Syllabus - Process Intensification (CM-703 (B))

Introduction

Techniques of process Intensification (PI) Applications, The philosophy and opportunities of process Intensification, Main benefits from process intensification, Process- Intensifying Equipment, Process intensification toolbox, Techniques for PI application.

Process Intensification through micro reaction technology

Effect of miniaturization on unit operations and reactions, Implementation of Microreaction technology, from basic properties to Technical Design Rules, Inherent Process Restrictions in Miniaturized Devices and Their Potential Solutions, Microfabrication of Reaction and unit operation Devices-Wet and Dry Etching Processes.

Scales of mixing, Flow patterns in reactors, mixing in stirred tanks

Scale up of mixing, Heat transfer, Mixing in intensified equipment, Chemical processing in High-Gravity Fields Atomizer Ultrasound Atomization, Nebulizers, High intensity inline MIXERS reactors Static mixers, Ejectors, Tee mixers, Impinging jets, Rotor stator mixers, Design Principles of static Mixers Applications of static mixers, Higee reactors. Combined chemical reactor heat exchangers and reactor separators: Principles of Operation; Applications, Reactive absorption, Reactive distillation, Applications of RD Processes, Fundamentals of Process Modeling, Reactive Extraction Case Studies: Absorption of NOx Coke Gas Purification.

Compact heat exchangers

Classification of compact heat exchangers, Plate heat exchangers, Spiral heat exchangers, Flow pattern, Heat transfer and pressure drop, Flat tube-and-fin heat exchangers, Microchannel heat exchangers, Phase-change haet changer, selection of heat exchanger technology, Feed/effluent heat exchangers, Integrated heat exchangers in separation processes, Design of compact heat exchanger-example.

Enhanced fields

Energy based intensifications, Sono-chemistry, Basics of cavitation, Cavitation Reactors, Flow over a rotating surface, Hydrodynamic cavitation applications, Cavitation reactor design, Nusselt –flow model and mass transfer, The rotating Electrolytic Cell, Microwaves, Electrostatic fields, Sonocrystallization, Reactive separations, Superctrical fluids.