DETAILED SYLLABUS
FOR
DESTANCE EDUCATION
M.Tech. in Chemical
(MTCH)
(SEMESTER SYSTEM)
Course Name: M.Tech Chemical
Duration of Course: 2 Years
Eligibility:
Semester 1st
CODE
SUBJECTS
CREDITS
MFCH101
PROCESS INTEGRATION
4
MTCH102
PIPING DESIGN
4
MTCH103
ADVANCED PROCESS
EQUIPMENT DESIGN
4
MTCH104
ADVANCED SEPARATION
TECHNIQUES
4
MTCH105
CHEMICAL PROCESS
ECONOMICS & MANAGEMNT
4
MTCH1
PROCESS INTEGRATION
Introduction
Introduction to Process Integration. Importance of Process Integration and applications
in Chemical Industries. Overview of Process Integration.
Heat Exchanger Networking
Hot Composite Curve, Cold Composite Curve, Problem Table Algorithm, Grand
Composite Curve, Area Targeting by Uniform Bath formula and Unit Targeting by
Eulers’ formula, Heuristics for Pinch Design, Maximum Energy Recovery Design,
Evolution of Network.
Reactor Integration
Choice of Idealized reactor model and reactor performance. Reactor configurations:
Temperature Control, Gas-Liquid
and Liquid Liquid Reactors, Choice of Reactors. Heat Integration characteristics of
reactors, Appropriate placements ofreactors. Use of GCC for Heat Integration of
reactors.
Distillation Integration
Distillation sequencing, Heat Integration characteristics of Distillation column,
appropriate placement of distillation
column, various configurations for heat integration of distillation column.
Mass Exchanger Network Synthesis
Mass Exchanger Network, Minimum Mass Separating Agents (MSA), Mass exchange
networks for minimum external
MSA. Minimum Number of Mass Exchangers.
Laboratory work: Experiments will be based on the syllabus covered as above.
Text-Books:
1. Chemical Process Design and Integration Robin Smith, John Wiley and Sons. Ltd.,
New Delhi, 2005.
2. Product & Process Design Principles Warren D. Seider, J. D. Seader and Daniel R.
Lewin, Wiley Publication.
Reference Book:
1. Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis U. V. Shenoy, Gulf Publication.
MTCH102
PIPING DESIGN
Fundamentals of Piping Engineering
Definitions, Piping Components their introduction, applications. Piping MOC, Budget
Codes and Standards,
Fabrication and Installations of piping.
Pipe hydraulics and sizing
Pipe sizing based on velocity and pressure drop consideration cost, least annual cost
approach, pipe drawing basics,
development of piping general arrangement drawing, dimensions and drawing of
piping.
Plot plan
Development of plot plan for different types of fluid storage, equipment layout,
process piping layout, utility piping
layout.
Stress analysis
Different types of stresses and its impact on piping, methods of calculation, dynamic
analysis, flexibility analysis.
Piping support
Different types of support based on requirement and its calculation.
Transient fluid flow analysis. Heat tracing and thermal insulation of pipe. Typical P&I
diagrams for Vessels, Pumps, Compressor and Fire Heaters. Tutorials will be based on
the above using standard Software.
Text Books:
1. Piping Handbook, 6th edition, M.L. Nayyar, P.E., Mc Graw-Hill, Inc
2. Piping Design Handbook edited by Johan J McKetta, CRC Press, 1992.
MTCH103
ADVANCED PROCESS EQUIPMENT DESIGN
Introduction to process equipment design
Nature of design, types of process, codes and standards, factor of safety, degree of
freedom and design variables.
Heat Transfer Equipment Design
Introduction to design procedure of S & T heat exchangers Detailed design of
condensers, reboilers, vaporizers and
direct fired furnaces
Plate Heat exchangers- Design of gasketed plat heat exchanger, welded plates, plate
fines and spiral heat
exchangers. Fin tube heat exchangers, air cooled heat exchangers.
Heat transfer to vessels-Jacketed vessels, internal coils and agitated vessels.
