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BTech Course Structure and Syllabus for Chemical Engineering (to be applicable from 2010 batch onwards) Course No.
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BT101 CS 101 CS110 EE102
Semester -2 Modern Biology Introduction to Computing Computing Laboratory Basic Electronics Laboratory
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MA102
Mathematics - II
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ME101
Engineering Mechanics
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Physics - I
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NCC/NSO/NSS
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Physics - II Physics Laboratory/ Workshop Physical Training -II
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PH102 PH 110/ ME 110 SA 102
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MA201
Mathematics - III
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CL204
Heat Transfer Operations
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CL201
Chemical Process Calculations
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CL205
Mass Transfer Operations - I
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CL202
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CL206
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Process Equipment Design - I Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II HSS Elective - II
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Fluid Mechanics Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics - I Solid Mechanics - I
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HSS Elective - I
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CL210
Fluid Mechanics Lab
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SA 201
Physical Training - III
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CL211
Thermodynamics Lab
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3
NCC/NSO/NSS
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SA 202
Physical Training - IV
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CL203
CL301
Semester 5 Solid and Fluid-Solid Operations
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CL303
Chemical Reaction Engineering - I
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CL304
Process Equipment Design - II
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CL306
Mass Transfer Operation - II
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HSS Elective - III Heat Transfer Lab Mass Transfer Lab
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CL207
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Semester 6 Transport Phenomena Chemical Reaction Engineering II Process Control and Instrumentation Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering Open Elective - I Mechanical Operation Lab Semester 8 Process Design and Project Engineering Material Science Departmental Elective - II HSS Elective - IV Open Elective - III
CL499
Project - II
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CL307 CL308
CL309
CL314
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CL402
Chemical Process Technology
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CL403 CLxxx XXxxx CL416
Process Equipment Design - III Departmental Elective - I Open Elective - II Process Control Lab
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CL417
Chemical Reaction Engineering Lab
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CL498
Project - I
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CL401
CH 101 Chemistry (3-1-0-8) Structure and Bonding; Origin of quantum theory, postulates of quantum mechanics; Schrodinger wave equation: operators and observables, superposition theorem and expectation values, solutions for particle in a box, harmonic oscillator, rigid rotator, hydrogen atom; Selection rules of microwave and vibrational spectroscopy; Spectroscopic term symbol; Molecular orbitals: LCAO-MO; Huckel theory of conjugated systems; Rotational, vibrational and electronic spectroscopy; Chemical Thermodynamics: The zeroth and first law, Work, heat, energy and enthalpies; The relation between C v and C p ; Second law: entropy, free energy (the Helmholtz and Gibbs) and chemical potential; Third law; Chemical equilibrium; Chemical kinetics: The rate of reaction, elementary reaction and chain reaction; Surface: The properties of liquid surface, surfactants, colloidal systems, solid surfaces, physisorption and chemisorption; The periodic table of elements; Shapes of inorganic compounds; Chemistry of materials; Coordination compounds: ligand, nomenclature, isomerism, stereochemistry, valence bond, crystal field and molecular orbital theories; Bioinorganic chemistry and organometallic chemistry; Stereo and regio-chemistry of organic compounds, conformers; Pericyclic reactions; Organic photochemistry; Bioorganic chemistry: Amino acids, peptides, proteins, enzymes, carbohydrates, nucleic acids and lipids; Macromolecules (polymers); Modern techniques in structural elucidation of compounds (UV-vis, IR, NMR); Solid phase synthesis and combinatorial chemistry; Green chemical processes. Texts: 1. P. W. Atkins, Physical Chemistry, 5 th Ed., ELBS, 1994. 2. C. N. Banwell, and E. M. McCash, Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy, 4 th Ed., Tata McGraw-Hill, 1962. 3. F. A. Cotton, and G. Wilkinson, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 3 rd Ed., Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi, 1972, reprint in 1988. 4. D. J. Shriver, P. W. Atkins, and C. H. Langford, Inorganic Chemistry, 2 nd Ed., ELBS ,1994. 5. S. H. Pine, Organic Chemistry, McGraw-Hill, 5 th Ed., 1987 References: 1. I. A. Levine, Physical Chemistry, 4 th Ed., McGraw-Hill, 1995. 2. I. A. Levine, Quantum Chemistry, EE Ed., prentice Hall, 1994. 3. G. M. Barrow, Introduction to Molecular Spectroscopy, International Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1962 4. J. E. Huheey, E. A. Keiter and R. L. Keiter, Inorganic Chemistry: Principle, structure and reactivity, 4 th Ed., Harper Collins, 1993 5. L. G. Wade (Jr.), Organic Chemistry, Prentice Hall, 1987. CS 101 Introduction to Computing (3-0-0-6) Introduction: The von Neumann architecture, machine language, assembly language, high level programming languages, compiler, interpreter, loader, linker, text editors, operating systems, flowchart; Basic features of programming (Using C): data types, variables, operators, expressions, statements, control structures, functions; Advanced programming features: arrays and pointers, recursion, records (structures), memory management, files, input/output, standard library functions, programming tools, testing and debugging; Fundamental operations on data: insert, delete, search, traverse and modify; Fundamental data structures: arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists; Searching and sorting: linear search, binary search, insertion-sort, bubble-sort, selection-sort, radix-sort, counting-sort; Introduction to object-oriented programming Texts: 1. A Kelly and I Pohl, A Book on C, 4 th Ed., Pearson Education, 1999. 