Process Plant Operations
IE 314 PROCESS PLANT OPERATIONﾂ
Objectives:
This course is designed as foundation course assisting preparation of future instrumentation engineers for working within or along with process industries. The course shall focus more on application of principles with respect to industrial practices and less on theory.
Unit I
Unit Operation & Fluid Mechanics
Basic concepts and principles of commonly used unit operation with process and their study related to different process industries like distillation, extraction, drying, Humidification /dehumidification, filtration, absorption etc.
Basic concepts behind pumps, compressors, fans, blowers etc.
[08 Hrs]
Unit II
Kinetics & Thermodynamics
Role of kinetics, types of reactors, types of reaction/reactors, biochemical reactions commonly encountered in chemical process industries, Role of thermodynamics, Basic concepts, equilibrium etc.
[08Hrs]
Unit III
Heat and Mass transfer
Heat transfer: Energy balance, heat transfer coefficients, double pipe, shell & tube heat exchangers, boilers, condensers, evaporators, cooling towers, water & waste water treatment, refrigeration plants. Process & mechanical design considerations in brief.
Mass Transfer: Material balance with or without chemical reactions mass transfer coefficients. Process &mechanical design considerations for equipment for unit operations of unit 1 in brief.
[08Hrs]
Unit IV
Size Reductions & Separations
Crushing and grinding, size separation and screening. Laws of commutation forced and hindered setting. Working of forth floatation, hydrocyclones, jigging and concentration equipments
[08 Hrs]
Unit V
Material Of Construction & Properties
Basic concepts of corrosion and protection from corrosion. Selection materials, metals &alloys used in construction of field instruments. Properties like hardness, compression,
Tensile of alloys & metals. Heat and surface treatments done on metals.
[08Hrs]
Unit VI
Process flow Diagrams
Process flow diagrams for paper, sugar, cement, fertilizer, Petrochemical, food industry
[08Hrs]
Reference Books:
ﾂ｡ Unit operation in chemical ENgg. McCabe Smith 4/e Mcgrans Hill
ﾂ｡ Outline Chemical Technology M Gopal Rao &M Sitting 3/E East West 1973
ﾂ｡ Chemical Engineering Hand book Peiry,McGrans Hill
ﾂ｡ Chemical reaction Engineering O leven spielJ.Wiley & sons
