Process Calculations
Unit I: Mathematical Principles
Introduction to unit processes and operations and their symbols, process flow sheet, Concept of steady and unsteady state operations, Units and dimensions: Basic and derived units, different ways of expressing units and quantities, conversion of units, properties of pure substances, PVT behavior, ideal and real gas laws. Mole fractions and partial pressures, application of Dalton's, Amagat's, Henry's laws, concept of vapor pressure, Raoult's law and its applications, vapor pressure plots and effect of temperature on vapor pressure.
Unit II: Material Balance for Physical Systems
Concept, material balance calculations, recycling and bypassing operations, introduction to unsteady state processes with examples like batch reactor, accumulation of inert components, etc.
Unit III: Material Balance for Reacting Systems
Concept, material balance calculations, electrochemical reactions, recycling and By-passing Operations.
Unit IV: Energy Balance
Concept, energy and Thermo chemistry, energy balances, heat capacity of pure substances and mixtures, latent heats, enthalpy of pure substances and mixtures, absolute enthalpy, heat of reaction, adiabatic reactions, thermo chemistry of mixing processes, dissolution, liquid-liquid mixtures, gas-liquid systems.
Unit V: Stoichiometry and Unit Operations
Distillation, humidification, absorption and stripping, extraction and leaching, crystallization, Psychrometry, drying, evaporation, introduction to stoichiometry and industrial problems
Unit VI: Fuels and Combustion
Calorific values, coal, liquid fuels, gaseous fuels, air requirement and flue gases, combustion calculations.
Textbooks:
1. Bhatt B.I. and Vora S.M., “Stoichiometry”, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2004.
2. Hougen O.A., Watson R.M. and Ragatz R.A., “Chemical Process Principles Part I”, 2nd Edition,
CBS Publications, 1976. (ISBN : 9798123909539)
3. David M. Himmelblau, “Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering”, 8th Edition, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2012. (ISBN : 0132346605): Solution
4. Narayanan. K.V. and Lakshmikutty.B, “Stoichiometry and Process Calculations”, 2nd a. Edition, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2009. (ISBN : 8120329929)
5. Venkatramani V, Ananatharaman N, Sheriffa Begum, “Process Calculations”, 2nd Edition,Prentice Hall of India, 2011.
6. Richard M. Felder, Ronald W. Rousseau, “Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes”, 3rd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2005.