2. A M Tenenbaum, Y Langsam and M J Augenstein, Data Structures Using C, Prentice Hall India, 1996. References: 1. H Schildt, C: The Complete Reference, 4 th Ed., Tata Mcgraw Hill, 2000 2. B Kernighan and D Ritchie, The C Programming Language, 4 th Ed., Prentice Hall of India, 1988. CS 110 Computing Laboratory (0-0-3-3) Programming Laboratory will be set in consonance with the material covered in CS101. This will include assignments in a programming language like C. References: 1. B. Gottfried and J. Chhabra, Programming With C, Tata Mcgraw Hill, 2005 MA 102 Mathematics - II (3-1-0-8) Vector functions of one variable – continuity and differentiability; functions of several variables – continuity, partial derivatives, directional derivatives, gradient, differentiability, chain rule; tangent planes and normals, maxima and minima, Lagrange multiplier method; repeated and multiple integrals with applications to volume, surface area, moments of inertia, change of variables; vector fields, line and surface integrals; Green’s, Gauss’ and Stokes’ theorems and their applications. First order differential equations – exact differential equations, integrating factors, Bernoulli equations, existence and uniqueness theorem, applications; higherorder linear differential equations – solutions of homogeneous and nonhomogeneous equations, method of variation of parameters, operator method; series solutions of linear differential equations, Legendre equation and Legendre polynomials, Bessel equation and Bessel functions of first and second kinds; systems of first-order equations, phase plane, critical points, stability. Texts: 1. G. B. Thomas (Jr.) and R. L. Finney, Calculus and Analytic Geometry, 9 th Ed., Pearson Education India, 1996. 2. S. L. Ross, Differential Equations, 3 rd Ed., Wiley India, 1984. References: 1. T. M. Apostol, Calculus - Vol.2, 2 nd Ed., Wiley India, 2003. 2. W. E. Boyce and R. C. DiPrima, Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, 9 th Ed., Wiley India, 2009. 3. E. A. Coddington, An Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations, Prentice Hall India, 1995. 4. E. L. Ince, Ordinary Differential Equations, Dover Publications, 1958. ME 101 Engineering Mechanics (3-1-0-8) Basic principles: Equivalent force system; Equations of equilibrium; Free body diagram; Reaction; Static indeterminacy. Structures: Difference between trusses, frames and beams, Assumptions followed in the analysis of structures; 2D truss; Method of joints; Method of section; Frame; Simple beam; types of loading and supports; Shear Force and bending Moment diagram in beams; Relation among load, shear force and bending moment. Friction: Dry friction; Description and applications of friction in wedges, thrust bearing (disk friction), belt, screw, journal bearing (Axle friction); Rolling resistance. Virtual work and Energy method: Virtual Displacement; Principle of virtual work; Applications of virtual work principle to machines; Mechanical efficiency; Work of a force/couple (springs etc.); Potential energy and equilibrium; stability. Center of Gravity and Moment of Inertia: First and second moment of area; Radius of gyration; Parallel axis theorem; Product of inertia, Rotation of axes and principal moment of inertia; Moment of inertia of simple and composite bodies. Mass moment of inertia. Kinematics of Particles: Rectilinear motion; Curvilinear motion; Use of Cartesian, polar and spherical coordinate system; Relative and constrained motion; Space curvilinear motion. Kinetics of Particles: Force, mass and acceleration; Work and energy; Impulse and momentum; Impact problems; System of particles. Kinematics and Kinetics of Rigid Bodies: Translation; Fixed axis rotational; General plane motion; Coriolis acceleration; Work-energy; Power; Potential energy; Impulse-momentum and associated conservation principles; Euler equations of motion and its application. Texts 1. I. H. Shames, Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics, 4 th Ed., PHI, 2002. 2. F. P. Beer and E. R. Johnston, Vector Mechanics for Engineers, Vol I - Statics, Vol II – Dynamics, 3 rd Ed., Tata McGraw Hill, 2000. References 1. J. L. Meriam and L. G. Kraige, Engineering Mechanics, Vol I – Statics, Vol II – Dynamics, 5 th Ed., John Wiley, 2002. 2. R. C. Hibbler, Engineering Mechanics, Vols. I and II, Pearson Press, 2002. PH 102 Physics - II (2-1-0-6) Vector Calculus: Gradient, Divergence and Curl, Line, Surface, and Volume integrals, Gauss's divergence theorem and Stokes' theorem in Cartesian, Spherical polar, and Cylindrical polar coordinates, Dirac Delta function. Electrostatics: Gauss's law and its applications, Divergence and Curl of Electrostatic fields, Electrostatic Potential, Boundary conditions, Work and Energy, Conductors, Capacitors, Laplace's equation, Method of images, Boundary value problems in Cartesian Coordinate Systems, Dielectrics, Polarization, Bound Charges, Electric displacement, Boundary conditions in dielectrics, Energy in dielectrics, Forces on dielectrics. Magnetostatics: Lorentz force, Biot-Savart and Ampere's laws and their applications, Divergence and Curl of Magnetostatic fields, Magnetic vector Potential, Force and torque on a magnetic dipole, Magnetic materials, Magnetization, Bound currents, Boundary conditions. Electrodynamics: Ohm's law, Motional EMF, Faraday's law, Lenz's law, Self and Mutual inductance, Energy stored in magnetic field, Maxwell's equations, Continuity Equation, Poynting Theorem, Wave solution of Maxwell Equations. Electromagnetic waves: Polarization, reflection & transmission at oblique incidences. Texts:
1. D. J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 3 rd Ed., Prentice-Hall of India, 2005. 2. A.K.Ghatak, Optics, Tata Mcgraw Hill, 2007. References:
1. 2. 3. 4.
N. Ida, Engineering Electromagnetics, Springer, 2005. M. N. O. Sadiku, Elements of Electromagnetics, Oxford, 2006. R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton and M. Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol.II, Norosa Publishing House, 1998. I. S. Grant and W. R. Phillips, Electromagnetism, John Wiley, 1990.
EE 102 Basic Electronics Laboratory (0-0-3-3) Experiments using diodes and bipolar junction transistor (BJT): design and analysis of half -wave and full-wave rectifiers, clipping circuits and Zener regulators, BJT characteristics and BJT amplifiers; experiments using operational amplifiers (op-amps): summing amplifier, comparator, precision rectifier, astable and monostable multivibrators and oscillators; experiments using logic gates: combinational circuits such as staircase switch, majority detector, equality detector, multiplexer and demultiplexer; experiments using flip-flops: sequential circuits such as non-overlapping pulse generator, ripple counter, synchronous counter, pulse counter and numerical display. References: 1. A. P. Malvino, Electronic Principles, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 1993.