Mass Transfer Equipments
Introduction to continuous distillation, process description, design variables, design
methods for binary systems. Multicomponent distillation, shortcut methods for stage
and reflux requirement, rigorous solution procedure, plate efficiency, plate hydraulic
design, other distillation systems including batch distillation, steam distillation and
reactive
distillation.
Packed column- design and principles, packed bed height calculations, column
diameter, column internals, wetting
rates.
Venturi scrubber design and principle. Extractor design
Liquid-liquid extraction, Gas liquid separators- settling velocity, vertical and horizontal
separators, Gas solid separators- cyclone separators, liquid liquid separators- decanter.
Liquid solid separators- drying.
Design of Pumps & Turbines
Pressure drops in pipe lines, NPSH, characteristic curves, Power Calculations.
Mechanical design
Fabrication aspects of Pressure vessels, distillation columns and reactors.
Material of Construction
Selection of MoC. Material properties, mechanical properties, corrosion resistance,
protective coatings, linings.
Laboratory work: Experiments will be based on the
syllabus covered as above.
Text Books:
1. Chemical Engineering Design 4th ed., R K Sinnott , Elsevier Publication.
2. Process Equipment Design 3rd ed., M V Joshi, Macmillan India Limited.
Reference Book:
1. Introduction to Process Engineering and Design, Shuchen B. Thakore and Bharat I.
Bhatt Tata McGraw-Hill
Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi, 2007
MTCH104
ADVANCED SEPARATION TECHNIQUES
Separation Processes
Industrial Chemical Processes, Mechanism of Separation, Separation by Phase Addition
or Creation, Separation by
Barrier, Separation by Solid Agent, Separation by External Field or Gradient,
Component Recoveries and Product Purities, Separation Power, Selection of feasible
Separation Processes.
Advanced and Approximate Methods for Multicomponent and Multistage
Separations
Equilibrium Based Methods for Multicomponent Absorption and Stripping
Enhanced Distillation and Supercritical Extraction
Distillation Curve Maps, Extractive Distillation, Salt Distillation, Pressure Swing
Distillation, Homogeneous Azeotropic
Distillation, Heterogeneous Azeotropic Distillation, Reactive Distillation, Supercritical
Fluid Extraction
Adsorption, Ion Exchange and Chromatography
Sorbents, Adsorbents, Ion Exchangers, Sorbents for Chromatography, rations, Ion
Exchange Equilibria, Equilibria in
Chromatography, Adsorption, Chromatography, Slurry Adsorption, Fixed Bed
Adsorption (Percolation), Thermal Swing Adsorption, Pressure Swing Adsorption,
Continuous Countercurrent Adsorption systems,
Membrane based Separation Overview of Membrane Science and Technology
Introduction, Historical Development of Membranes, Types of Membranes and
Membrane Processes
Membrane Transport Theory
Introduction, Solution diffusion Model, Structure Permeability Relationship in Solution
diffusion, Pore flow Model, Boundary Layer Film Model, Determination of the Peclet
Numer, Concentration Polarization in Liquid and Gas Separation Processes
Membrane Preparation and Membrane Modules
Isotropic Membranes, Anisotropic Membranes, Metal Membranes and Ceramic
Membranes, Liquid Membranes, Hollow Fiber Membranes, Membrane Modules, Crossflow, Co-flow and Counter-flow.
Reverse Osmosis, Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration
Principle, Theory, Membranes and Materials, Membrane Selectivity, Modules,
Concentration Polarization, Membrane
Fouling and Cleaning, System Design, Applications
Pervaporation and Gas Separation
Principle, Theory, Membrane Materials and Structure, Process Design, Applications
Dialysis and Electrodialysis
Principle, Chemistry of Ion Exchange Membranes, Transport in Electrodialysis
Membranes, System Design, Carrier
Facilitated Transport: Coupled Transport, Faciliated Transport
Miscellaneous Applications of Membranes
Membrane Reactor, Membrane Contactors and Membrane Distillation, Hemodialysis,
Blood Oxyenators, Controlled
Drug Delivery, Donnan Dialysis and Diffusion Dialysis, Charge Mosaic Membranes and
Piezodialysis.
