CH1010: Introduction to Chemical Engineering (2 credit)

This course is intended to present an overview of chemical engineering which is essentially a “blueprint” of the discipline. The course is designed to provide a broad but facile exploration of chemical engineering topics which include material balances, fluid flows, mass and heat transfer, reactor design, materials, process control and engineering economics. Throughout the entirety of the course, a single design problem involving a process will be discussed that covers all the steps from the initial problem definition to economic evaluation. Moreover, at each step, concepts, principles, equations and commercial applications pertaining to that step are elaborated. A case study towards the end will round up the course. The overall goal is to provide each student with a comprehensive view of chemical engineering which enables them to see how the future courses fit into the discipline

Reading Materials
  • Kenneth A. Solen and John N. Harb, "Introduction to Chemical Engineering: Tools for Today and Tomorrow" Fifth edition, Wiley, 2010.
  • Uche P. Nnaji, “Introduction to Chemical Engineering: For Chemical Engineers and Students” First edition, Wiley, 2019

CH1020: Applied Chemistry (2 credit)

Introduction to Colloids and Interfaces; Forces in Colloidal Systems; Stability of Colloids; Surface Forces, Adhesion and Wettability, Properties of water; Synthesis and properties of Lubricants; Fuels; Polymers; Explosives; Cement; Adhesives; Nanomaterials.

Reading Materials
  • Jain, P.C., Jain, M. Engineering Chemistry, 2012, 15th Ed., Dhanpat Rai Publishing Company
  • Arthur Adamson, Physical Chemistry of Surfaces, 1997, 6th Ed., Wiley Publications
  • Paul C. Hiemenz, Principles of colloid and surface chemistry, 1997, 3rd Ed., Marcel Dekker, NY

CH1030: Chemical Process Calculations (2 credit)

Review of basic concepts: units and dimension, material properties, process variables and stoichiometry; Techniques for problem solving; Steady state material balances for processes involving no reaction; Steady state material balances for processes involving reaction: species and elemental balances, combustion of fuels; Recycle, bypass and purge calculations; Steady state material balances involving multiple units; Steady state material balances in multiphase systems ; Steady state energy balances for processes with and without reaction; De-Coupled and coupled mass and energy balances; Analysis of degree of freedom in a steady state process ; Unsteady state material and energy balances.

Reading Materials
  • D.M. Himmelblau and J.B. Riggs, “Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering” 7th edition. Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2003.
  • G.V. Rekliatis, “Introduction to Material and Energy Balances” Wiley, New York, 1983.

CH1040: Thermodynamic Laws & Phase transitions (3 credit)

Basics of Thermodynamics: Laws, Allied postulates, Different terms and related aspects; Equations and Relations; Single Component Phase changes and related phenomenon; Basic Definitions; Thermodynamic Cycle (Carnot, Rankine, Refrigeration, Auto & Diesel Cycles etc); Definition of non-equilibrium; Need of Statistical Mechanics.

Reading Materials
  • Chemical, Biochemical and Engineering Thermodynamics by Sandler, 4-th Ed., John Wiley, 2006
  • Molecular Thermodynamics of Fluid Phase Equilibria by Prausnitz, 3-rd Ed., Prentice Hall, 1999
  • Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics by Smith JM, Van Ness HC, Abbott MM, Swihart MT, 8th Ed, Tata McGraw Hill, 2009
  • Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach By Yunus Cengel and Michael Boles, 9th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2008

CH2010: Biological Engineering (3 credit)

Introduction to biological systems and biomolecules, genetic engineering and cloning, enzyme kinetics, competitive and non-competitive inhibition, mathematical modeling of biological systems, ion transport mechanisms, kinetic parameter estimation, phenotypic distributions, upstream and downstream operations in bioreactors, biopharmaceutical production, biomaterials and cell interactions, scaffolds and implants, cellular and tissue engineering and drug delivery

Reading Materials
  • Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals, James E Bailey and David F Ollies, McGraw Hill, 2nd edition (2010)
  • Alon, Uri. An Introduction to Systems Biology: Design Principles of Biological Circuits. Chapman & Hall / CRC (2006), ISBN: 9781584886426.
  • Biomaterials: The Intersection of Biology and Materials Science; Johnna S. Temenoff and Antonios G. Mikos; International edition (2008), Pearson-Prentice Hall.