2. R. A. Gayakwad, Op-Amps and Linear Integrated Circuits, PHI, New Delhi, 2002. 3. R.J. Tocci, Digital Systems, 6 th Ed., 2001.
CL 201 Chemical Process Calculations (2-1-0-6) Steady-state and dynamic processes; lumped and distributed processes; single and multi-phase systems; correlations for physical and transport properties; equilibrium relations; ideal gases and gaseous mixtures; vapor pressure; Vapor liquid equilibrium; Material balances: non-reacting single-phase systems; systems with recycle, bypass and purge; processes involving vaporization and condensation. Intensive and extensive variables; rate laws; calculation of enthalpy change; heat of reaction; fuel calculations; saturation humidity, humidity charts and their use; energy balance calculations; flow-sheeting; degrees of freedom and its importance in flow-sheeting.
Texts:
1. R. M. Felder and R. W.Rousseau, Elementary principles of chemical processes, 3rd Ed., Wiley, 1999. 2. D. M. Himmelblau, Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering, 6th Ed., Prentice Hall of India, 2001. References:
1. N. Chopey, Handbook of Chemical Engineering Calculations, 3rd Ed., Mc-Graw Hill, 2004 2. A. Olaf, K.M. Watson and R. A. R.Hougen, Chemical Process Principles, Part 1: Material and Energy Balances, John Wiley & Sons, 1968
CL 202 Fluid Mechanics (3-1-0-8)
Properties and classification of fluids; fluid statics; velocity field; stream function; irrotational flow; integral and differential analysis for fluid motion: Reynolds' transport theorem; Navier-Stoke's equation; Euler & Bernoulli's equation; dimensional analysis and similitude; internal and external fluid flow: friction factor; energy losses in fittings, valves etc.; flow measuring devices; fluid machinery: pump, blower; agitation; introduction to non-Newtonian fluid; introduction to compressible flow.
Texts:
1. R. W. Fox and A. T. McDonald, Introduction to fluid mechanics, 5th Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1998. 2. W. L. McCabe, J. Smith and P. Harriot, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 6th Ed., McGraw - Hill, International Edition, 2001. References:
1. B. R. Bird, E. W. Stewart, and N. E. Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, John Wiley & Sons, 2nd Ed., 2003. 2. J. M. Coulson and J.F. Richardson, Chemical Engineering, Vol-1: Fluid flow, Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer, Pergamon Press, 4th Ed., 1990.
CL 203 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics - I (2-1-0-6) Thermodynamic systems; thermodynamic laws; equations of state; reversible and irreversible processes; entropy; application of first and second laws to steady/unsteady processes in open/closed systems; Gibbs and Helmholtz free energies; chemical potential and criteria of equilibrium; Maxwell equations and thermodynamic properties of pure substances; phase equilibria; chemical reaction equilibria; homogeneous reaction system.
Text: 1. J. M. Smith, H. C. V. Ness and M. M. Abott, Introduction to Chemical Engg. Thermodynamics, 7th Ed., McGraw Hill International Edition, 2010. Reference: 1. S. I. Sandler, Chemical Engg. Thermodynamics, Wiley, New York, 1977.
CL 204 Heat Transfer Operation (3-1-0-8) Basic modes of heat transfer. Conduction: basic equations of one-dimensional, two-dimensional and three-dimensional conduction; steady conduction in slabs, cylinders and spheres; critical thickness of insulation; transient conduction: analytical solution for slabs; use of transient temperature charts for slabs, cylinders, and spheres; lumped system of analysis. Convection: equation of motion; equation of energy; hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layers; forced convection inside tubes, over cylinders and spheres; natural convection, Empirical equations for free and forced convection; boiling and condensation heat transfer; basic types of heat exchangers; overall heat transfer coefficient; LMTD method, effectiveness-NTU method. Radiation: black body and gray body radiation; shape factor; Kirchhoff's law; Radiation shields; radiation from gases. Evaporation: evaporator capacity, economy and types; single and multiple effect evaporators, forward and backward feed evaporation, evaporator calculations.
Texts:
1. J. P. Holman, Heat Transfer, 8th Ed., McGraw - Hill, 1997. 2. B. K. Dutta, Heat Transfer, Prentice Hall of India, 2001. References:
1. D.Q. Kern, Process Heat Transfer, 2nd Ed., Tata McGraw - Hill, 1997. 2. W. L. McCabe, J. Smith and P. Harriot, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 6th Ed., McGraw - Hill, International Edition, 2001.
CL 205 Mass Transfer Operation - I (2-1-0-6) Concepts of molecular diffusion and mass transfer coefficient; interphase mass transfer; the equilibrium stage approximation; conservation relations; reflux; constant molal overflow; batch distillation; Ponchon-Savarit and McCabe- Thiele analysis of binary distillation; introduction to multi-component distillation; equilibrium solubility of gases in liquids; counter-current multi-stage absorption; continuous contact equipment; multi-component systems; absorption with chemical reaction
Texts: 1. R. E. Treybal, Mass Transfer Operations, 3rd Ed., McGraw -Hill International Edition, 1981. 2. B.K. Dutta, Principles of Mass Transfer and Separation Processes, 1st Ed., Prentice Hall of India, 2007.
References: 1. W. L. McCabe, J. Smith and P. Harriot, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 6th Ed., McGraw - Hill International Edition, 2001 2. P. C. Wankat, Equilibrium-Staged Separations, Prentice Hall, 1989 3. C. J. Geankoplis, Transport Processes and Unit Operations, 3rd Ed., Prentice Hall, India,1993.
