NPTEL Syllabus

Mechanical Operations - Web course

COURSE OUTLINE
Particle Size Analysis, Size Reduction, Storage of Solids, Particle Mechanics,
Sedimentation and Floatation, Flow Through Packed Beds, Fluidization,
Filtration, Fluid-Solid Conveying.

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COURSE DETAIL

S.No

Topics

Particle Size Analysis:

No. of
Hours

Coordinators:
Prof. B.P. Mani
Department of Chemical
EngineeringIIT Roorkee

2. Size estimation in sub-sieve range.

Size Reduction :

Theory of crushing and grinding, crushing and grinding

equipment and their selection.

Storage of Solids :

Bins, silos, hoppers, Janseen's equation.

Particle Mechanics :

Motion of particles in fluid, effect of particle shape, Stock's

law, hindered settling, jigging and classification.

Sedimentation and Floatation :

1. Centrifugal sedimentation, design of gravity

sedimentation tanks.
2. Design of continues thickeners based on settling test
data, floatation agents and flotation equipment.

Flow Through Packed Beds :

1. Characteristics of packings, flow of a single fluid

through a packed bed, problems of channeling and
wetting.
2. Counter-current gas-liquid flow through packed bedsloading and flooding characteristics.

Fluidization :

Chemical
Engineering

1. Sieve analysis, size distribution, size averaging and

equivalence.

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1. Fluidization characteristics, aggregative and

particulate fluidization.
2. Minimum fluidization, voidage and minimum
fluidization velocity.
3. Voidage correlation, gas-solid fluidization
characteristics.

Filtration :

1. Flow through filter cakes and medium.

2. Washing and drying of cake.
3. Filter aids, selection of filtration equipment, consent
rate and constant pressure filtration.
Fluid-Solid Conveying :

1. Pneumatic and hydraulic transport of solids-general

characteristics and flow relations.

Particle Size Analysis:

Sieve analysis, size distribution, size averaging and

equivalence, size estimation in sub-sieve range.

10

Size Reduction :

Theory of crushing and grinding, crushing and grinding

equipment and their selection.
Total

49

References:
1. Coulson J. H. and Richardson J.F., "Chemical Engineering, Vol. II", 5th
Ed., Butterworth-Heinemen.
2. Brown G. G., "Unit operations", CBS publishers.
3. Narayanan C.M. & Bhattacharya B.C., "Mechanical Operation for Chemical
Engineers -Incorporating Computer Aided Analysis", Khanna Publishers.
A joint venture by IISc and IITs, funded by MHRD, Govt of India

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