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    This document outlines a course on chemical engineering process calculations and stoichiometry for third semester bachelor's students. The course aims to provide students with fundamental knowledge of chemical engineering principles, material and energy balances, and their application to industrial problems. Over seven topics and 15 modules, students will learn dimensions and units, basic chemical calculations, material and energy balancing with and without chemical reactions, thermodynamics, and their application to unit operations and fuels/combustion. Assessment includes exams, assignments, and a project developing process simulations. The intended learning outcomes are for students to establish methodologies for mass and energy balancing, understand important chemical processes, and apply principles to solving real-world problems.

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    This document outlines a course on chemical engineering process calculations and stoichiometry for third semester bachelor's students. The course aims to provide students with fundamental knowledge of chemical engineering principles, material and energy balances, and their application to industrial problems. Over seven topics and 15 modules, students will learn dimensions and units, basic chemical calculations, material and energy balancing with and without chemical reactions, thermodynamics, and their application to unit operations and fuels/combustion. Assessment includes exams, assignments, and a project developing process simulations. The intended learning outcomes are for students to establish methodologies for mass and energy balancing, understand important chemical processes, and apply principles to solving real-world problems.

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    GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

    CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
    PROCESS CALCULATION
    SUBJECT CODE: 2130504
    B.E. Semester: III

    Type of course: Fundamental Chemical Engineering Calculations & stoichiometry

    Prerequisite: None

    Rationale: The prime objective of this subject is to clear fundamentals of chemical engineering in a
    simple and forthright manner and to provide the broad background for applying these principles to
    industrial and theoretical problems.
    After learning the course the students should be able:
    To understand the importance of stoichiometry material and energy balances
    To deal with the laws of conservation of mass and energy
    To apply principles of unit operations and chemical reaction engineering in problem solving

    Teaching and Examination Scheme:

    Teaching Scheme Credits Examination Marks Total


    L T P C Theory Marks Practical Marks Marks
    ESE PA (M) PA (V) PA
    (E) PA ALA ESE OEP (I)
    3 1 0 4 70 20 10 30 0 20 150

    Course Contents:
    Teaching Module
    Sr. Topic
    Hrs. Weightage
    No.
    1 Dimensions and units: 5 9
    Dimensions and system of units, Fundamental and derived units,
    Dimensional consistency, Dimensional equations, Different ways of
    expressing units of quantities and physical constant, Unit conversion and its
    significance
    2 Basic chemical calculations: 7 13
    Calculations for mole, molecular weight, equivalent weight, etc.,
    Composition of gaseous mixtures, liquid mixtures, solid mixtures, etc.,
    Ideal gas law & other equations of state and their applications, Dalton law,
    Raoults law, Henrys law, Solutions and their properties
    3 Material balance without chemical reactions: 8 15
    Process flowsheet, Degree of freedom, Material balance with and without
    recycle; Bypass and purge streams, Material balance around equipments
    related to unit operations like absorber and stripper, distillation towers,
    extractors, dryers, evaporators, etc. Material balance of unsteady state
    operations.
    4 Material balance involving chemical reactions: 10 18
    Concept of limiting and excess reactants, percentage conversion, yield,
    selectivity, etc., M aterial balance with chemical reactions - single and
    multiple reactions, Material balance involving reactions with special
    reference to fertilizers, petrochemicals, dyestuffs, electrochemical
    industries, metallurgical industries, etc.
    5 Energy balances: 9 17
    Thermochemistry and 1st law of thermodynamics, Heat capacity of gases
    and gaseous mixtures, liquids & solids, Sensible heat change in liquids &
    gases, Enthalpy changes during phase transformation, Enthalpy changes
    accompanied by chemical reactions, Standard heat of reaction, Adiabatic
    reactions, Thermo-chemistry of mixing processes, Dissolution of solids,
    etc.
    6 Stoichiometry and Unit operations: 7 13
    Distillation, Absorption and stripping, Extraction & leaching,
    Crystallization, Psychrometric Operations, Drying, Evaporation etc.
    7 Fuels and combustion: 8 15
    Types of fuels, Calorific value of fuels, Problems on combustion of coal,
    liquid fuels, gaseous fuels, etc., Proximate and ultimate analysis,
    Combustion calculations, theoretical flame temperature, etc., Air
    requirement and flue gases.

    Reference Books:
    1. Stoichiometry, B.I. Bhatt, S.M. Vora, McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited, 4th edition,
    2004.
    2. Basic Principles & Calculations in Chemical Engineering, David M. Himmelblau, James B.
    Riggs, PHI Learing Pvt. Ltd, 7th edition, 2006.
    3. Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, Richard M. Felder, Ronald W. Rousseau, Wiley,
    3rd edition, 2004.
    4. Chemical Process Principles Part-I: Material and Energy Balances, O.A.Hougen, K.M.Watson,
    R.A.Ragatz, CBS Publishers New Delhi, 2nd edition, 2004.
    5. Stoichiometry and Process Calculations, K.V. Narayanan, B. Lakshmikutty, Prentice-Hall of
    India Pvt. Ltd., 2006.
    6. Industrial Stoichiometry: Chemical Calculations of Manufacturing Processes, H.C.Lewis,
    W.K.Lewis, A.H.Radasch, McGraw-Hill, 2nd edition, 1954.

    Course Outcome:
    After learning the course, the students should be able to:

    Establish mathematical methodologies for the computation of material balances and energy
    balances
    Present an overview of industrial chemical processes.
    Develop a fundamental understanding of the basic principles of chemical engineering processes
    and calculations.
    Examine and select pertinent data, and solve material and energy balance problems.
    Give examples of important application of material balances in chemical engineering processes.
    Evaluate their own solutions and those of others to find and correct errors.

    List of Open Source Software/learning website:


    Students can refer to video lectures available on the websites including NPTEL.
    Students can refer to the CDs which are available with some reference books for the solution of
    problems using softwares/spreadsheets. Students can develop their own programs/ spreadsheets for
    the solutions of problems.

    ACTIVE LEARNING ASSIGNMENTS: Preparation of power-point slides, which include videos,


    animations, pictures, graphics for better understanding theory and practical work The faculty will
    allocate chapters/ parts of chapters to groups of students so that the entire syllabus to be covered. The
    power-point slides should be put up on the web-site of the College/ Institute, along with the names of the
    students of the group, the name of the faculty, Department and College on the first slide. The best three
    works should submit to GTU.

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