CH2020: Numerical Methods ( 3 credit)

Errors in numerical calculations; roots of nonlinear equations, bracketing and open methods, bisection, false-position, and secant methods, Newton’s method, multiple roots, roots of polynomials; linear algebraic equations, Gauss elimination, partial pivoting, LU decomposition, matrix inverse, Gauss-Seidel method, relaxation; curve-fitting, least-squares regression, linear and polynomial regression. Numerical differentiation and integration; ordinary differential equations, First-order ODEs, Euler’s methods, predictor-corrector methods, Runge-Kutta methods; adaptive Runge-Kutta Methods, multi-step methods, stiff ODEs; system of first-order ODEs; higher-order ODEs; Initial value problems.

Reading Materials
  • Gupta, S. K., Numerical Methods for Engineers, 5-th Ed., New Age International (2010).
  • Pushpavanam, S. Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi (2004).
  • Chapra, S. C., Canale, R. P. Numerical Methods for Engineers, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi (2006).
  • Hoffman, J. D. Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists, Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton (2001).
  • Conte SD, de Boor C, Elementary Numerical Analysis - An Algorithmic Approach, 3rd Ed, SIAM Publishing, 2018

CH2030: Transport Phenomena (3 credit)

Momentum transport: Viscosity, stress tensor, mechanisms of momentum transport, Shell momentum balances, boundary conditions, Governing equations: equations of continuity and motion, Steady, unidirectional flows, Energy transport: Thermal conductivity, mechanisms of energy transport, Shell energy balances, Equations of change for non-isothermal systems, Dimensional analysis of the equations of change (Reynolds number, Schmidt number, Prandtl number etc), Analogy of Energy & Mass transport with Momentum transport (with examples)

Reading Materials
  • Bird RB, Stewart WE, Lightfoot EN, Transport Phenomena (Revised 2nd Edition), John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
  • Deen WM. Analysis of Transport Phenomena (2nd Edition), Oxford University Press, New York, 1998.
  • Leal LG, Advanced Transport Phenomena, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010.
  • White FM, Fluid Mechanics, 7th Edition, McGraw Hill, New York, 2011.

CH2040: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3 credit)

Recap of Laws of Thermodynamics & Allied postulates (Internal Energy, Entropy), Different definitions and related aspects, Single Phase (Property Calculations), Pure Fluid Industrial Applications, Behavior of Mixtures, Liquid Models, Vapor-Liquid and Liquid-Liquid Equilibria, Chemical Reaction Equilibria. Osmotic equilibrium, Partition of solute among two solvents, Advanced Liquid Models, Introduction to Intermolecular forces, Introduction to Statistical Mechanics.

Reading Materials
  • Thermodynamics and Introduction to Thermostatistics by H.B.Callen, 2-nd Ed., John Wiley, 1985.
  • Chemical, Biochemical and Engineering Thermodynamics by Sandler, 4-th Ed., John Wiley, 2006
  • Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics by Smith JM, Van Ness HC, Abbott MM, 7th Ed, Tata McGraw Hill, 2005
  • Molecular Thermodynamics of Fluid Phase Equilibria by Prausnitz, 3-rd Ed., Prentice Hall, 1999

CH2050: Applied Mathematics in Chemical Engineering (3 credit)

Partial differential equations, vector & tensor algebra and calculus in rectilinear and curvilinear coordinates, Complex variables, Discrete Fourier Transform and data analysis using DFT, analytic functions, z-Transforms, modelling discrete dynamical systems, Random variables, single and multivariate distributions, expectation, conditional expectation, sampling, hypothesis testing, statistical estimators, ordinary least squares, maximum likelihood estimates, analysis of variance (ANOVA), principal component analysis (SVD), montecarlo simulations

