KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY
SAHYADRI SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMUS)
SHIMOGA – 577 451
B.SC COURSE III SEMESTER INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
Approved Syllabus - 2010
PAPER- I: UNIT PROCESS IN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS
Total Hours:60
Nitration: Introduction, nitrating agents, kinetics and mechanism of nitration process such as
nitration of Paraffinic hydrocarbons; Benzene to nitrobenzene and m-dinitrobenzene.
Chlorobenzene to o- and p-nitrochlorobenzene, acetanilide to p-nitro acetanilide, Toluene,
Continuous V/S batch nitration.
Halogenations: Introduction, kinetics of halogenations reaction, reagents for halogenations,
halogenations of aromatic side chain and nuclear halogenations, commercial manufacture of
chlorobenzens, chloral, monochloroacetic acid and chloromethane, dichlorofluromethanes.
Sulphonation: Introduction, sulphonating agents, chemical and physical factors in sulphonation.
Kinetics and mechanism of sulphonation reaction. Commercial sulphonation benzene,
naphthalene, alkyl benzene. Batch V/S continuous sulphonation.
Oxidation: Introduction, types of oxidation reaction, oxidizing agents, kinetics and mechanism of
oxidation of organic compounds. Liquid phase oxidation, vapor phase oxidation, commercial
manufacture of benzoic acid, maleic anhydride, phthalic anhydride, acrolein, acetaldehyde,
acetic acid.
Hydrogenation: Introduction, kinetics and mechanism of hydrogenation reactions.
Hydrogenation of vegetable oils, manufacture of methanol from carbon monoxide and hydrogen,
hydrogenation of acids and esters to alcohol, catalytic reforming.
Alkylation: Introduction, types of alkylation, alkylating agents, thermodynamic and mechanism
of alkylation reaction, manufacture of alkyl benzenes (for detergent manufacture), ethyl benzene,
phenyl ethyl alcohol, N-alkyl anilines(mono and dimethyl and ethyl anilines).
Esterification: Introduction, hydrodynamics and kinetics of esterification reaction. Esterification
by organic acids by addition of unsaturated compounds, esterification of carboxy acid
derivatives, commercial manufacture of ethyl acetate, dioctyl phthalate, vinyl acetate, cellulose
acetate.
Process instrumentation:
Concept of measurement and accuracy, Principles, construction and working of following
measuring instruments,
Temperature: glass thermometer, bimetallic thermometer, pressure spring thermometer, vapor
filled thermometer, resistant thermometer, radiation pyrometer.
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Pressure: manometers, barometers, bourdon pressure gauge, LVDT, dead weight piston gauge.
Direct Liquid level measurement: point contact method, bob and tape method, hook gauge
method, buoyancy method, float and tape gauge.
Indirect liquid level measurement: radiation method, hydrostatic method, ultrasonic level
gauges, bubbler method.
References:
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Unit processes in organic synthesis, P.H.Groggins, McGraw-hill book Co. New York.
Process instrumentation and control, A.P.Kulkarni.
Industrial instrument, D.P.Eckman, John-wileys and sons.
Applied instrumentation in process industries, Vol. I, II and III W.G. Andrews, Gulf
publications.
5. Instrumentation and control for the process industries. S.Barer, Elsevier, Applied science
publishers.
6. Chemical Engineers hand book. J.H.Perry and D.Greenb. McGraw-Hill publishing Co.
New York.
7. Principles of process controls. Patranabis, McGraw-Hill publishing Co. New York.
8. Process control. Harriot. McGraw-Hill publishing Co. New York.
9. Chemical reaction engineering. Mrs. Joshi.
10. Introduction to chemical engineering, Ghosal.
Practical’s:
1. Preparation of p-Nitoacetanilide
2. Preparation of p-Bromoacetanilide
3. Preparation of phenylazo-β-Naphthol
4. Preparation of Diazoaminobenzene
5. Preparation of sulphanilic acid
6. Estimation of ascorbic acid
7. Estimation of hydrogen peroxide
8. Estimation of saponification value of oil
9. Estimation of acid value of acid
10. Estimation of iodine value of oil.
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KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY
SAHYADRI SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMUS)
SHIMOGA – 577 451
B.SC COURSE IV SEMESTER INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
PAPER- I: STIOCHIOMETRY AND UNIT OPERATION
Total Hours: 60
Dimensions and units: Basic chemical calculations, atomic weight, molecular weight, mole
fraction, method of expressing the composition of gas mixture.
Material balance without chemical reaction: Flow diagram for material balance, simple
material balance with or without recycle or by-pass for chemical engineering operation such as
distillation, absorption, crystallization, evaporation, extraction etc.
Material balance involving chemical reaction: Concept of limiting reagent conversion yield
liquid phase reaction, gas phase reaction, with or without recycle or by-pass.
Distillation: Introduction, batch and continuous distillation plate columns and packed columns.
Absorption: Introduction, equipment packed columns, spray columns, bubble columns, packed
bubble column, mechanically agitated contractors.
Evaporation: Introduction, equipments, short tube evaporator, forced circulation evaporation,
falling film evaporators, climbing film evaporators, wiped film evaporator.
Filtration: Introduction, filter media and fitter aides, equipments plate and frame filters, press
nutch filter, rotary drum filter, sparkler filter, candle filter, back filter, centrifuge.
Drying: Introduction, free moisture, bound moisture, drying curve, equipments, tray drier, rotary
drier, flash drier, fluid bed drier, spray drier.
Crystallization: Introduction, solubility, super saturation, nucleation crystal growth, equipment,
tank crystallizer, agitated crystallizer, evaporator crystallizer.
Heat transfer: Heat exchangers, shell and tube type, fined tube heat exchangers, plate heat
exchangers, refrigeration cycles.
Extraction: Introduction, selection of solvent, equipments, spray column, packed column,
rotating dick column, mixer-settler, triangular diagram.
Mixing: Introduction, mixing of liquid-liquid, solid-solid, and liquid-solid systems.
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References:
1. Introduction to chemical engineering W. L. badger and J. T. BancheroMcGraw-Hill Book
Co. New York.
2. Unit operation chemical engineering W. L. McCabe and J. C. Smith McGraw-Hill Book Co.
New York.
3. Chemical engineering Hand Book J. H. Perry, McGraw-Hill Book Co. New York.
4. Unit operation and II Kale. Pune Vidyarathi Griha Prakashan, pune.
5. Standard Hand book of plant engineering Editors: R. C. Rosaler and J. O. Rice McGraw –
Hill Co. New York.
6. Introduction to stoichiometry, K. A. Gavhane.
7. Fundamentals of stoichimetry, Bhat & Vora.
8. Unit operations K. A. Gavhane.
9. Unit operations Majudar & Dixit.
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Determination of hardness
Determination of acidity
Determination of alkalinity
Determination of dissolved oxygen
Determination of BOD
Determination of COD
Determination of PH
Determination of iron by colorimetry
Determination of free chlorine.
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