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Fourth Year

Semester - VII
Syllabi for Semesters - III to VIII of 4 Year B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta (w.e.f. Academic Year 2019-2020)

Paper Name: Heat Transfer - II L T P Credit


Paper Code: PCHT 701 (Professional Core) 1 1 0 2
Total Contact Hour = 28

Evaluation:
Type of Evaluation Marks
Sessional Assessments through Class Test/ Assignments 20
Sessional Active participation in routine classes 05 30
Overall conduct, attendance, manners, skills etc. 05
End Semester 70
Total 100

Pre-requisite: Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer I

Course Objectives: Idea of compact Heat Exchangers, Design and economy of Evaporator,
Design concept of furnace, Heat exchanger networking

Course outcomes:
Students completing the course will be able to:
CO1 Understand category of heat transfer equipments based on application
CO2 Understand compactness of heat exchangers
CO3 Make calculations of fin/ plate Heat exchanger areas
CO4 Calculate steam economy in evaporators
CO5 Calculation of pipe-steel heater heat loads, surface area

Contents:

Module I (No. of classes: 7)


1. Compact Heat Exchangers and Their Classifications, Fin–tube (flat tubes, continuous plate
fins), Fin–tube (circular tubes, continuous plate fins), Fin–tube (circular tubes, circular fins),
Plate–fin (single pass).and Plate–fin (multi-pass) type heat exchangers.
2. Extended surface and plate heat exchangers design and design calculations. Effectiveness-
NTU Method for Heat Exchanger Design.

Module II (No. of classes: 7)


1. Liquid-to-vapor phase-change exchangers, evaporator, classification; capacity, steam
economy; boiling point elevation; Material and energy balance in evaporator.
2. Single and multiple effect evaporators, design procedure of triple effect evaporator and
calculations.

Module III (No. of classes: 7)


1. Furnace: types of furnaces and usage, application of furnace in oil refinery, different heat
transfer modes in furnaces, simple furnace with overhead convection bank, double and
multiple radiant section box type furnace;
2. Design procedure of Pipe steel heater and calculations.

Module IV (No. of classes: 7)


1. Pinch technology, Flow sheet to Pinch data, energy targets & composite curve, multiple utility
targeting, process modifications and placement of heat engines & heat pumps.
2. Heat Exchanger network design - the difference between Streams and Branches, Grid
Diagram for heat exchanger network representation, Design method, heat exchanger network
design for Retrofits.

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Suggested Text Books


1. B. K. Dutta, Heat Transfer Principles and Application, PHI.
2. D. Q. Kern, Process Heat Transfer: MGH
3. Ian C. Kemp, Pinch Analysis and Process Integration, ELSEVIER
4. Holman, J. P., S. Bhattacharya, Heat Transfer, 10th Ed., Tata McGraw-Hill (2011).

Suggested Reference Books


1. Bejan, A., A. D. Kraus, Heat Transfer Handbook, John Wiley (2003).
2. B. K. V. Rao, Modern Petroleum Refining Process, Oxford
3. Bodo Linnhoff, A User Guide on Process Integration for the Efficient Use of Energy,
Institution of Chemical Engineers (UK).

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Syllabi for Semesters - III to VIII of 4 Year B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta (w.e.f. Academic Year 2019-2020)

Paper Name: Process Instrumentation and Control L T P Credit


Paper Code: PCIC 702 (Professional Core) 2 1 0 3
Total Contact Hour = 40

Evaluation:
Type of Evaluation Marks
Sessional Assessments through Class Test/ Assignments 20
Sessional Active participation in routine classes 05 30
Overall conduct, attendance, manners, skills etc. 05
End Semester 70
Total 100

Pre-requisite: Mathematics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer, Chemical


Reaction Engineering.

Course Objectives: To introduce the basic theories of Process Instrumentation & Control
relevant to Chemical Engineering operations.

Course outcomes:
Students completing the course will be able to:
CO1 Understanding the basic principles of process modelling
CO2 Understanding the approach of control theory
CO3 Designing the basic control blocks for a chemical process
CO4 Designing the controller for a chemical process
CO5 Investigating the stability of a process
CO6 Updating the feedback scheme to advanced control schemes

Contents

Module-I (No. of classes: 10)


1. Introduction: Need for process control, Industrial control strategies: feedback, feedforward
and inferential; Mathematical model of simple lumped parameter models in Flow, Level,
Pressure and Thermal processes.
2. Distributed parameter models: Heat exchanger, CSTR; Degrees of freedom–Continuous and
batch processes; Linearization, Input-output relation in Laplace domain, Concept of transfer
function, block diagram.
3. First and Second order systems: Transfer function and dynamic responses to different input
functions, Concept of process gain, time constant for first order systems; Concept of natural
period of oscillation and damping factor for second order system; Interacting and non-
interacting systems; Examples of first and second order processes.