Reading Materials
  • Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Erwin Kreyszig, John Wiley & Sons, 9th edition
  • Introduction to statistics and data analysis, Christian Heumann, Michael Schomaker and Shalabh, Springer, 1st edition
  • Advanced Engineering Mathematics, K. A. Stroud, Palgrave (MacMillan), 4th edition
  • The Elements of Statistical Learning, Jerome Friedman, Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, Springer, 2nd edition

CH2060: Materials Science for Chemical Engineers (2 credit)

The course is intended to give an overview of all the main classes of materials including metals, polymers and ceramics. Each class of materials is explained in detail along with their specific properties defined by the nature of their chemical bonds, their atomic ordering and their microstructure. Defects and diffusion in materials along with phase diagrams are also emphasized. The second part of the course deals with the materials selection, development and processing with reference to real-world examples. The course also covers the most recent aspects of nanomaterials and nanostructures in terms of their basic attributes as well as practical application.

Reading Materials
  • William D. Callister, Jr. and David G. Rethwisch, "Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction" Ninth edition, Wiley, 2012.
  • Jean P Mercier, Gerald Zambelli, Wilfried Kurz, “Introduction to Materials Science” Elsevier, 2002.

CH2070: Chemical Reaction Engineering-I (3 credit)

Elementary/non-elementary reaction; reaction order, molecularity, Mathematical modeling of reaction mechanism, polymerization/biochemical reaction, Rate data analysis, Variable volume reaction system. Isothermal reactor design: Batch, Mixed and Plug flow reactors, multiple reactor system, multiple reaction system, series/parallel/complex reaction, reaction network, Residence time distribution (RTD); RTD in ideal reactors; Reactor modeling using RTD: Segregation model, maximum mixedness model; RTD and multiple reaction; Models for non-ideal reactors: tank-in- series model, dispersion model; modeling of real reactors with combinations of ideal reactors;

Reading Materials
  • Chemical Reaction Engineering, Octave Levenspiel, Fourth edition, 2011.
  • Elements of Chemical reaction Engineering, H. Scott. Fogler, Fourth Edition, 2006

CH2080: Heat Transfer (3 credit)

Conduction: Fourier Law; Steady state conduction in 1D; Critical and optimal thickness of insulation; Steady state conduction in multiple dimensions; Numerical heat conductioon, Transient heat conduction in 1d, Extended Surfaces; Convection: Energy equation on boundary layer; Thermal boundary layer; Reynolds’s and Colburn analogy; Free convection, Turbulent Heat Transfer; Radiation: Photon Transport Equation, View factors; square of the distance effect; radiation between black surfaces; infinite parallel planes; radiosity, irradiation and surface resistance. Boiling and condensation; heat exchangers: types and classification; logarithmic mean temperature difference (LMTD); overall heat transfer coefficients from individual heat transfer coefficients; heat transfer coefficient in shell and tube exchangers; LMTD correction; effectiveness and number of transfer units (NTU); Evaporators: single effect and multiple effect; methods of feeding; enthalpy balance. Process design of shell & tube and double pipe heat exchangers; Process design of single effect and multiple effect evaporators.

Reading Materials
  • Heat Transfer, J. P Holman and S. Bhattacharyya, Tata McGraw-Hill 2011
  • Unit operation of chemical engineering, 7th Edition, W.L. McCabe, J.C. Smith, P. Harriot, McGraw-Hill 2005
  • Process heat transfer, D.Q. Kern, Tata McGraw-Hill 1997
  • Fundamental Principles of Heat Transfer, S Whitaker, Pregamon Press 1977

CH2090: Fluid Mechanics (3 credit)