Text Books:
1. Membrane Technology and Applications, Richard W. Baker, John Wiley & Sons Inc.
2. Separation Process Principles by J. D. Seader and Ernest J. Henley, John Wiley & Sons.
Reference Book:
1. Separation Processes by C. Judson King, McGraw Hill Inc
MTCH105
CHEMICAL PROCESS ECONOMICS & MANAGEMNT
Introduction
General remarks on process plant design, Project, Demands on project engineers,
Overview of activities
Project Planning
Product development, Plant type: Location / kind of premises. Capacity / availability /
lifespan, Degree of automation,
Legal requirements, Costs, Investment, Operating costs. Inquiry/ Invitation to tender,
Project controlling, Plant manufacturer: Risk analysis, Basic engineering, Process
development, Balancing, Basic and process flow diagram,
Materials concept, Main apparatus, Layout, Quotation, Quotation price, Contract
negotiations
Contract
Order basis, Regulations, Labour employment, Subcontractors, Project documentation,
Technical part, Contractor’s
scope of supply and services, Employer’s scope of supply and services, Commercial
part: Deadlines / penalties, Warranties / penalties, Defects / acceptance, Prices / terms
of payment/bonds, Alterations/claims,Terminations/suspension, Insurance, Secrecy,
Severability clause, Coming into effect, Signature policy
Project Management
Project Planning and Scheduling, Schematic Representation of Project Management,
Pitfalls in Project Planning,
Milestones and Milestone Planning, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Gantt Chart,
Hierarchical Plan, Project Network, Activity Floats, Programme Evaluation & Review
Technique (PERT), Critical Path, Project Control, Decision
Making, Project Reporting, Project Meetings, Project Failure and Success. How Public
Investment in Projects is initiated in India? Steering Committee, Tender Committee,
Joint Venture Organizations, Main Contributing Factors For
Successful Projects, Management of Projects, Project Management Consultants
(PMCs). Orientation, Indian Individuality, Organization Management Functions, Project
Management Team, Desirable Characteristics, Competencies of Project Manager,
Duties of A Project Manager, Project Team, Problem Areas of Concern.
Project execution
Project organization: Project structures, Systematic, Project manual, Correspondence
system, Revision service, Cost
monitoring, Time scheduling/monitoring of dates, Computers in plant manufacturing.
Approval planning, Component
procurement, Piping and instrumentation diagrams, Electrical, Measurement and
Control engineering, Layout and
building design, Layout design, Building design, Piping planning, Documentation,
Erection, Commissioning
Text Books:
1. Process Plant Design – Project Management from Inquiry to Acceptance, Frank Peter
Helmus, Wiley-VCH Verlag
GmbH & Co..
2. Project management in Emerging Environment of Globalization, Ramaraju
Thirumalai, Himalaya Publishing
House.
Semester 2nd
CODE
Subjects
Credits
MTMH201
COMMUNICATION SKILL FOR
ENGINEERS
4
MTMH202
PROCESS AND PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT
4
MTMH203
ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY IN
PROCESS INDUSTRIES
4
MTMH201
COMMUNICATION SKILL FOR ENGINEERS
1. Meaning and importance of communication skills, process, types of communication,
barriers to effective communication, kinesics (non-verbal communication-proxemics,
chronemics). Difference between verbal and
non-verbal communication. Psychological and cultural influence on communication.
2. Introduction to technical writing. Characteristics of technical
writing. SOTC (Society of Technical
Communicators) on good technical communication.
3. Technical-writing-technical discussion, technical instructions (User’s manual).
4. Memorandum, minutes of meetings, correspondence techniques-inviting experts,
inviting quotation, complaint
letters and letters of regret and adjustment.