CL 206 Process Equipment Design - I (1-0-3-5) Design of pressure vessel and vessel accessories like heads, nozzles, flanges, openings and supports; computer aided design (CAD) of heat exchanger; mechanical and fabricational aspects. Design of condenser, reboiler, and evaporator. Texts: 1. B. C. Bhattacharyya, Introduction to Chemical Equipment Design, CBS Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi, 2003. 2. J. M. Coulson, J. F.Richardson and R. K. Sinnot, Coulson and Richardson's Chemical Engineering: Chemical Engineering Design (Vol. 6), 3rd Ed.(Indian Print), Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004.
References:
1. E. Ludwig, Chemical Process Equipment Design, 3rd Ed., Gulf Pub., 2002. 2. S. M. Walas, Chemical Process Equipment Selection and Design, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999. 3. J. Douglas, Conceptual Design of Chemical Processes, Mc Graw-Hill, 1988.
CL 207 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics - II (2-1-0-6) Pre-requisite: CL 203 or equivalent
Chemical potential and criteria of equilibrium ; phase equilibria; phase-rule; partial molar quantities; Gibbs-Duhem Equation; thermodynamics of ideal and non-ideal solutions; excess properties; fugacity and activity coefficient models; vapour-liquid and liquid-liquid equilibria; solid-liquid equilibria; solubility of gases in liquids; chemical reaction equilibria; homogeneous reaction system ; heterogeneous reaction system; multiple reactions, work of separation.
Texts: 1. J. M. Smith, H. C. V. Ness and M. M. Abott, Introduction to Chemical Engg. Thermodynamics, 7th. Ed., McGraw Hill, International Edition, 2010. References: 1. S. I. Sandler, Chemical Engg. Thermodynamics, Wiley, New York, 1977. 2. J. M. Prasusnitz, R. N. Lichtenthaler, and E. G. de Azevedo, Molecular Thermodynamics of Fluid-Phase Equilibria, Prentice Hall, Inc., 1986. 3. S. I. Sandler, Chemical, Biochemical and Engineering Thermodynamics, 4th Ed., Wiley India, 2006.
CL 210 Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (0-0-3-3) Pre-requisite: CL 202 or equivalent.
Laboratory experiments on Fluid flow, which include basic experiments on flow through pipes, channels, nozzles, packed beds, pipe-fittings and flow meters, pump test rigs, etc.
Text: 1. R. W. Fox and A. T. McDonald, Introduction to fluid mechanics, 5th Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1998. Reference: 1. W. L. McCabe, J. Smith and P. Harriot, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 6th Ed., McGraw - Hill, International Edition, 2001.
CL 211 Thermodynamics Laboratory (0-0-3-3)
Pre-requisite: CL 203 or equivalent Laboratory experiments on Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, which include basic experiments on vapor pressure estimation, vapour - liquid equilibrium; liquid - liquid equilibrium; heat of reaction; Joule - Thomson coefficient experiment and Equilibrium flash Distillation.
Texts/References: 1. J. M. Smith, H. C. V. Ness and M. M. Abott, Introduction to Chemical Engg. Thermodynamics, 7th Ed., McGraw Hill, International Edition, 2010. 2. S. I. Sandler, Chemical Engg. Thermodynamics, Wiley, New York, 1977. 3. S. I. Sandler, Chemical, Biochemical and Engineering Thermodynamics, 4th Ed., Wiley India, 2006.
CL 301 Solid and Fluid-Solid Operations (3-0-0-6) Particles: particle size and shape; particulate mass, size and shape distribution; measurement and analysis of average particle diameter. Size reduction: crushing, grinding and ultra-fine grinding; laws of grinding; size enlargement; agglomeration; screening and design of screens. Storage of solids; flow of solids by gravity; transportation of solids. Fluid solid systems: fluid particle interaction; forces on submerged bodies; flow around single particle; drag force and drag coefficient; settling velocity of a single particle in a fluid; hindered settling of particles; design of thickeners; gravity separation; heavy media separation; mineral jigs; tabling; flotation; packed bed; filtration; flow through packed bed and fluidized beds; cyclones; bag filters; centrifuges; hydrocyclones; particle collection systems.
Text:
1. W. L. McCabe, J. Smith and P. Harriot, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 6th Ed., McGraw - Hill, International Edition, 2001. References: 1. W. L. Badgerand J. T. Banchero, Introduction to Chemical Engineering, Tata McGraw-Hill, International Edition, 1997. 2. C. J. Geankoplis, Transport Processes and Unit Operations, 3rd Ed., Prentice Hall, India,1993.
CL 303 Chemical Reaction Engineering - I (2-1-0-6) Classification of chemical reactions; single, multiple, elementary and nonelementary homogeneous reactions; order and molecularity; temperature dependency; constant and variable volume batch reactor; reaction rate; rate constant; collection and interpretation of kinetic data; parallel and series reaction; batch, ideal plug flow and CSTR reactor design with and without recycle; temperature and pressure effects; Residence Time Distribution. Texts: 1. H. S. Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Prentice Hall, 2nd Ed., New Jersey, 1992. 2. O. Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 2nd Ed., Wiley Eastern, 1972. Reference: 1. J. M. Smith, Chemical Engineering Kinetics, 3rd Ed., McGraw Hill, 1980.
CL 304 Process Equipment Design - II (1-0-3-5)
Pre-requisite: CL205 or equivalent Computer aided design of sieve tray & packed bed absorption and distillation column, liquid-liquid extraction systems, dryer, adsorber, humidification chamber, reactors etc. Texts: 1. E. Ludwig, Chemical Process Equipment Design, 3rd Ed., Gulf Pub., 2002 . 2. J. Douglas, Conceptual Design of Chemical Processes, Mc Graw-Hill, 1988 References: 1. B. C. Bhattacharyya, Introduction to Chemical Equipment Design, CBS Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi, 2003. 2. S. M. Walas, Chemical Process Equipment Selection and Design, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999. 3. J. M. Coulson, J. F.Richardson and R. K. Sinnot, Coulson and Richardson's Chemical Engineering: Chemical Engineering Design (Vol. 6), 3rd Ed. (Indian Print), Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004.