Scope and Applications, Definition of Fluid, Concept of Continuum, Dimensions and Units. Fluid Properties: Velocity and Stress field, Density, Viscosity, Surface Tension, Pressure, Temperature. Fluid Statics: Basic equations, Pressure variation in static fluid, Manometers and Hydraulics, Fluid force on plane/curved submerged surface, Buoyancy and Stability. Fluid Dynamics: 1D, 2D, and 3D Flows; Timelines, Path lines, Streamlines; Streak lines; Viscous and Inviscid Flows, Laminar and Turbulent flows, Compressible and Incompressible flows, Internal and External flows. Basic equations in Integral form/Differential form: Mass conservation, Momentum conservation, Energy conservation, Angular momentum principle. Incompressible Inviscid flow: Euler’s equation, Bernoulli’s equation, Irrotational flow. Dimensional Analysis; Similitude. Internal Incompressible Viscous flow: Fully developed laminar flow in channel and pipe, flow measurement devices. External Incompressible Viscous flow: Boundary layers and thickness

Reading Materials
  • Introduction to Fluid Mechanics by R. W. Fox, P. J. Pritchard and A. T. McDonald, Wiley
  • Fundamental of Fluid Mechanics by B. R. Munson, A. P. Rothmayer, T. H. Okiishi and W. W. Huebsch, Wiley
  • Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machines by S. K. Som, G. Biswas and S. Chakraborty, Tata McGraw-Hill
  • Multimedia Fluid Mechanics (DVD) by G. M. Homsy et al., Cambridge University Press
  • Fluid Mechanics by Frank M. White, McGraw-Hill

CH3010: Mass Transfer-I (3 credit)

Definition of Mass Transfer, Examples; Classes of Mass Transfer operations; Methods of Mass Transfer Operation; Principles of equipment design; Basics: Diffusion, Mass Transfer Coefficients. Theory of Interphase Mass Transfer (Equilibrium between phases, Henry's Law, Raoult's Law; Gas and Liquid Phase resistances); Absorption Operations and Equipment used (Concepts of Operating and Equilibrium lines, co-current, counter-current flows, different methods of calculating stages, application, Tray design concept, Design parameters, Design for Packed Towers); Overview of Distillation (Thermodynamics of Distillation, Basic Operation and Basics of Design Parameters)

Reading Materials
  • R. E. Treybal, Mass-Transfer Operations, 3rd Ed, McGraw Hill, 1981.
  • B. K. Dutta, Principles of Mass Transfer and Separation Processes, Prentice Hall of India, 2007.

CH3020: Mechanical Operations (3 credit)

Particle properties, size reduction and comminution laws, crushers and grinding devices, solids flow in hoppers & silos, solids mixing, screening, principles of mechanical separations involved in the fluid- particulate solid systems, flow through porous media (packed beds), fluidization, gravity settling operations, centrifugal separations, gas - solid separation processes, filtration theory and equipment, separations involved in froth flotation, electrostatic and magnetic separation.

Reading Materials
  • Geankoplis C. J., Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles, Prentice Hall; 4th edition, 2003
  • Warren L. McCabe, Julian Smith, Peter Harriott, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering. McGraw-Hill Education (ISE Editions); 7th edition, 2005.
  • Wills B.A. Napier-Munn, T.J., Mineral Processing Technology, Seventh Edition, Elsevier Publishers, 2006

CH3030: Chemical Technology (2 credit)

Introduction to chemical technology; Overview of various chemical process industries including petroleum refinery, petrochemical industries, inorganic chemical industries (chlor-alkali industries, mineral acids, and ammonia), fertilizers industries, pulp, paper, and rayon industries, and soap and detergents industries.

Reading Materials
  • C.E. Dryden, Dryden’s outlines of Chemical Technology for the 21st century, (Edited and revised by M.G. Rao and M. Sitting) 2006.
  • James H. Gary, Glenn E. Handwerk, Mark J. Kaiser, Petroleum Refining: Technology and Economics. CRC Press, 5th edition, 2007.