Module-II (No. of classes: 10)


1. Basic idea of feedback loop; Different elements of feedback control loop; Characteristic of on-
off, P, PI, PID and PD controllers, Final control elements;
2. Block diagram formulation of feedback control systems; transient response analysis of
feedback loops.
3. Stability Analysis: Concept of stability, definition of stability, stability criterion. Stability for
linear system: Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion. Root locus diagram.

Module III (No of Classes = 10)


1. Design of control system using frequency response: Bode and Nyquist plots; Bode stability
criterion, phase and gain margins.

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2. Tuning of controller settings: Ziegler Nichols controller settings.


3. Advanced Control system: cascade control, feedforward control, ratio control, selective
control and split-range control with examples; advanced industrial applications including
PLC, DCS and smart instrumentation.

Module IV (No of Classes = 10)


1. Principles of measurements and classification of process control instruments. Temperature
measuring instruments, Liquid-level measuring instruments and Pressure measuring
instruments.
2. Composition measuring instruments; Measurements of viscosity, pH, concentration, thermal
conductivity and humidity of gases.
3. Process instrumentation, Instrumentation diagram, P&ID, Application of P&ID,
Examples.

Suggested Text Books:


1. Bequette, B.W., “Process Control Modeling, Design and Simulation”, Prentice Hall of India,
2004.
2. Stephanopoulos, G., “Chemical Process Control – An Introduction to Theory and Practice”,
Prentice Hall of India, 2005.
3. Seborg, D.E., Edgar, T.F. and Mellichamp, D.A., “Process Dynamics and Control”, Wiley
John and Sons, 2nd Edition, 2003.

Suggested Reference Books:


1. Coughanowr, D.R., “Process Systems Analysis and Control”, McGraw – Hill International
Edition, 2004.
2. D. P. Eckman, “Automatic Process control”, 7th Edition, John Wiley, New York, 1990.
3. Considine, D.M., Process Instruments and Controls Handbook, Second Edition, McGraw,
1999.
4. Bela.G.Liptak., “Process Control and Optimization”., Instrument Engineers’ Handbook.,
volume 2,CRC press and ISA, 2005.
5. Curtis D. Johnson Process Control Instrumentation Technology, 8th Edition, Pearson, 2006.

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Syllabi for Semesters - III to VIII of 4 Year B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta (w.e.f. Academic Year 2019-2020)

Paper Name: Petrochemicals L T P Credit


Paper Code: PECE 703 (Professional Elective – III) 2 0 0 2
Total Contact Hour = 28

Evaluation:
Type of Evaluation Marks
Sessional Assessments through Class Test/ Assignments 20
Sessional Active participation in routine classes 05 30
Overall conduct, attendance, manners, skills etc. 05
End Semester 70
Total 100

Pre-requisites: Petroleum refinery, Energy sources

Course Objectives: To provide a broad and fundamental knowledge of the petrochemical


industry in India and World.
To introduce the processing techniques for production of petrochemicals.

Course outcomes:
Students completing the course will be able to
CO1 Understand the basic aspects of petrochemical industries. Understand
CO2 Understand the various processing techniques and their Understand
characteristics/limitations of synthesis of petrochemicals.
CO3 Develop knowledge of safety and pollution control in the industrial process. Apply

Contents

Module I (No. of Classes: 7)


Definition of Petrochemicals: Petrochemical industries in India. Recent trends in Petrochemical
industries and its inter-relation with crude refinery. Raw materials and products- C1, C2, C3 and
C4 compounds.
Chemicals from C1 Compounds: Manufacture of methanol and chloromethanes. Manufacture of
perchloro ethylene.

Module II (No. of Classes: 7)


Chemicals from C2 Compounds: Ethylene and acetylene, ethanol, polyethylene, ethylene
dichloride, acetaldehyde, ethylene oxide, ethanol amines, vinyl acetate, acetic acid;
Chemical from C3 Compounds: Isopropanol, acetone, lumen (isopropyl benzene), acrylonitrile,
isoprene, polypropylene, epichlorohydrin, propylene oxide.

