MASS TRANSFER OPERATIONS - I

C.E.T. : 3.201 Periods per week : 4

Sessionals : 30 Duration of Exam. : 3 Hrs.
Examination : 70 Nature of Exam. : Theory.

UNIT - I
Diffusion and mass transfer – Mass transfer operations & their applications.
Molecular diffusion –Fick’s first law – steady state molecular diffusion in binary mixtures of
gases, liquids and solids – Determination of diffusivity in gases by Steven’s method – estimation
of diffusion coefficients in binary mixtures of liquids and gases by correlation.
Types of diffusion in solids :- Eddy diffusion – Basic concepts of mass transfer theories – Film mass
transfer coefficients for the cases of equimolar counter diffusion and diffusion of one component (A) in
stagnant component (B) - Correlation’s for mass transfer coefficients and Reynolds & Colburn
analogies.
UNIT - II
Interphase mass transfer – overall mass transfer coefficients – Two resistance theory – Gas phase
& liquid – phase controlled situations. Equipment for gas – liquid contact – Description of
continuous and stage wise contact equipment – packing for packed columns – Liquid distribution
-Mass transfer coefficients in packed columns – Flooding in packed and plate columns – Ideal
-plate – Murphree, point, plate and column efficiency – Comparison of packed and plate columns.
UNIT - III
Absorption and Stripping – counter current and co-current isothermal absorption and stripping of single
component – Operating Lines – Minimum flow rates – Determination of number of transfer units and
height of a continuous contact absorbers. Multistage absorption and determination of number plates –
absorption factor – Kremser – Brown equation.
UNIT - IV
Vapour, gas mixtures – Humidity and relative saturation. Dew point adiabatic saturation and wet
bulb temperatures – psychometric charts – Enthalpy of gas vapor mixtures – Humidification and
dehumidification – Operating lines and design of packed humidifiers, dehumidifiers and cooling towers,
Spray chambers.
UNIT - V
Drying – moisture contents of solids – equilibrium content, bound and unbound moisture
Drying conditions – Rate of batch drying and under constant drying conditions – Mechanism of batch
drying – Drying time of batch drying – through circulation drying – Description of batch and continuous
dryers. Crystallization, Crystallization equipment, principles of crystillization.
EXAMINATION : One question from each unit with internal choice.

TEXT BOOK : Mass Transfer operations, R.E. Treybal, 3rd Edition, McGraw Hill Book Co.(1981)
 CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING – I
C.E.T : 3.202 Periods per week : 4
Sessionals : 30 Duration of Exam. : 3 Hrs.
Examination : 70 Nature of Exam. : Theory

UNIT – I
Introduction to Chemical Reaction Engineering: Classification of Reactions, Definition of

Reaction rate, Variables affecting the rate of reaction.

Kinetics of Homogeneous Reactions: Stoichiometric equation. The rate equation and
stoichiometric relations for a single phase reaction aA+bB Æ rR+sS.
Concentration dependent term of a rate equation; Single and multiple reactions, Elementary and non
elementary reactions, Moleculatity and order of Reaction, Specific reaction rate constant, Representation
of elementary and non elementary reactions.
Kinetic models for Non elementary reaction: Testing kinetic models – Steady state approximation,
Equilibrium treatment, Fitting a rate law for the given reaction mechanism, Searching for a reaction
mechanism from the rate law. Searching for a mechanism, predictability of reaction rate from theory.
Temperature dependent term of a rate equation: Temperature dependency from Arrhenious’ law,
Thermodynamics, Collision theory and Transition state theory, Comparison of theories with Arrhenius’
law.
UNIT – II
Interpretation of Batch Reactor data: Constant volume batch reactor: Analysis of total pressure data,
conversion.
Integral method of Analysis of data for single reaction, multiple reactions, Homogeneous catalyzed
reactions, Auto catalytic reactions, Reversible reactions, and Reactions of shifting orders.
Half life method, Partial analysis of the rate equation. Differential method of analysis of data.
Variable volume batch reactor: Fractional change in volume of the system, Differential method of
analysis, Integral method of analysis.
UNIT – III
Introduction to Reactor Design, Ideal reactors for a single reaction: Ideal batch reactor, Space time
– space velocity, Steady state mixed flow reactor, Steady state plug flow reactor, Holding time and space
time for flow reactors.
Design for single reactions, Size comparison of single reactors, Multiple reactor systems,
Recycle reactor, Auto catalytic reactions – optimum recycle operation, Reactor combinations.
UNIT IV
Design for multiple reactions: Introduction to multiple reactions, Qualitative discussion about product
distribution for Parallel, Series and Series-parallel reactions. Quantitative treatment of product
distribution and of reactor size for irreversible simple reactions of parallel, and Series only.
Temperature and Pressure effects for single reactions, Heat of reaction from thermodynamics, Heat of
reaction and Temperature, Equilibrium constants and equilibrium conversions from Thermodynamics.
General graphical design procedure, Optimum temperature progression. Heat effects, Adiabatic
Operations, Non adiabatic operations.
Exothermic reactions in mixed flow reactors – a qualitative treatment.
UNIT – V
Basics of Non-Ideal flow, The residence time distribution ( R T D ), State of aggregation of the flowing
stream, earliness of mixing, Role of R T D, state of aggregation and earliness of mixing in determining
reactor behaviour. Exit age distribution of fluid, Experimental methods for finding E – pulse, step
experiments, Relationship between F and E curves. The convolution integral. Conversion in non- ideal
flow reactors, Axial dispersion – fitting the dispersion model for small extents of dispersion and for large
deviation from plug flow.
EXAMINATION : One question from each unit with internal choice.
TEXT BOOK:
1. Chemical Reaction Engineering – Octave Levenspiel, John Wiley & Sons – Third edition
2. ( 1999)
REFERENCE BOOKS :
1. Elements of Chemical reaction Engineering – H.Scott Fogler, Prentice – Hall, Third Edition ( 2002)