CH3040: Chemical Reaction Engineering II (3 credit)

Stoichiometric table, reaction network analysis, effect of pressure drop on performance of plug flow vessels. Steady state non-isothermal reactor design, energy balance on batch, plug flow and CSTR reactors, optimal design for exothermic reversible reactions, stability and multiplicity of steady states in CSTR; unsteady state non isothermal reactor design: unsteady state energy balance, unsteady operation of batch, plug flow and CSTR. Adsorption kinetics, kinetics of catalytic reaction, External diffusion effects on heterogeneous reactions, reaction and diffusion in porous catalysts, Kinetics and reactor design of fluid-fluid and Fluid-particle system , Design of heterogeneous catalytic reactor: fixed bed reactor, slurry reactor, trickle bed reactor and fluidized bed reactor.

Reading Materials
  • Chemical Reaction Engineering, Octave Levenspiel, Fourth edition, 2011.
  • Elements of Chemical reaction Engineering, H. Scott. Fogler, Fourth Edition, 2006
  • Chemical Engineering Kinetics, J. M. Smith, 3rd Edition, McGraw HIll, 1981.

CH3050: Mass Transfer -II (2 credit)

Operations & Equipment used for: Liquid-Liquid Extraction, Leaching, Humidification, De-humidification, Drying, adsorption

Reading Materials
  • R. E. Treybal, Mass-Transfer Operations, 3rd Ed, McGraw Hill, 1981.
  • B. K. Dutta, Principles of Mass Transfer and Separation Processes, Prentice Hall of India, 2007.

CH3060: Process Control ( 3 credit)

Modelling of dynamic processes, state space and input-output models, first and second order systems, underdamped, critically damped and overdamped systems. Linear Time Invariant (LTI) systems, dynamics of measuring elements and actuators. Stability of linear and non-linear systems. Feedback control systems, block diagrams, internal stability of feedback systems, P,PI,PID controllers, gain and phase margins, PID tuning, Smith predictor, feed-forward control, cascade control, inverse response, sensitivity functions, fundamental limitations on feedback control structure, effect of NMP/ LHP zeros on control design, sensitivity bounds.

Reading Materials
  • Control System Design by Graham Goodwin et. al. Prentice Hall, 2001
  • Introduction to Process Control by George Stephanopoulos, PHI Learning Private Limited, 2012

CH4012: Process Design & Economics (3 credit)

Process Synthesis, Materials and Energy Balance, Computer Aided Design, Flow-sheet Development, Aspects of Instrumentation-Control-Storage-Materials. Role of Safety in Design, Economic Analysis and Feasibility, Depreciation Methods, Economic evaluation (NPV, DCFROR etc.), case studies relating process, equipment, plant design, from concepts to product (concept, lab scale, prototype/ pilot scale, further scale-up)

Reading Materials
  • Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers by Max Peters, Klaus Timmerhaus, Ronald West, McGraw-Hill Education, 2003 (or Tata McGraw, 2011, Indian Edition)
  • Chemical Engineering Design, 2nd Edition by Towler and Sinnott, Buttlerworth-Heinemann, 2012

CH4040: Process Intensification (1 credit)

History of Chemical engineering: evolution of chemical processes and process equipment; Process intensification: a paradigm shift in design, role of disruptive innovation; Process integration: heat and mass integration, reactive separations; Processing under centrifugal fields-- HIGEE, spinning disk reactors, POD; Alternatives to stirred-tank mixers and reactors --Oscillatory baffle, Couette flow, ‘custom-shaped’ channel (Corning) mixers and reactors; Monolith (Structured) reactors and adsorbers; Micro devices: mixers, separators, heat exchangers, reactors for desk-top manufacture in Pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals.

Reading Materials
  • Re-Engineering the Chemical Processing Plant: Process Intensification, 1st edition by A. Stankiewicz and J.A. Moulijn, Marcel Dekker, 2004.
  • Process Intensification: Engineering for efficiency, sustainability and flexibility, Reay D., Ranshaw C., Harvey A., Butterworth Heinemann, 2008.