Module III (No. of Classes: 7)


Chemical from C4 Compounds: Butadiene, Dehydrogenation of butane, Dehydrogenation of
butylenes. Dehydrogenation-dehydration of ethanol. Steam cracking of hydrocarbons.
Oxosynthesis.
Chemicals from Aromatics: Primary raw material. Hydroalkylation, Manufacture of phenol,
nitrobenzene, aniline, paraxylene, PTA etc.

Module IV (No. of Classes: 7)


Secondary Chemicals: Manufacture of vinyl chloride, styrene, extraction of butadiene from C4
fraction.

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Manufacture of Phthalic anhydride, maleic anhydride, etc. Manufacture of industrial dyes based
on petroleum feed stocks.

Suggested Text Books:


1. Petrochemicals, B.K. Bhaskar Rao, CRC Press, 1990.
2. Chemicals from Petroleum, A.L. Waddams, 2nd Edition, ELBS, London, 1970.

Suggested Reference Books:


1. Dryden’s Outlines of Chemical Technology, GopalRao M and Marshall Sittig, 3rdEdition,
East-West Press, 1997.
2. Chemical process industries, 5th edition, Shreve and Austin, McGraw Hill, 1984.
3. Chemical Technology, G.N. Pandey, 3rd Edition, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 1977.
4. Chemical Technology, Mukhlyonov, Mir Publications, 1982.

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Syllabi for Semesters - III to VIII of 4 Year B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta (w.e.f. Academic Year 2019-2020)

Paper Name: Polymer Science and Engineering L T P Credit


Paper Code: PECE 713 (Professional Elective – III) 2 0 0 2
Total Contact Hour = 40

Evaluation:
Type of Evaluation Marks
Sessional Assessments through Class Test/ Assignments 20
Sessional Active participation in routine classes 05 30
Overall conduct, attendance, manners, skills etc. 05
End Semester 70
Total 100

Pre-requisite Chemistry, Reaction Engineering I & II,


Chemical Process Technology I & II

Course Objectives To impart knowledge on the role of chemical engineering in polymer


science and engineering and provide knowledge on synthesis,
characterization, properties and applications of polymers

Course outcomes
Students completing the course will be able to
CO1 To acquire concepts of various useful polymers and their classification.
CO2 Acquire the concept of polymer synthesis and processing.
CO3 Ability to identify structure - properties relation of polymer.
CO4 To gain concept about different polymer processing and application of Engineering
plastics.

Contents

Module-I (No. of classes: 7)


Introduction:
 Definition and concepts of various useful terms; classification of polymers.
Polymerization reactions:
 Mechanism and kinetics of step growth polymerization;
 Mechanism and kinetics of free radical chain growth polymerization;
 Mechanism of cationic, anionic and coordination polymerizations;
 Mechanism and kinetics of copolymerization.

Module-II (No. of classes: 7)


Techniques for polymer manufacture:
 Polymerization in homogeneous system (bulk and solution polymerization);
 Polymerizations in heterogeneous system (emulsion & suspension polymerization).
Chemical reactions of polymers:
 Crosslinking during polymerization and crosslinking after polymerization (curing and
vulcanization)
 Polymer degradation - kinetics and products

Module-III (No. of classes: 7)


Characterization of polymers: Molecular weight and molecular weight distribution.
Structure and properties of polymers:
 Morphology and order of crystalline polymers
 structure and physical properties of polymers

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 electrical properties of polymers


Engineering plastics: Processes of manufacturing, properties and fields of applications for some
representative polymers

Module-IV (No. of classes: 7)


Polymer processing:
 Rheology and mechanical properties of polymers
 Molding: compression, injection, blow, reaction-injection, transfer
 Extrusion: co-extrusion, film extrusion
 Calendering, casting, coating

Suggested Text Books


1. F. W. Billmeyer, Text Book of Polymer Science, John Wiley, New York.
2. P.Ghosh, Polymer Science & Technology, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.

Suggested Reference Books


1. G. Odian, Principles of Polymerization, John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey.
2. T. Whelan, Polymer Technology Dictionary, Springer Science & Business Media, 1994.
3. R.O. Ebewele, Polymer Science and Technology, CRC Press, 2000.

