Syllabus - Process Equipment Design-II (CM-701)

Chemical Engineering

Process Equipment Design-II (CM-701)

VII

I

Scale up criteria and scale up of process equipment

Process design calculations for heat exchanges equipment double pipe and shell and tube heat exchangers general description, heat transfer coefficients and pressure drop by Kern’s & Bell’s methods rating on existing unit.

II

Design of a new system having one or more units in series: single effect evaporator, multiple effect evaporator with boiling point elevation.

III

Process design calculations for mass exchange equipment plate and packed column for distillation and absorption including column diameter and height.

IV

Detailed process and mechanical design, Flash drum , Kettle reboiler, condenser, cooling tower rotary drier, tray drier.

Practicals

  • Each student should design a complete chemical process plant with mechanical design details of at least three major equipments.

Reference Books

  • Perry, Robert etal; Perry’s Chemical Engg. Handbook; TMH

  • Ludwig E; Applied process design in chemical petrochemical plants; Gulf publishing co.

  • Mahajani V V, Umarji SB; Process Eqipment Design; MacMillan Pub.

  • Kern D; Process Heat Transfer; TMH

  • Smith B. D; Design of equilibrium stages.

  • Coulson JM. Richardson JF; Chemical engg. Vol ;. Pergaman process