulson, J. F. Richardson, J. R. Backhurst, J. H. Harker, “Coulson and Richardson's
Chemical Engineering: Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer v. 1: 001 (Chemical
Engineering Vol. 1)” Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd; 5th Revised edition edition (31 December
1995)
4. F.P. Incropera, D.P. DeWitt, T.L. Bergman, A.S. Lavine, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass
Transfer, 6th Edition, John Wiley and Sons inc, 2011.
4. A.Bejan Convective Heat Transfer, Fourth Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2013.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the student can
CO1 solve the 2-D transient heat conduction problems by using variable separation method.
CO2 understand and solve conduction, convection and radiation problems
CO3 analyze the thermal performance of compact heat exchangers, evaporators, reactors
CO4 Analyze packed and fluidized bed driers

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Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
CO2 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 1 3 2 3 2 3 3 3
CO3 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 3 2 3 2 3 3 3
CO4 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 1 3 3 3 2 3 3 3

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Course Code : CLHO15

Course Title : COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : CLPC13, CLPC16
(CourseType
Course code) : HO
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To understand the theory of governing equations representing fluid flow behavior
To solve fluid flow problems involving diffusion and convection phenomena using Finite
volume method
COURSE CONTENT:
Governing equations of fluid flow and heat transfer, Equations of state, Navier-Stokes
equations for a Newtonian fluid, Classification of physical behaviour, Classification of fluid flow
equations, Auxiliary conditions for viscous fluid flow equations
Transition from laminar to turbulent flow, Effect of turbulence on time-averaged Navier-Stokes
equations, Characteristics of simple turbulent flows, Free turbulent flows, Flat plate boundary
layer and pipe flow, Turbulence models, Mixing length model, The k-e model, Reynolds stress
equation models, Algebraic stress equation models
Introduction, one-dimensional steady state diffusion, two-dimensional diffusion problems,
three-dimensional diffusion problems, discretised equations for diffusion problems
Steady one-dimensional convection and diffusion, The central differencing scheme, Properties
of discretisation schemes-Conservativeness, Boundedness, Transportiveness, Assessment
of the central differencing scheme for convection-diffusion problems, The upwind differencing
scheme, The hybrid differencing scheme, The power-law scheme, Higher order differencing
schemes for convection-diffusion, Quadratic upwind differencing scheme
One-dimensional unsteady heat conduction, Discretisation of transient convection-diffusion
equation, Solution procedures for unsteady flow calculations, Implementation of Inlet, outlet
and wall boundary conditions, constant pressure boundary condition.
REFERNCE BOOKS
1. H. K. Versteeg and W. Malalasekera, An introduction to computational fluid dynamics: the
finite volume method, Longman scientific & technical publishers, 1995
2. John D. Anderson, Computational fluid dynamics: The Basics with Applications McGraw-
Hill, Inc.New York, 1995.
3. Vivek V. Ranade, Computational flow modelling for chemical reactor engineering
Academic Press, San Diego, 2002
COURSE OUTCOMES
Upon completion, the students can
CO1 impart knowledge on theory of governing equations representing fluid flow behavior
CO2 understand the concept of turbulence and its modelling
CO3 solve steady state diffusion and convection fluid flow problems using Finite volume
method
CO4 solve unsteady state fluid flow problems using finite volume method

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 1 3 1 3 3 3
CO2 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 3 3
CO3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 3 3
CO4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 3 3