5. Summarizing technical material.
6. Writing research papers.
References:
1. Basic communication skills for Technology – Andrea J. Rutherford (person)
2. Technical writing process and product- Shron J. Gerson (person)
3. Technical communication – principles and practices – Meenakshi Raman (Oxford)
4. Business correspondence and report writing – R. C. Sharma, Krishna Mohan (Tata
McrGraw)
MTMH202
PROCESS AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Introduction
Goal of industrial research and development, Production structure of Chemical
Industry, Task of Process
Development, Creative Thinking. Preliminary Database Creation, Preliminary Process
Synthesis, Examples.
Product Development
Development of chemical product on laboratory scale, quality improvement,
reproducibility etc. Case studies of
products developed.
Chemical Production Plant and Its Components
Details about Catalyst, Reactors, Product Processing, Pipelines Pumps and
Compressors, Product supply and
storage, Water Disposal, Measurement and Control Technology, Plant Safety, Material
Selection.
Process Data
Chemical Data, Mass Balance, Physio-chemical data sources and estimation, Patenting
and licensing situations,
development cost, location, market situation, plant capacity, raw materials, waste
disposals
Course of Process Development
Process development as an iterative process, Drawing up of an initial version of the
process, checking the individual
steps, Micro Plant: Link between the laboratory and the pilot plant, Testing the entire
process on small scale.
Scaling up Process
Scaling up of process from laboratory to pilot plant and to industrial scale.
Process Evaluation
Batch Versus Continuous, Equilibrium Limitations, Process alternatives, Preparation of
study report
Flow sheeting
Basic Flow Diagram, P&ID, Development of flow diagram, Flow sheeting.
Laboratory work: Experiments will be based on the syllabus covered as above.
Text Books:
1. Process Development - From the Initial Ideal to the Chemical Production Plant G H
Vogel, Wiley-VCH Verlag
GmbH, 2005.
2. Conceptual Design of Chemical Process, J M Douglas, Mc GrawHill Book Company.
1998.
Reference Books:
1. Chemical Process Development, Jordan, Mc-Graw Hill.
2. Product and Process Design Principles-Synthesis, Analysis and Evaluation, 2nd ed., W
D Seider, J D Seader
and D R Lewin, John Wiley and Sons. 2004.
3. Analysis, Synthesi and Design of Chemical Processes, R Turton, R C Bailie, W B
Whiting, J A Shaeiwitz,
Prentice Hall, New Jursey. 1998.
MTMH203
ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY IN PROCESS INDUSTRIES
Introduction
Resources Management, Clean Development Mechanism, Command and control and
Market Based Initiatives for
pollution control.
Pollution Abatement in Process Industries
Types of pollution in process industries, Modes of Surveillance, Evaluation and
Techniques for abatement. Design
for effluent treatment in specific process Industries such as, Fertilizer, Petroleum, Pulp
and Paper, Dairy etc.
Environmental Issues in Process Industries
Identifying and evaluating the probable environmental consequences of a proposed
development project, Methods
for Environmental Impact Assessment, Risk Assessment of the project. Uses,
advantages and limitations of various
environmental management tools. Case studies of Life cycle Assessment,
Environmental Audit, Energy Audit and
Water Audit.
Environmental Regulations: Indian & International
Regulations to encourage pollution prevention and cleaner production. International
standards on various aspects of
environmental management
Safe (inherent) Process Design Practices
Chemical Process Industry (CPI) Safety Codes. Control technology to reduce accidents
in CPI.
Process Hazard Evaluation
Hazard Evaluation techniques, Qualitative Risk Analysis (QRA) Techniques, Risk
Assessment (RA) accident probability, Hazard Operability Studies (HAZOP) Hazard
Analysis (HAZAN), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Event
Tree Analysis (ETA)
Safety Analysis
Safety Review, Preconditions and preparations, analytical procedures, analysis of safety
related information and safety measures, Integrated approaches for safety
management, Case studies in process safety management
Text Books:
1. Integrated Environmental Planning, Janes K. Lein , Blackwell Publishing.
2. Safety Assessment for Chemical Processes, J Steinbach , Willey – VCTT.
Semester3rd
CODE
Subjects
Credits
MSCH1
Advanced Catalytic
Engineering
4
MSCH2
Fluidization Engineering
4
MSCH3
Process \Plant Simulation
4
MSCH1
ADVANCED CATALYTIC ENGINEERING
Introduction and Fundamentals
Catalysis – Emergence of Catalyst Technology, Basic Variables for Control of Chemical
Reactions, Importance of
Catalysis and Catalyst Technology, Impact on Society and Life Forms, Scope of Catalyst
Technology, Fundamental
Catalytic Phenomena, Steps in a Heterogeneous Catalytic Reaction, Reaction and
Diffusional Resistances for a Catalytic Reaction, Kinetics of Catalytic Surface Reactions,
Effects of Surface Structure and Support on Catalytic
Activity
Catalyst Materials, Properties and Preparation
Catalyst Materials: Active Phase, Carriers, Promoters, Molecular Sieves and Zeolites,
Catalyst Properties, Catalyst
Engineering, Physical, Mechanical and Chemical Properties, Catalyst Preparation
methods including novel methods
and nanocomposit preparations. New Concepts of Catalysis Design, Design of New
Molecular Sieves, Design of Sophisticated Composite Catalysis Based on Nanostructures,
Novel catalyst Preparation Methods: The Preparation of
Amorphous Metal Powders, Supported Catalysts and Nanocolloids by a Sonochemical
Technique
Catalyst Characterization and Selection
Principles and Objectives of Catalyst Characterization, Determining Physical Properties
of Catalysts, Determining
Chemical Properties of Catalysts, Catalyst Selection
Catalytic fixed Bed Reactor Design and Activity Testing
Fundamentals of Reactor Design, Collecting, Analyzing and Reporting Data from
Laboratory Reactors, Choosing
Reactors in the Laboratory and Plant
Design of Adiabatic, Iso-thermal, non-isothermal and non-adiabatic reactors
Laboratory work: Experiments will be based on the syllabus covered as above.
Text Books:
1. Fundamentals of Industrial Catalytic Processes, 2nd Edition, C. H. Bartholomew,
Robert J. Farrauto
2. Catalytic Reactor Design by M. Orhan Tarhan, McGraw Hill Book Company
Reference Books:
1. Chemical and Catalytic Reaction Engineering by James J. Carberry, Dover Publications
2. Chemical Reactor Design for Process Plants by H.F. Rase, Wiley-International
Publication
3. Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design, G.F. Froment and K.B. Bischoff, Jhon Wiley &
Sons
MSCH2
FLUIDIZATION ENGINEERING
Introduction
Phenomenon of Fluidization, Behavior of a Fluidized Bed, Comparison with other
contacting methods, Advantages and Disadvantages of Fluidized Beds for Industrial
Operations, Fluidization Quality, Selection of a Contacting Mode for a given
Application.
Industrial Applications of Fluidized Beds
Coal Gasification, Gasoline from other Petroleum Fractions, Gasoline from Natural and
Synthesis Gases, Synthesis
Reactions, Metallurgical and Other Processes, Physical Operations Cracking of
Hydrocarbons, Combustion and Incineration, Carbonization and Gasification and
Reactions Involving solids, Bio -fluidization
Fluidization and Mapping of Regimes
Characterization of Fixed Beds of Particles, Fluidization without Carryover of Particles:
Minimum Fluidizing Velocity,
Pressure Drop-verses-Velocity Diagram, Effect of Pressure and Temp. on Fluidized
Behavior, Sintering and Agglomeration of Particles at High Temperature. Type of Gas
Fluidization with and without Carryover, Turbulent and Churning Fluidization,
Pneumatic Transport of
Solids, Fast Fluidization , Voidage Diagrams for all Solid
Carryover, Regimes, The Mapping of Fluidization Regimes
Bubbles in Dense Beds
Single Rising Bubbles: Rise Rate of Bubbles, Evaluation of Models for Gas Flow at