CL 306 Mass Transfer Operation - II (2-1-0-6) Pre-requisite: CL 205 or equivalent
Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer; Drying: rate of drying for batch and continuous dryers; Humidification and Dehumidification: design of cooling towers; Adsorption: types and nature of adsorption, isotherm, stage wise and continuous adsorption; fixed, fluidized and moving beds; ion-exchange; Extraction: triangular diagram; Leaching: single and multistage operation, equipment for leaching; Crystallization: Millers theory, yield calculations, crystallizers; Membrane processes: liquid & gas separation processes, microfiltration, ultra-filtration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis.
Texts: 1. R. E. Treybal, Mass Transfer Operations, 3rd Ed., McGraw -Hill International Edition, 1981. 2. B.K. Dutta, Principles of Mass Transfer and Separation Processes, 1st Ed., Prentice Hall of India, 2007. References: 1. W. L. McCabe, J. Smith and P. Harriot, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 6th Ed., McGraw-Hill International Edition, 2001 2. P. C. Wankat, Equilibrium-Staged Separations, Prentice Hall, 1989 3. C. J. Geankoplis, Transport Processes and Unit Operations, 3rd Ed., Prentice Hall, India, 1993.
CL 312 Heat Transfer Laboratory (0-0-3-3)
Pre-requisite: CL 204 or equivalent
Laboratory experiments on Heat transfer operations, which include basic experiments on conduction, convection, condensation, heat exchanger, etc.
Texts:
1. W. L. McCabe, J. Smith and P. Harriot, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 6th Ed., McGraw – Hill, International Edition, 2001. 2. J. P. Holman, Heat Transfer, 8th Ed., McGraw - Hill, 1997 Reference:
1. D.Q. Kern, Process Heat Transfer, 2nd Ed.,Tata McGraw - Hill, 1997.
CL 313 Mass Transfer Laboratory (0-0-3-3)
Pre-requisite: CL 205 or equivalent Laboratory experiments on mass transfer operations, which include basic experiments on distillation, absorption, crystallization, diffusion, drying, mass transfer with & without chemical reaction, cooling tower, etc.
Text:
1. W. L. McCabe, J. Smith and P. Harriot, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 6th Ed., McGraw – Hill, International Edition, 2001. Reference:
1. R. E. Treybal, Mass Transfer Operations, 3rd Ed., McGraw –Hill, International Edition, 1981.
CL 307 Transport Phenomena (2-1-0-6)
Introduction to transport phenomena; molecular transport mechanisms and general properties; analogies amongst momentum, heat, and mass transport; boundary layer analysis for momentum, heat, & mass transfer; estimation of transport coefficient, non-Newtonian fluids, rheological characteristics of materials, agitation of non-Newtonian fluids. Heat & mass transfer with chemical reaction; Diffusion and chemical reaction inside a porous catalyst.
Text:
1. B. R. Bird, E. W. Stewart, N. E. Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, 2nd Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2003. References:
1. J. W. Thomson, Introduction to Transport Phenomena, Pearson Education Asia, 2001. 2. R. E. Treybal, Mass Transfer Operations, 3rd Ed., McGraw -Hill International Edition, 1981 3. J. P. Holman, Heat Transfer, 8th Ed., McGraw - Hill, 1997.
CL 308 Chemical Reaction Engineering - II (2-1-0-6)
Pre-requisite: CL 303 or equivalent
Heterogeneous reaction kinetics; selectivity; heterogeneous reactors: fluid-solid catalytic fixed bed reactor design principles; isothermal, adiabatic and nonisothermal operations; gas-solid non-catalytic reactor design; fluidized bed reactors; thermal stability in reactor operation.
Texts:
1. H. S. Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1992. 2. O. Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 2nd Ed., Wiley Eastern, 1972.
Reference:
1. J. M. Smith, Chemical Engineering Kinetics, 3rd Ed., McGraw Hill, 1980.
CL 309 Process Control and Instrumentation ( 3-1-0-8) First Principles model development; dynamics of first, second and higher order linear systems, open loop and closed loop systems; linearisation; feed back control; stability; root locus diagram; frequency response analysis; Bode stability criterion; Nyquist stability criterion; design of controller; dynamics of some complex processes; control valves and introduction to real time computer control of process equipment; cascade, feed forward, adaptive control; SISO; MIMO; A/D conversion, PLC architecture; Multi-variable control strategies. Text:
1. G. Stephanopoulos, Chemical Process Control: An Introduction to Theory and Practice, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 1984.
References:
1. D. R. Coughanowr, and L. B. Koppel, Process systems Analysis and Control, 2nd Ed., Mc-Graw-Hill, 1991. 2. W. L. Luyben, Process Modelling Simulation and Control for Chemical Engineers, McGraw Hill, 1990
CL 314 Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering (2-0-2-6) Solution of simultaneous linear and non-linear equations; Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrixes; Statistical analysis of data; Curve fitting; Approximation of functions; Interpolation; Numerical integration and differentiation; Solution of ordinary differential equations - initial and boundary value problems; Solution of partial differential equations; Analysis of error and stability in numerical computing; Implementation of numerical methods on computer through programming in FORTRAN/C++ and commercial software such as MATLAB, NAG and IMSL routines.
Texts: 1. S. C. Chapra and R. P. Canale, Numerical methods for engineers, Tata-McGraw-Hill, 2002. 2. S. K. Gupta, Numerical methods for engineers, New Age International, 2001. References:
1. A. Constantinides, Numerical methods with personal computers, McGraw-Hill, 1987. 2. F. Gerald, and P. O. Wheatley, Applied numerical methods, Pearson Education, 2003. 3. R. M. Somasundaram and R. M. Chandrasekaran, Numerical methods with C++ programming, Prentice-Hall of India, 2005. 4. W. H. Press, S. A. Teukolsky, W. T. Vellerling and B. P. Flannery, Numerical recipes in FORTRAN: the art of scientific programming, Cambridge University Press, 1992.