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Syllabi for Semesters - III to VIII of 4 Year B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta (w.e.f. Academic Year 2019-2020)

Paper Name: Project Engineering L T P Credit


Paper Code: OECE 704 (Open Elective - III) 2 1 0 3
Total Contact Hour = 40

Evaluation:
Type of Evaluation Marks
Sessional Assessments through Class Test/ Assignments 20
Sessional Active participation in routine classes 05 30
Overall conduct, attendance, manners, skills etc. 05
End Semester 70
Total 100

Pre-requisite: Materials and Energy Balance, General Heat and Mass Transfer,
Economics, Management, Process Control

Course Objectives: This course will deliver overview on all stages of process plant
construction: from feasibility study to plant commissioning and start-up. It
will also teach students different aspects of cost estimation and profitability
analysis

Course outcomes: Students completing the course will be able to


CO1 Explain the life cycle of a project from conceptualization to commissioning via process
design engineering, documents and drawings
CO2 Explain the economic, management and financial aspects of chemical process plants with
planning, cost estimation, financing and monitoring
CO3 Explaining feasibility and profitability study, design, safety and other design aspects of
chemical process plants.
CO4 Construct process flow diagram (PFD), piping and instrumentation (P&ID) and layout
drawing; generate equipment and utility specifications
CO5 Prepare feasibility and profitability report for a proposed project
CO6 Construct suitable network diagram for project monitoring

Contents
Module I (No. of classes: 10)
Concept of project: Engineering ethics, Concept of project, project development: scale-up and
scale-down techniques, role of a project engineer; brief overview of feasibility study: site
selection and its various governing factors.
Pre-design cost estimation
Basic engineering and process drawing: process description and flow diagram (PFD), P&I
diagram
Plant layout, equipment specification, utilities; detailed engineering: specification, drawing, codes
and standards, checking and incorporating vendor's information, procurement of equipment and
materials, plant Commissioning and start-up.

Module II (No. of classes: 10)


Capital cost estimation and control: equity and debt, concept of fixed cost and working cost,
calculation of fixed capital investment and working capital investment; gross and net profit, PBT,
PAT. Introduction to costing tools.
Simple interest, nominal and effective interest rates, continuous interest, annuities, perpetuity;
depreciation, concepts of service life, salvage value and book value, depreciation calculation

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methods: straight line, multiple straight line, declining balance method, sum-of-the-years digit
method and sinking fund method.

Module III (No. of classes: 10)


Profitability analysis: Rate of return on investment, internal rate of return, discounted cash flow
method, payout period (with and without interest), present worth method, capitalized cost, effect
of inflation on profitability.
Alternative investment: Choices among various alternatives, replacements, methods of
profitability evaluation for replacements.

Module IV (No. of classes: 10)


Optimum design: Analytical and graphical methods, break-even point, optimum production
rates, optimum conditions in cyclic operations, optimum economic pipe diameters, optimum flow
rate of cooling water.
Basic steps of project: planning, scheduling, allocation, control; project scheduling: bar chart,
Gantt chart, milestone chart.
Concepts of network analysis: Critical path method (CPM), calculation of critical path, float,
project evaluation and review technique (PERT), statistical distribution associated with PERT.
Introduction to planning tools like MS-Project.

Suggested Text Books


1. M. S. Peters, K. D. Timmerhaus, Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers,
McGraw-Hill Inc.
2. R.K.Sinnot, Chemical Engineering Design, Coulson and Richardson’s Chemical Engineering
Series, Volume 6, Elsevier (Butterworth-Heinemann).

Suggested Reference Books


1. E. D. Ludwig, Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants, Vols. 1, 2, 3,
Gulf Publishing.
2. R Paneerselvam, P. Semthilkumar; Project Management; 2009; PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. New
Delhi; ISBN 978-81-203-3817-3
3. Peter Watermeyer; Handbook for Process Plant Project Engineers; Professional Engineering
Publishing Limited; London and Bury St Edmunds, UK; 2002.