Bubbles, The Wake Region and
the Movement of Solids at Bubbles, Solids within Bubbles. Coalescence and Splitting
Bubbles: Interaction of Two
Adjacent Bubbles, Coalescence, Bubble Size and Bubble Frequency, Splitting of Bubbles
and Maximum Bubble Size,
Bubble Formation above a Distributor, Slug Flow
Bubbling Fluidized Beds
Emulsion Movement for small and Fine Particles, Emulsion Movement for Large
Particles, Emulsion gas Flow and
Voidage. Effect of Pressure on Bed Properties. Estimation of Bed Properties: Gas Flow
in the Emulsion Phase, Bubble Gas Flow, Bubble Size and Bubble growth, Bubble Rise
Velocity, Beds with Internals, Physical Models : Scale up and scale down
Flow Models for Bubbling Beds
General Interrelationship among Bed Properties, Simple Two-phase Model, K-L Model
with its Davidson Bubbles and
Wakes
High Velocity Fluidization
Turbulent Fluidized Beds, Experimental Findings, Fast Fluidization, The Freeboard
Entrainment Model Applied to Fast
Fluidization, Design Considerations, Pressure Drop in Turbulent and Fast Fluidization
Circulation Systems
Circuits for the Circulation of Solids, Finding Required Circulation Rates, Flow of GasSolid Mixtures in Downcomers:
Downward discharge from a Vertical Pipe, Moving Bed Downflow, Fluidized Downflow,
Fluidized Downflow in Tall
Downcomers. Flow in Pneumatic Transport Lines: Vertical Upflow of Solids, Horizontal
Flow, Safe Gas Velocity for Pneumatic Transport, Pressure Drop in Pneumatic
Transport, Pressure drop in Bends, Practical
Considerations
Design of Catalytic and non-catalytic Fluidized bed Reactors
Tutorials will be based on the above using standard Software.
Text Book:
Fluidization Engineering, 2nd Edition, D. Kunii and O. Lavenspiel, ButterworthHienemann, Elsevier.
MSCH3
PROCESS PLANT SIMULATION
Introduction to Simulation through Modelling
Introduction to modelling and simulation Mathematical Models of Chemical
Engineering Systems Uses of mathematical models, Principles of formulations, Material
and Energy Balance, Constituent Relationship. Modelling
various unit operations of process plants like Mixers, Pumps, Compressors , Distillation
Column, Reactors, Heat Exchangers,
Computational Methods For Process Simulation
Degree of freedom analysis, Types of simulation problems: Design, Rating, Flow
sheeting etc. Usefulness and Limitation of Process Simulation. Steady State Lumped
System-Partitioning Equation, Tearing Equation, Simultaneous Equation, Modular
Approaches & Equation Solving Approaches, Decomposition of Networks. Methods for
Solution of non linear Equations, Structural analysis and solution of systems of
algebraic equations. Method for solution of Unsteady state lumped system, Stiff
differential equations. Solution Methods for initial value and boundary value problem,
Solution methods for Partial Differential Equations.
Process Simulators
Introduction to professional simulator like Aspen.Hysys and Mathematical tools like
MATLAB, Introduction to SIMULINK and Poly Math etc.
Application of Simulation in Different Unit Operations
Diabetic CSTR, Separation Tower like Tray and Packed tower, Bio Chemical Reactor
etc.
Laboratory work: Experiments will be based on the syllabus covered as above.
Text-Books:
1. Process Dynamics: Modeling, Analysis and Simulation, B Wayne Bequette, Prentice
Hall International Inc.
2. Computational Methods for Process Simulation, 2nd ed., W F Remirez, ButterworthHeinemann.
Reference Books:
1. Process Modelling, Simulation and Control for Chemical Engineers by William L.
Luyben, McGraw Hill
International Editions.
2. Analysis, Synthesis and Design of Chemical Processes, R Turton, R C Bailie, W B
Whiting and J A Shaeiwitz,
Prentice Hall International Inc..