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Course Code : CLHO16

Course Title : PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : NONE
Course Type : HO
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To inculcate the importance of process safety practices.
2. To imbibe an extensive knowledge on the management of safety
3. To provide technical inputs pertaining to safety.
COURSE CONTENT:
Introduction: Industrial processes and hazards potential, mechanical electrical, thermal and
process hazards. Safety and hazards regulations, Industrial hygiene. Factories Act, 1948 and
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and rules thereof.
Fire and Explosion: Shock wave propagation, vapour cloud and boiling liquid expanding
vapours explosion (VCE and BLEVE), mechanical and chemical explosion, multiphase
reactions, transport effects and global rates. Preventive and protective management from fires
and explosion - inerting, static electricity passivation, ventilation, and sprinkling, proofing, relief
systems – relief valves, flares, scrubbers.
Hazards identification-toxicity, fire, static electricity, noise and dust concentration; Material
safety data sheet, hazards indices- Dow and Mond indices, hazard operability (HAZOP) and
hazard analysis (HAZAN).
Leaks and Leakages: Spill and leakage of liquids, vapors, gases and their mixture from
storage tanks and equipment; Estimation of leakage/spill rate through hole, pipes and vessel
burst; Isothermal and adiabatic flows of gases, spillage and leakage of flashing liquids, pool
evaporation and boiling; Release of toxics and dispersion. Naturally buoyant and dense gas
dispersion models; Effects of momentum and buoyancy; Mitigation measures for leaks and
releases.
Case Studies: Flixborough, Bhopal, Texas, ONGC offshore, HPCL Vizag and Jaipur IOC oil-
storage depot incident; Oil, natural gas, chlorine and ammonia storage and transportation
hazards.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Crowl D. A. and Louvar J. F., “Chemical Process Safety: Fundamentals with Applications”,
2nd Ed., Prentice Hall. 2001
2. Mannan S., “Lee’s Loss Prevention in the Process Industries”, Vol. I, II, III, 2nd Ed.,
Butterworth Heinemann, 2004
3. Tweeddale M., “Managing Risk and Reliability of Process Plant”, Gulf Professional
Publishing 2003
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students can
CO1 identify the process hazards in chemical industries.
CO2 have knowledge on fire and explosion safety.
CO3 handle leaks and will have knowledge on its management.
CO4 have knowledge on real time incidents that are occurred in the past.
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 3 - - 1 1 2 2 - 3 2 1 - 1 1 3
CO2 2 - 3 - 1 3 2 3 3 2 1 - 2 1 2
CO3 3 3 2 - 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 - 2 1 3
CO4 1 1 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 2

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Course Code : CLHO17

Course Title : STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND THERMODYNAMICS
Number of Credits : 3
Prerequisites : CLPC14
Course Type : HO
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To understand the physical and statistical basis of thermodynamics by showing how
the properties of macroscopic systems are direct consequences of the behaviors of
their elementary constituents
2. To the introduce the phase behavior of electrolytes and macromolecules system
3. To impart the fundamental concepts of macro to micro molecules systems.
COURSE CONTENT
Macro to micro approach - Properties of ideal gases and how they differ from real gases, first
law of thermodynamics, Concepts of state and path functions (with examples); Proof of work
and heat as path functions and internal energy as state function, Activity, activity coefficient,
Debye-Hückel theory for activity coefficient of electrolytic solutions; determination of activity,
activity coefficients and ionic strength. Phase diagram of two component systems (with
examples). One dimensional random walk and its importance
Basic Statistical Approach to a System - Applicability of the statistical approach to a system,
equilibrium and fluctuations, irreversibility and approach to equilibrium, counting of system
states – macro-states and microstates, equiprobability postulate, concept of statistical
ensemble, number of accessible states of a system, phase space.
Ensemble approach to Thermodynamics of Physical Systems - Isolated system – micro-
canonical ensemble, system in contact with a heat reservoir, canonical ensemble, Maxwell-
Boltzmann distribution as an example, mean values in a canonical ensemble, partition function
for a canonical ensemble, relation to thermodynamics.
Generalized Interactions - Grand canonical ensemble, systems with variable number of
particles, chemical potential, and partition function for a grand canonical ensemble, relation to
thermodynamic variables.
Applications to Multi-phase Systems - Stability conditions for a homogeneous system,
equilibrium between phases, phase transformations, general relations for a system with
several components, general conditions for chemical equilibrium, chemical equilibrium
between ideal gases, and the equilibrium constants in terms of partition functions.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Donald A. McQuarrie, Statistical Mechanics. University Science Books, 2000 - Science
ISBN 1-891389-15-7
2. Walter Greiner, Ludwig Neise and Horst Stöcker, Thermodynamics and Statistical
Mechanics", Springer New York, 2000
3. Landsberg, P. T. Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. New York: Dover,
1990. ISBN 0-486-66493-7
4. Feynman, Richard Phillips. Statistical Mechanics: A Set of Lectures. Westview Press,
1998. ISBN: 9780201360769.
5. Huang, Kerson. Statistical Mechanics. 2nd ed. Wiley, 1987. ISBN: 9780471815181.
6. Pathria, R. K. Statistical Mechanics. Pergamon Press, 1972. ISBN: 9780080189949.

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COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students will be familiar with
CO1 Fundamentals of Phase analysis of various systems
CO2 Applying the fundamentals of random walk in various systems
CO3 Concept of statistical ensemble for microscopic properties
CO4 Concept of chemical equilibrium and the equilibrium constants in terms of partition
functions
Mapping of Course Outcomes with Programme Outcomes
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 1 3 - - 3 - - - 2 - - 2 1 2 3
CO2 1 3 - - 3 - - - 2 - - 2 1 2 3
CO3 1 3 - 1 3 - - - 2 - - - 1 2 3
CO4 1 3 - - 3 - 2 - 2 - - 2 1 2 3

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