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Paper Name: Process Plant Simulation L T P Credit


Paper Code: OECE 714 (Open Elective – III) 2 1 0 3
Total Contact Hour = 40

Evaluation:
Type of Evaluation Marks
Sessional Assessments through Class Test/ Assignments 20
Sessional Active participation in routine classes 05 30
Overall conduct, attendance, manners, skills etc. 05
End Semester 70
Total 100

Pre-requisite: Material and energy balance, Mathematics, Computer programming

Course Objectives: To have idea of overall and equipment-wise materials and energy balance
in a simulated chemical plant
Course outcomes:
Students completing the course will be able to
CO1 Collective response of process behaviour
CO2 Effect of stream recycling in processes
CO3 Specific purpose simulation and networking
CO4 Tearing and partitions in process plant network
CO5 Fundamentals of commercial packages
CO6 Modular structure of chemical plant

Contents

Module-I (No. of classes: 10)


Introduction: Process synthesis and analysis, solving material and energy balance for steady state
processes, equipment sizing and analysis of process flowsheet; salient features of simulation:
modular approach, equation solving approach, decompositions of networks, convergence
promotion, physical and thermo-physical properties, specific purpose and dynamic simulation.

Classification of mathematical modeling: Independent and dependent variables, model


classification based on (i) the type of independent variables (lumped and distributed) (ii) the state
of the process (static, dynamic and complete mathematical models) (iii) the type of the process
(deterministic and stochastic); black box principle: introduction to artificial neural network
(ANN), network training, modes of training, network architecture, back propagation algorithm,
application.

Module-II (No. of classes: 10)


Treatment of experimental results: Propagation of error through addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division, sources of error, error measurement, precision errors, errors of
methods, significant figures; data regression: theoretical methods of data regression and the
associated problems.
Approaches of plant simulation: Modular approach of process plant simulation - analysis vs.
design mode, sequential and simultaneous modular approaches; equation-solving approach –
precedence ordering of equation sets, disjoining, tearing a system of equations, substitution
algorithm, maintaining sparsity.

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Module-III (No. of classes: 10)


Decomposition of networks: Tearing algorithms – (i) algorithms based on signal flow graphs:
Barkley-Motard algorithm, Pho-Lapidus algorithm; (ii) algorithms based on reduced digraphs:
Kehat-Shacham algorithm, Murthy-Hussain algorithm; comparison of various tearing algorithms.

Convergence promotion and thermodynamic properties: Introduction, direct substitution,


Newton’s and quasi-Newton’s methods, Wegstein method; thermodynamic properties: review of
thermodynamic models, sources, data banks, modularity and routing.

Module-IV (No. of classes: 10)


Specific purpose simulation and dynamic simulation: Introduction, problem description and
formulation, simulation, results-discussion and inferences of (i) auto-thermal ammonia synthesis
reactor (ii) thermal cracking operation (iii) design of a shell and tube heat exchanger and (iv)
pyrolysis of biomass.
Introduction to professional plant simulation packages (like ASPEN or equivalent): Basic
features, idea of integrated simulation environment, package products, interactive process
modeling, stepwise methodology of usage to a chemical plant simulation.

Suggested Text Books


1. B.V. Babu, Process Plant Simulation, Oxford University Press, 2004.
2. W.F.Ramirez, Computational Methods in Process Simulation

Suggested Reference Books


1. I.D. Gil Chaves, J.R.G. López, J.L. García Zapata, A. LeguizamónRobayo, G. Rodríguez
Niño, Process Analysis and Simulation in Chemical Engineering, Springer Internationa, 2016.
2. W. Reonick, Process Analysis and Design of Chemical Engineers, Wiley-Interscience, 1983.
3. A. Husain, Chemical Process Simulation, Wiley, 1986

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Paper Name: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology L T P Credit


Paper Code: OECE 705 (Open Elective – IV) 2 1 0 3
Total Contact Hour = 40

Evaluation:
Type of Evaluation Marks
Sessional Assessments through Class Test/ Assignments 20
Sessional Active participation in routine classes 05 30
Overall conduct, attendance, manners, skills etc. 05
End Semester 70
Total 100

Pre-requisite Physics and Chemistry, Basic Electronics

Course Objectives To recognize the differences between nanomaterials and conventional


materials and to become familiar with a wide range of nanomaterials, their
synthesis, characterization, properties and applications

Course outcomes:
Students completing the course will be able to
CO1 Acquire knowledge the differences between nanomaterials and conventional materials.
CO2 Acquire the concept of synthesis nanomaterials.
CO3 Ability to identify specific nanomaterials and explain the scientific reasons for the
properties display.
CO4 Gain concept about different characterization techniques for analyse and acquire the idea
how to apply nanotechnology in different fields for better efficiency nano materials.