3. Product and Process Desing Principles-Synthesis, Analysis, and Evaluation, 2nd ed.,
W D Seider, J D Seader
and D R Lewin, John Wiley and Sons Inc
CODE
SUBJECTS
CREDITS
MSCH5
ADVANCED PROCESS
CONTROL
4
MSCH6
ADVANCED PETROLEUM
REFINING PROCESSES
4
MSCH7
ADVANCED PROCESS
OPTIMISATION
4
MSCH8
PROJECT
12
MSCH5
ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL
Introduction to process control
Dynamic and steady state processes, development of block diagram and its reduction,
PID control algorithm. routh
stability criteria, bode plots, root locus
Introduction to Advanced Controllers
Feed forward, ratio controller, cascade, controller, adaptive controller, inferential
controller.
PID Controller Tuning
Close loop oscillation based methods, Ziegler Nichols Algorithm, Tuning rules for First
order plus dead time process,
Ziegler Nichols open loop method., Direct Synthesis.
Internal Model Control
Static and dynamic Control law, practical open loop controller design, generalization of
open loop controller design
procedure, model uncertainty and disturbance, development of IMC structure and IMC
design procedure. Effect of
model uncertainty and disturbance, improved disturbance rejection design.
IMC Base PID procedure
The equivalent feedback form to IMC, IMC based feedback design for delay free
processes, IMC based PID controller
design for stable process.
Multivariable controllers and plant wide control
Principle, operation and Applications of DCS and PLC in Batch Process Control and
Process Monitoring
Case Studies on Heat Exchanger Control and Distillation Column control with
multivariable control system.
Tutorials will be based on the above using standard Software.
Text Book:
1. Process Control Modeling, Design and Simulation, B Wayne Bequette, Prentice Hall
of India, 2003.
Reference Books:
1. Process Dynamics and Control, 2nd, D E Seborg, T F Edger and D A Mellichamp, Wiley
India.
2. Chemical Process Control: An Introduction to Theory and Practice, George
Stephanopoulos Stephanopoulos,
George Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd,1994
MSCH6
ADVANCED PETROLEUM REFINING PROCESSES
Petroleum Refining
Pretreatment and Distillation, Stripping, Rerunning, Stabilization and Light End
Removal, Superfractionation,
Azeotropic Distillation and Extractive Distillation
Thermal Cracking
Introduction, Thermal Cracking, Visbreaking, Coking, Delayed Coking, Fluid Coking and
Flexicoking
Catalytic Cracking
Introduction, Fixed Bed Processes, Moving Bed processes, Fluid Bed processes,
Reaction chemistry of FCC, Mechanism and Kinetics, Process Variables: Feedstock
Quality, Feedstock Preheating, Feedstock Pressure, Feedstock Conversion, Reactor
Temperature, Recycle Rate, Space Velocity, Catalyst Activity, Catalyst Oil Ratio,
Regenerator Temperature, Regenerator Air Rate. Catalysts for Cracking
Hydrotreating
Introduction, Hydrodesulfurization: Process configuration, Reaction chemistry and
Kinetics, Downflow Fixed Bed
Reactor, Upflow expanded Bed Reactor, Demetallization Reactor (Guard Bed Reactor),
Catalysts. Distillate Hydrosulfurization, Residuum Hydrodesulfurization, Ultra low sulfur
Diesel.
Hydrocracking
Introduction, Processes and Process Design: Reaction chemistry and Kinetics, CANMET,
Gulf HDS, H-G Hydrocracking, H-Oil. IFP Hydrocracking, Isocracking, LC fining, MAK,
HDC, Microcat RC, Mild Hydrocracking, MRH,
RCD, Unibon (BOC), Residfining, Residue Hydroconversion, Unicrackking, Veba, CombiCracking
Next Generation Processes
Introduction, Thermal (Carbon Rejection) Processes: Asphalt Coking Technology
Process, Comprehensive Heavy
Ends reforming Refinery Processes, Deep Thermal Conversion Process, ET –II Process,
Eureka Process, Fluid Thermal Cracking Process, High Conversion Soaker Cracking
Process, Catalytic Cracking Processes: Asphalt Residue Treating Process, Heavy Oil
Treating Process, Reduced Crude Oil Conversion Process, Residual Fluid Catalytic
Cracking Process, Shell FCC Process, S&W Fluid Catalytic Cracking Process, Hydrogen
Addition Processes,
Asphaltenic Bottoms Cracking Process, Hydrovisbreaking (HYCAR) Pocess, Solvent
Processes: Deasphalting Process, Deep Solvent Deasphalting Process, Demax Process
Product Improvement
Desulfurization and Heteroatom Removal: Hydrotrating, Hydrogen Sulfide Removal
Reforming: Thermal Reforming, Catalytic reforming, Dehydrogenation, Catalysts,
Reformulated Gasoline and other
oxygenates like MTBE and others.