CL 315 Mechanical Operation Laboratory (0-0-3-3)
Pre-requisite: CL 301 or equivalent This includes basic experiments on size reduction and size separation, filtration, settling, centrifuging, classification, gas-solid separation.
Text:
1. W. L. McCabe, J. Smith and P. Harriot, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 6th Ed., McGraw - Hill, International Edition, 2001.
References:
1. W. L. Badger and J. T. Banchero, Introduction to Chemical Engineering, Tata McGraw-Hill, International Edition, 1997. 2. C. J. Geankoplis, Transport Processes and Unit Operations, 3rd Ed., Prentice Hall, India, 1993.
CL 402 Chemical Process Technology (3-0-0-6)
Raw materials and principles of production of olefins and aromatics; typical intermediates from olefins and aromatics such as ethylene glycol, ethyl benzene, phenol, cumene and DMT, dyes, and pharmaceuticals; chemical processes based on raw materials sugar, starch, alcohol, cellulose, paper, glyceride, oils, soaps, detergents; industrial processes for the production of inorganic heavy chemicals such as acids, alkalis, salts, and fertilizers such as sulphuric, nitric, and phosphoric acids, soda ash, ammonia, etc.
Text:
1. C. L. Dryden, Outlines of Chemical Technology, Edited and Revised by M.Gopala Rao and S. Marshall , 3rd Ed., Affiliated East West, New Delhi, 1997. References:
1. T. G. Austin and S. Shreve, Chemical Process Industries, 5th Ed., McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1984. 2. R. E. Kirk, and D. F. Othmer, Encyclopaedia of Chemical Technology, 4th Ed., Interscience, New York, 1991. 3. P. H. Groggins, Unit Processes in Organic Synthesis, 5th Ed., McGraw Hill, 1984.
CL 403 Process Equipment Design - III ( 2-0-2-6)
Pre-requisite: CL 205 or equivalent Principles of heat integration: Setting energy targets, Problem table algorithm, heat recovery pinch, heat exchanger network (HEN) representation, HEN design for maximum recovery, stream splitting, capital energy tradeoffs; Principles of multi-component distillation: Basic distillation design, sequencing of simple distillation columns, complex distillation columns, short-cut modeling of complex columns; Design of azeotropic and extractive distillation systems using residue curve maps.
Texts:
1. S. M. Walas, Chemical Process Equipment Selection and Design, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999. 2. J. Douglas, Conceptual Design of Chemical Processes, McGraw-Hill, 1988
References:
1. B. C. Bhattacharyya, Introduction to Chemical Equipment Design, CBS Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi, 2003. 2. E. Ludwig, Chemical Process Equipment Design, 3rd Ed., Gulf Pub., 2002. 3. G. K. Sahu, Handbook of Piping Design, New Age Publisher, 2002. 4. R. Smith, Chemical Process Design, McGraw Hill, New York, 1995. 5. L.T. Biegler, I.E. Grossmann and A.W. Westerberg, Systematic Methods of Chemical Process Design, Prentice Hall, International Series, 1997 6. J. M. Coulson, J. F.Richardson and R. K. Sinnot, Coulson and Richardson's Chemical Engineering: Chemical Engineering Design (Vol. 6), 3rd Ed. (Indian Print), Butterworth Heinemann, 2004.
CL 416 Process Control Laboratory (0-0-3-3)
Pre-requisite: CL 309 or equivalent
Laboratory experiments on process control & instrumentation, which include basic experiments on controlling namely pressure, temperature, flow and level. The cascade control and control valve characterization etc are also covered in this course.
Texts/References:
1. G. Stephanopoulos, Chemical Process Control: An Introduction to Theory and Practice, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey,1984. 2. D. R. Coughanowr and L. B. Koppel, Process systems Analysis and Control, 2nd Ed., Mc-Graw-Hill, 1991. 3. W. L. Luyben, Process Modelling Simulation and Control for Chemical Engineers, McGraw Hill, 1990.
CL 417 Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory (0-0-3-3)
Pre-requisite: CL 303 plus CL 308 or equivalent Laboratory experiments on reaction engineering which include basic experiments on different types of reactors with residence time distribution (RTD) study.
Texts:
1. O. Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 2nd Ed., Wiley Eastern1972.
References:
1. H. S. Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1992. 2. J. M. Smith, Chemical Engineering Kinetics, 3rd Ed., McGraw Hill, 1980.
CL 401 Process Design & Project Engineering (3-1-0-8)
Pre-requisite: CL 403 or equivalent
Input information and batch versus continuous; input-output structure of the flow sheet; recycle structure of the flowsheet; application of separation system principles for case studies; application of heat exchanger network design principles for case studies; cost diagrams and quick screening of process alternatives; preliminary process optimization; process retrofitting. Equipment sizing and costing for different process units; Cost information, estimating capital and operating costs, total capital investment and total product costs, time value of money, measures of process profitability, simplifying economic analysis for conceptual designs, techno-economic feasibility report writing. Texts:
1. J. Douglas, Conceptual Design of Chemical Processes, McGraw Hill, 1989. 2. P. Timmerhaus, Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers, 4th Ed, McGraw-Hill, 1991.
References:
1. L.T. Biegler, I.E. Grossmann, A.W. Westerberg, Systematic Methods of Chemical Process Design, Prentice Hall, International Series, 1997 2. R. Smith, Chemical Process Design, McGraw Hill, New York, 1995. 3. E. E. Ludwig, Applied Project Engineering, 2nd Ed., Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, 1988.