Contents

Module-I (No. of classes: 10)


Introduction:
History of nanomaterials; definition and possible applications of nanotechnology;
Natural abundance of nanoforms;
Nanomaterials: crystal bonding, structure, growth and symmetries;
Zero, one, two and three dimensional nanostructures;
Electrical transport in nanostructures: electrical conduction in metals;
Insulator and semiconductors.

Module-II (No. of classes: 10)


Synthesis of Nanomaterials:
Growth techniques of nanomaterials; top-down vs. bottom-up approach;
Nanolithgraphic techniques,
Plasma arc discharge and sputtering;
Evaporation and chemical vapour deposition;
Pulsed laser deposition and molecular beam epitaxy
Sol-gel technique,
Electro deposition etc.

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Module-III (No. of classes: 10)


Novel Properties of Nanomaterials:
Size and shape dependent: Optical, emission and electronic;
Transport, photonic and refractive index;
Dielectric, mechanical magnetic;
Quantum confinement in semiconductors;
Catalytic and photo-catalytic properties;
Size-structure-Mechanism-property-performance pathway.

Module-IV (No. of classes: 10)


Characterization techniques of nanomaterials:
Spectroscopy,
X-ray powder diffraction,
Thermogravimetric analysis, Atomic Force Microscopy,
Electron microscopy: introduction, resolution vs. magnification, Scanning Electron and Tunneling
Electron microscopes.
Application of the nanomaterials in different fields:
Nanolithography, Nanocomposites,
Nanoparticles in energy and environment application,
Nanoparticles in biomedical application.

Suggested Text Books


1. K.K. Chattopadhyay and A.N. Banerjee, Introduction to Nanoscience and Nonotechnology,
PHI, 2010.
2. Charles Poole and Frank Owens, Introduction to Nanomaterials, Wiley 2007
3. T. Pradeep, Nano: The Essentials, Understanding Nanoscience and Nano Technology, Tata
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 2007.
4. Nanotechnology: Principles & Practices; Sulabh K. Kulkarni, Capital Publishing Company,
Kolkata

Suggested Reference Books


1. K.E. Drexler, Nanosystems, Wiley, 1992.
2. David J. Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum mechanics, Cambridge University Press, 2017.
3. G.L. Timp, Nanotechnology, Cbspd, 2005.
4. B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, B. Raj, B.B. Rath, J. Murday, Textbook of Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013.
5. H. Singh Nalwa (Ed.), Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology, Elsevier.
6. Principles of nanotechnology: N. Phanikumar; Scitech, Kolkata Introduction to
nanotechnology: Charles P. Poole & Frank Li Owens, Wiley India (p) Ltd, New Delhi

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Paper Name: Biotechnology L T P Credit


Paper Code: OECE 715 (Open Elective – IV) 2 1 0 3
Total Contact Hour = 40

Evaluation:
Type of Evaluation Marks
Sessional Assessments through Class Test/ Assignments 20
Sessional Active participation in routine classes 05 30
Overall conduct, attendance, manners, skills etc. 05
End Semester 70
Total 100

Pre-requisite Chemistry, Unit operations, Reaction Engineering

Course Objectives To inter-relate chemistry and unit operations with the biological life
processes for understanding the basis of bio-based chemical process plants.
Course outcomes:
Students completing the course will be able to
CO1 Explain the basis of biotechnology to correlate chemistry and biology for industrial
biotechnology.
CO2 Gain knowledge about kinetics of biochemical reactions.
CO3 Demonstrate bio-based separation and kinetic processes for solving the application of
chemical engineering processes.
CO4 Learn about cell growth kinetics and performance of large scale bioreactor.

Contents

Module-I (No. of classes: 10)


Basic biochemistry and microbiology
1. Introduction (role of chemical engineers in biotechnology); cell structure and chemistry.
2. Gram staining technique; structure of amino acids and proteins, carbohydrates and
polysaccharides, lipids, fats and steroids, nucleic acids, RNA and DNA.
3. Cell nutrients: macro and micro nutrients; morphological and biochemical characteristics of
microorganisms.
4. Basics of genetic engineering and tissue culture: recombinant DNA technology.