Isomerization, Alkylation and Polymerization
Process Types, Chemistry, Commercial Processes, Catalysts
Hydrogen Production
Introduction, Feedstocks, Process Chemistry, Commercial Processes: Heavy Residue
Gasification and Combined Cycle Power Generation, Hybrid Gasification Process,
Hydrocarbon Gasification, Hypro Process, Shell Gasification
(Partial Oxidation) Process, Steam Methane Reforming, Steam Naphtha Reforming,
Synthesis Gas Generation, Texaco Gasification (Partial Oxidation) Process. Catalysts,
Hydrogen Purification
Alternative sources of Petroleum based applications
Hydrogen production and Fuelcells, Gas to Liquid Fuels, First & Second Generation
Biofuels
Tutorials will be based on the above using standard Software.
Text Books:
1. Modern Petroleum Refining Processes by B.K.B. Rao, Oxford & IBH Publishing Pvt.
Ltd.
2. Practical Advances in Petroleum Processing: Volume 1 & 2 by C.S. Hsu and P.R.
Robinson, Springer Publications
Reference Books:
1. Petroleum Refinery Engineering by W.L. Nelson, McGraw-Hill International
2. Advanced Petroleum Refining by G.N. Sarkar, Khanna Publishers
3. Petroleum Refinery Process Economics by R.E. Maples, PennWell Corporation
4. Petroleum Refining Technology by Ram Prasad, Khanna Publishers
MSCH7
ADVANCED PROCESS OPTIMISATION
Objective and Formulation of Optimisation
Objective and Introduction, Objective Function and Decision variables, Inequality and
Equality Constrains in Models
Formulation of the Objective Function, Lower and Upper Bounds, Selecting Functions
to Fit Empirical Data, Factorial
Experimental Designs, Degrees of Freedom, Economic Objective Functions, Measures
of Profitability
Basic Concepts of Optimization
Continuity of Function, NLP Problem Statement, Convexity and Its Applications,
Interpretation of the Objective
Function in Terms of its Quadratic Approximation, Necessary and Sufficient Conditions
for an Extremum of an
Unconstrained Function
Optimization of Unconstrained Functions
One-Dimensional Search Numerical Methods for Optimizing a Function of One
Variable, Scanning and Bracketing
Procedures, Newton and Quasi-Newton Methods of Unidimensional Search
Unconstrained Multivariable Optimization
Linear Programming (LP) and Applications Geometry of Linear Programs, Basic Linear
Programming Definitions and
Results, Simplex Algorithm, Barrier Methods, Sensitivity Analysis, Linear Mixed Integer
Programs, Application of the
EXCEL Solver Spreadsheet for Optimisation, Formulation. Introduction to Non linear
Programming with Constraints
and Mixed-Integer Programming
Application of Optimisation in Chemical Engineering
Examples of Optimization in Chemical Processes like optimizing recovery of waste heat,
Optimal Shell and Tube Heat
Exchanger Design, Optimal Design and Operation of binary Distillation Column, Optimal
pipe diameter etc.
Flow sheet Optimization - Case studies.
Tutorials will be based on the above using standard Software.
Text-Book:
1. Optimization of Chemical Processes, 2nd ed,, T F Edger, D M Himmelblau and L S
Lasdon, McGraw- Hill
International Edition.
Reference Book:
1. Product and Process Design Principles-Synthesis, Analysis, and Evaluation, 2nd ed.,
W D Seider, J D Seader and
D R Lewin, John Wiley and Sons Inc.