CL 404 Material Science (3-0-0-6) Atomic structure and interatomic bonding; structure of crystalline solids; imperfections; diffusion; Mechanical properties of metals; dislocation; strengthening; failure; phase diagram; structure, properties, applications, processing of ceramics and polymers; composites; corrosion degradation of materials; corrosion protection; electrical, thermal, magnetic and optical properties; property requirements and material selection.
Text:
1. V. Raghavan, V., Material Science & Engineering, Prentice Hall, 1996. References:
1. W. D. Callister (Jr.), Material Science and Engineering - an Introduction, 6th Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2003. 2. J.F. Shackelford and W. Alexander, Material Science and Engineering Handbook, 3rd Ed., CRC, 2000.
BTECH ELECTIVES CL 420 Polymer Technology ( 3-0-0-6) Classification of polymerization reactions such as condensation, free radical, ionic, coordination reactions, their mechanism and rate; suspension and emulsion polymerization; copolymerization; batch and continuous reactors; different molecular weights with methods of determination; molecular weight distribution; crystalline and amorphous structure; viscoelasticity; rubber elasticity; glass transition; production of plastics, rubbers, fibers; polymer rheology; polymer processing; analysis using non-Newtonian fluid model. Text/References: 1. J. R. Fried, Polymer Science & Technology, Prentice Hall of India, 2000. 2. P. Bahadur and N. V. Sastry, Principles of Polymer Science, Narosa Publishing House, 2002. 3. V. R. Gowariker, N. V. Viswanathan and J. Sreedhar, Polymer science, New Age International (P) LTd., 2001. CL 421 Biochemical Engineering (3-0-0-6) Introduction. Microbiology: Cell structure, characterization, classification of microorganisms; environmental and industrial microbiology; cell nutrients and growth media. Chemicals of Life: Repetitive and non repetitive biological polymers, lipids, fatty acids and other related lipids, carbohydrates, mono-, di- and polysaccharides, amino acids and proteins, structure of proteins, protein denaturation and renaturation, antibodies, nucleic acids, nucleotides to RNA and DNA, DNA double helix model. Kinetics of EnzymeCatalyzed Reactions: Chemical kinetics fundamentals, introduction to enzymes, classification of enzymes, enzymes of industrial importance, enzyme catalyzed reactions and kinetics, determination of kinetic parameters, inhibitors and inhibition kinetics, enzyme deactivation, immobilized enzyme technology. Metabolism and Bioenergetics: Thermodynamic principles, metabolic pathways for carbohydrates, lipids and proteins; ATP, TCA cycles etc. Cell Growth and Product Formation: Growth patterns and kinetics in batch culture, models with growth inhibitors, the ideal chemostat; Stochiometry of microbial growth, theoretical prediction of yield coefficients. Bioprocess Systems: Transport phenomena in bioprocesses, mass transfer in bioreactors, solid-liquid mass transfer, power requirement, heat transfer; Various types of bioreactors, Scale-up and its difficulties; Downstream Processing: Strategies to recover and purify products Control of microorganism: Control fundamentals, antimicrobial action, control of microorganisms by physical and chemical method. Texts/References: 1. J. E. Bailey and D. F. Ollis, Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals, 2 nd Ed., McGraw Hill, 1986. 2. B. Atkinson, Biochemical Reactors, Pion Ltd., London, 1974. 3. S. Aiba, A. E. Humhrey and N. F. Mills, Biochemical Engineering, 2 nd Ed., Academic Press, New York, 1973. 4. M. L. Schuler and F. Kargi, Bioprocess Engineering: Basic Concepts, 2 nd Ed., Prentice Hall, International Series, 2002. CL 422 Process Plant Safety (3-0-0-6) Concepts and definition; safety culture; storage of dangerous materials; plant layout; safety systems; technology and process selection; scale of disaster; vapor cloud explosions; control of toxic chemicals; runaway reactions; relief systems; risk and hazard management; safety versus production; risk assessment and analysis; hazard models and risk data; identification, minimization, and analysis of hazard; tackling disasters: plan of emergency; risk management routines; emergency shut down systems; human element in the design of safety. Texts/References: 1. P. C. Nicholas, Safety management practices for hazard waste materials, Dekker, 1996. 2. F. P. Lees, Loss Prevention in Process Industries, Vols.1 and 2, Butterworth, 1983. 3. W. E. Baker, Explosion Hazards and Evaluation, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1983. 4. O. P. Kharbanda and E.A.Stallworthy, Management of Disasters and How to Prevent Them, Grower, 1986. CL 423 Non-traditional Optimization Techniques (3-0-0-6) Non-traditional optimization techniques; population based search algorithms; evolutionary strategies; evolutionary programming; simulated annealing; genetic algorithm; differential evolution; different strategies of differential evolution; memetic algorithms; scatter search; ant colony optimization; selforganizing migrating algorithm; other emerging hybrid evolutionary computation techniques; engineering applications involving highly non-linear process with many constraints and multi-objective optimization problems. Texts/References: 1. T. F. Edgar and D. M. Himmelblau, Optimization of Chemical Processes, McGraw Hill, 2. International Editions: Chemical Engineering Series, 1989. 3. G. S. Beveridge, and R.S. Schechter, Optimization Theory and Practice, McGraw Hill, New York, 1970. 4. G. V. Rekllaitis, A. Ravindran and K. M. Ragsdell, Engineering Optimization- Methods and Applications, John Wiley, New York, 1983. CL 424 Environmental Pollution Control (3-0-0-6) Sources of water, air and land pollution; environmental laws & standards; design of pollution abatement systems for particulate matter and gaseous constituents; hazardous waste disposal and treatment; solid-waste disposal and recovery of useful products; specification of clean technologies and recovery schemes of useful chemicals; pollution prevention through process modification; recovery of by-products; energy recovery; waste utilization and recycle and reuse and waste generation minimization; design of control equipment and systems. Text/References: 1. S.P. Mahajan, Pollution Control in Process Industries, Tata-McGraw Hill, 1985. 