Module-II (No. of classes: 10)


Enzyme and its kinetics
1. Enzyme kinetics – mechanistic models, Michaelis-Menten equation;
2. Determination of rate parameters, kinetics of inhibited enzyme - competitive, uncompetitive
and noncompetitive.
3. Effect of pH and temperature on enzymatic action;
4. Immobilization of enzymes, applications of enzymes in industry.

Module III (No of Classes = 10)


Bio-separation processes
1. Separation of insoluble biomolecules and products – filtration, centrifugation, coagulation and
flocculation.
2. Separation of soluble products – precipitation, salt precipitation, isoelectric precipitation.
Application of chemical engineering principles in bio-separation;

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3. Two-phase extraction, adsorption, dialysis, microfiltration and ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis,


electrophoresis.

Module IV (No of Classes = 10)


Bioprocess development
1. Fermentation – fundamentals, principles and mechanism of sterilization techniques,
sterilization equipment;
2. Kinetics of microbial batch growth, models to predict specific growth rate, models of cell
growth inhibitors.
3. Bioreactor design and its scale up, type of bioreactors;
4. Industrial application of bioprocesses - production of alcohols, acids, antibiotics, etc.

Suggested Text Books


1. J.E.Bailey and D.F.Ollis. Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals. McGraw Hill, New York.
1986.
2. M.L.Shuler and L.F.Kargi. Bioprocess Engineering-Basic Concepts. Prentice Hall. 2001.

Suggested Reference Books


1. M.J.Pelczar, R.D.Reid and E.C.S. Chan. Microbiology. Vol 1, McGraw Hill, New York.
2012.
2. K.Wilson and J.Walker. Principles and Techniques of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 2010.

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Paper Name: Plant Design and Simulation Laboratory L T P Credit


Paper Code: PCPS 706 (Professional Core) 1 0 4 3

Evaluation:
Type of Evaluation Marks
Internal Assessment and Laboratory Note Book 30
End Semester: Results and Answer script 20
End Semester: Viva-Voce 50
Total 100

Pre-requisite Mass Transfer, Heat Transfer, Reaction Engineering, Process


Thermodynamics,

Course Objectives Purpose of different equipment sizing based on industry scale and material
and energy balance.

Course outcomes:
Students completing the course will be able to
CO1 Explain the working principle of different equipments
CO2 Explain the overall layout equipments in a complete chemical plant
CO3 Explain material and energy balance
CO4 Explain thermodynamic model for different problem
CO5 Demonstration of different equipment based on industrial equipment
CO6 Design and simulation of a complete chemical plant
CO7 Demonstration of Proper thermodynamic model based on industrial problem
CO8 Demostration of optimization of different process parameters

Contents

1. Introduction of any commercial simulation package, such as ASPEN, UNISIM etc or similar
products.
2. Discussion of different thermodynamic model.
3. Steady state simulations of the following unit operations: pump and compressor, heat
exchanger, flash drum, absorption distillation and extraction columns, reactors.
4. Design and simulation of a complete chemical plant.

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Paper Name: Project Work L T P Credit


Paper Code: PIPW 707 (Project Internship) 0 0 2 1

Evaluation:
Type of Evaluation Marks
Project Report 15
Continuous evaluation by respective Supervisor 20
End Semester: Viva-Voce 15
Total 50

Project should be allotted at the beginning of the Semester VII. At the end of the Semester VII,
before the End-Semester Examination starts, a student should submit two type-written bound
copies of the Project Report containing mainly literature review and work plan. A Seminar
presentation will be made in front of a Panel of Examiners duly constituted by the Board of
Studies.

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Paper Name: Internship/Plant Training L T P Credit


Paper Code: PIPT 708 (Project Internship) - - - 3
Industrial/Government/ NGO/MSME/Rural Internship/ Innovation /Entrepreneurship after
Semester VI

Evaluation:
Type of Evaluation Marks
Report 50
End Semester: Seminar presentation 30
End Semester: Viva-Voce 20
Total 100

Each student shall be required to undergo Internship/Plant Training, for a period of 4 (four) to 6
(six) weeks in a chemical process industry or R&D laboratory of an industry or design/
consultancy organization after Semester VI and before commencement of Semester VII. After
completion of the Internship/Plant Training program, a student has to submit 2 (two) type-written
bound copies of Report with certificate from respective Internship/Plant Training providers within
1 (one) month of the following semester (Semester VII). Each student has to present a Seminar on
the Internship/Plant Training program at the time of the End-Semester Examination.

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