Online Internship Program-2021 (OIP-2021) by IIChE

Subject: Chemical Process Technology (CPT)

Batch-2
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Assignment-1
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Date of Issue:13.05.2021
Last Date of Submission: 18.05.2021
Mail I’d for submission:iichehqfb@gmail.com
(Based on Lecture-1,2,3 &4 on Pure Terepthalic acid (PTA)
manufacturing & Petrochemical Industry)
A. Answer all the questions :

1. a) What is PTA Value Chain? Describe briefly CTA & PTA stage operation.
b) Describe CASCADE CONTROL, FEEDBACK CONTROL & RATIO CONTROL with
example.

2. a) What is the use of Caustic Tower in Ethylene Plant? What is the use of acetylene converter
and MAPD converter reactor in steam cracker plant?
b) What is Joule Thomson effect? How J-T effect is used in chilling train to chill the charge
gas? Which component in charge gas shows reverse J-T effect? Explain Thermodynamics of
reverse J-T Effect?

3. a) Explain different averaging concepts for calculating molecular weight of polymer.

b) Nylon 11 has the following structure [- NH – (CH2 )10 – CO - ]n
If the number-average degree of polymerization, Xn , for nylon is 100 and Mw = 120,000, what is
its polydispersity ? [ Ans. 6.56 ]
c) Briefly explain the role of surfactant in emulsion polymerization system with the mechanism
of polymer growth and product isolation.

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