Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology

Chemical Engineering Department

BE- IV (VIII Sem)
Subject: Solid Fluid Operations (2180508)

MID_EXAM Syllabus (March_2021)

• Introduction: Solid-Fluid Operations, Characterization and Classification

• Mixing and Agitation: Mixing, Agitation, Different types of agitators and their
selection criteria, Calculation of power required for agitation, Scale-up of agitated
vessels, Static Mixers.

• Solid-Fluid Mass Transfer: Drying, Introduction to Crystallization, Principles of

Crystallization.

• Fluidization: Fluid flow in porous solid beds, Conditions for Fluidization, Types of
Fluidization, Applications of Fluidization.

• Filtration: Cake filters, Constant rate filtration, Constant pressure filtration.

Prof. Ashish Parmar Prof. Shireen Singh

(Course Co-ordinators)