CML 301: MASS TRANSFER – II

Course No.: CML301

Course Title: Mass Transfer II
Course Type: Core
Course Credits: 3

Course description:

The core subject CML 301 Mass Transfer-II covers the fundamentals and basic concepts of
separation and purification of mass through its transfer from one phase to the other.
Further, it gives learning and understanding skills towards the problems related to
separation & purification and in turn, the approach to solve it by applying the
concepts/principles learned in the curriculum.

Pre-requisites: CML201-Chemical Process Calculations

Objectives:

To provide students the basic learning and understanding skills towards the problems
related to separation & purification and in turn the approach to solve it by applying the
concepts/principles learned in the curriculum and to increase the student’s ability to apply
the principles for the design of Mass Transfer Equipments and their application in process
industries.

Outcomes:

At the end of the course, the student will understand the Mass Transfer-II principles. The
students will be able to the basic principles of Mass Transfer and to apply it for the design
of Mass Transfer equipments needed in process industries.

Expanded Course description:

Distillation: Vapour-liquid equilibria, Raoult’s law, X-Y and H-X-Y diagrams, differential
distillation and equilibrium distillation, steam distillation, azeotropic distillation, extractive
distillation.Fractionation, binary distillation, plate and packed columns for distillation,
analytical and graphical methods for estimation of number of stages required in distillation
column, minimum reflux ratio, optimum reflux ratio, number of stages at optimum reflux,
Murphree plate efficiency and overall plate efficiency, effect of feed conditions on number of
plates for separation.

The concept of HETP, HTU, NTU in distillation, plate and packed columns, packings for
packed columns, the pressure drop in a plate and packed columns, bubble cap, sieve tray,
valve tray plate columns. Absorption Equilibrium relationships, two film theory, penetration
theory, surface renewal rate theory, the concept of driving force and mass transfer
coefficient, plate column and packed columns for absorption, selection of the solvent for
absorption and absorbers design procedures.

Liquid – Liquid Extraction fundamentals, selection of solvent for extraction, estimation of

mass transfer coefficients, triangular diagram representation, equipments for liquid – liquid
extraction, plate and packed columns, spray columns, rotary disc contactors, design
procedures and equipment selection criteria. Single stage, multistage operations etc. Solid –
Liquid Extraction fundamentals, Solvent selection, equilibrium relationship, triangular
diagram representation, single stage, multistage concurrent and counter current operation,
equipments for solid – liquid extraction, their design procedure and selection criteria.

Class Schedule: Three lectures of 60 minutes each per week.

Textbooks:

1. Mass Transfer Operations, Treybal R.E., McGraw Hill Book Co., New York 1980, 3 rd
Edition
2. Chemical Engineering Vol. I, II & III, Coulson J.M., and Richardson J.F., Pergamon Press,
New York 1977
3. Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, McCabe W.L., and Smith J.C. & Harriot,
McGraw Hill Book Co., New York 1980, 5th Edition
4. Principles of Mass Transfer and Separation Process, Binay K. Dutta, PHI Learning Pvt.
Ltd., New Delhi, Eastern Economy Edition
5. Introduction to Chemical Engineering, Badger W.L. and Banchero J.T., Tata McGraw Hill
Book Co.