2. N. L. Nemerow, Liquid waste of Industry - Theories, Practices and Treatment, Addison Weseley, NewYork, 1971. 3. W. J. Weber, Physico-Chemical Processes for Water Quality Control, Wiley Interscience, New York,1969. 4. W. Strauss, Industrial gas Cleaning, Pergamon, London, 1975. 5. A.C. Stern, Air Pollution, Vols. I to VI, Academic Press, New York 1968. CL 425 Novel Separation Techniques (3-0-0-6) Concepts and definitions in adsorption; adsorbents types; their preparation and properties; different types of adsorption isotherms and their importance; adsorption types; basic mathematical modeling with suitable initial and boundary conditions for different cases such as thermal swing, pressure swing, and moving bed adsorption; chromatography; membrane classification, chemistry, structure and characteristics; resistances for mass transfer; design consideration for reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration and electrodialysis; pervaporation; gaseous separations; liquid membrane; introduction to other processes such as reactive distillation, supercritical fluid extraction, biofiltration, etc. Text/References: 1. P.C. Wankat, Large Scale Adsorption and Chromatography, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1986. 2. D. M. Ruthven, Principles of adsorption and adsorption processes, John Wiley & sons, 1984. 3. D. M. Ruthven, S. Farooq and K. S. Knaebel, Pressure Swing Adsorption, Wiley-VCH, 1994. 4. S. Sourirajan and T. Matsura, Reverse Osmosis and Ultra-filtration-Process Principles, NRC Publication, Ottawa, 1985. 5. J. G. S. Marcano and T. T. Tsotsis, Catalytic membranes and membrane reactor, John Wiley, 2002. 6. M.A. McHugh and V. J. Krukonis, Supercritical fluid extraction, Butterworths, Boston, 1985. CL 426 Introduction to Interfacial Science & Engineering (3-0-0-6) Phenomenology of colloidal materials; Brownian diffusion; long range van der Waals forces; double layer forces and short range forces; DLVO theory of stability of lyphobic colloids; electrokinetic phenomena; association colloids; interfacial tension; wetting and contact angle; capillary hydrostatics; interfacial rheology and stability; some selected applications of principles of colloid and interface science in detergents, personal products, pharmaceuticals, food, textile, paint and petroleum industries. Text/References : 1. P. C. Hiemenz and R.Rajgopalan, Principles of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, 3 rd Ed., Dekker, 1997. 2. C. A. Miller, and P.Neogi, Interfacial Phenomena : Equilibrium and Dynamic Effects, Dekker, 1985. 3. V.G. Levich, Physicochemical Hydrodynamics, Prentice Hall Inc., 1962. 4. R.J. Hunter, Foundations of Colloid Science, Vols. I and II, Oxford Science Publications, 1989. 5. D. A. Edwards, H. Brenner and D. T. Wasan, Interfacial Transport Processes and Rheology,Butterworth, Heinmen, 1991. CL 427 Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals (3-0-0-6) Origin and occurrence, composition, classification and physico-chemical properties of petroleum; testing and uses of petroleum products; refining Processes such as distillation, cracking, reforming; conversion of petroleum gases into motor fuel, aviation fuel; lubricating oils and petroleum waxes; chemicals and clay treatment of petroleum products, desulfurization; refining operations -Dehydration, Desalting, Gas separation, Natural gas production and gas sweetening; tube still heater design; product profile of petrochemicals; petrochemical feed stocks; olefin and aromatic hydrocarbons production; Treatment and upgrading of olefinic C4 and C5 cuts; chemicals from C1 compounds, ethylene and its derivatives, propylene and its derivatives, butadiene and butene; BTX chemicals. Text/References: 1. W.L. Nelson, Petroleum Refinery Engineering, McGraw Hill, New York, 1961. 2. K. H. Altgelt and M. M. Boduszynski, Composition and analysis of heavy petroleum fractions, Dekker, 1994. 3. J. H. Gary and G. E. Handwork, Petroleum refining technology and economics, 4 th Ed., Dekker, 2001. CL 428 Fuel Engineering ( 3-0-0-6) Conventional and non-conventional energy sources; solar energy; wind energy; energy from biomass; energy survey in India. Solid fuels: origin and composition of coal; analysis and properties of coal; coal classification; properties and storage of coal; coal carbonization, gasification and liquefaction. Liquid fuels: origin and composition of petroleum; petroleum processing; petroleum refining in India. Combustion process: combustion stoichiometry and combustion thermodynamics; gas burners; oil burners; coal burning equipment. Texts/References: 1. S. Sarkar, Fuel & combustion, 2 nd Ed., Orient Longman, 1990. 2. J. G. Speight, Fuel Science & Technology Handbook, Dekker, 1990. 3. R. E. Haytes and S.T. Kocaczkowski, Introduction to catalytic combustion, Gordon & Beach, 1997 CL 429 Catalysis (3-0-0-6) Principle of catalytic reaction engineering; mechanism of contact catalysis; kinetics of chemical reaction in homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis; selecting catalytic agents. Fluid catalytic cracking; Design and developing industrial catalysts: preparation of catalysts; characterization of catalysts; analytical instruments, monitors and controllers that are used to prepare and characterize catalysts and to conduct detailed kinetic studies. Practical examples of industrial catalysts: Zeolite catalyst applications: Transformation and Synthesis of Zeolite using by experimental apparatus for characterization, reactivity test; Heavy oil cracking, Development of Clay Adsorbent for KeroMerox Refining Process, Dimethylamine synthesis using mordenite catalyst. Texts/References: 1. J. J. Carberry, Chemical and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Dover, 2001. 2. J. Weitkamp, and L. Puppe (eds.), Catalysis and Zeolites: Fundamentals and Applications, Springer Verlag, 1999. 3. S. S. E. H. Elnashaie and S. S. Elshishini, Dynamic Modelling, Bifurcation and Chaotic Behaviour of Gas-Solid Catalytic reactors, Taylor and Francis, 1996.