2. Chemical Engineering Kinetics – J.M. Smith, Mc Graw – Hill , Third Edition.( 1981)
 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ANALYSIS

C.E.T. : 3.203 Periods per week : 4

Sessionals : 30 Duration of Exam. : 3 Hrs.
Examination : 70 Nature of Exam. : Theory.

UNIT – I
Numerical  solution  to  ordinary  differential  equation.    Picards  method.  Taylor  –  series  method.  Euler’s 
ethod. Modified Euler’s method. Range’s method, Runge – Kutta’s method. 

UNIT - II
Further properties. Derivatives and integrals of transforms periodic functions. Special functions step
function, unit impulse function, Dirac delta function, Bessel function Error function.
UNIT - III.
Solution of differential equations and simultaneous differential equations. Solution of integral equations.
Solution of partial differential equations (using Laplace transform methods)
UNIT - IV
Probability: Definition conditional probability. Addition and multiplication laws. Baye’s theorem.
Random variables and distribution functions. Moment generating function.
UNIT - V
Special distribution: Binomial, Poisson and Geometric distributions. Uniform, Normal and Exponential
distributions.
EXAMINATION : One question from each Unit with internal choice.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Higher Engineering Mathematics – B.S. Grewal Khanna Publishers (2002)

2. Applied Mathematics in Chemical Engineering Mickley, Sherwood and Reed McGraw Hill
International Edition ( 1991)
3. Integral Transforms vasishta, Krishna Prakash Publishers Meerut (2000)

REFERENCE BOOKS :
1. Operational Mathematics Ruel V. Churchill,
2. Mathematical Statistics – J.N.Kapur and H.C Saxena
3. Fundamentals of mathematical statistics – S C Gupta & V.K.Kapur
 FLUIDIZATION ENGINEERING
(E L E C T I V E - II – 1)

C.E.T. : 3.204 Periods per week : 4

Sessionals : 30 Duration of Exam. : 3 Hrs.
Examination : 70 Nature of Exam. : Theory.
UNIT – I
Introduction: Processes involving contact between solid particles and a Fluid, Packed Beds, Fluidized
Beds advantages and disadvantages of fluidized beds for industrial applications. Fundamental fluidized
bed behaviour, Fast fluidization circulating fluidized beds.

Particles and Fluidization: Physical properties of solid particles, size and sharp, size range, surface
area of particles in a bed, Bed voidage, classification of particles according to Fluidization characteristics,
pressure drop across packed beds, minimum fluidization velocity and its, determination.
UNIT – II
Two – Phase Theory of fluidization: Bubbles and Fluidization Regimes, Bubble rise velocity, Bed
expansion, Bubble growth and slugging, Mixing, Elutriation and Transport of solids, General mechanism
of mixing of particles, mixing and segregation of particles, Terminal velocity of particles, Elutriation,
transport disengaging height, solids transport. Davidson’s Medal, Diffusion model, Bubbling bed model
ideal mixing stage model, two resign models.
UNIT – III
Fluidized Bed Heat Transfer : Heat Transfer in Beds of Particles, Gas – to – particle heat transfer, Bed
– to surface heat transfer, particle convection component, interphase gas connective component,
Radioactive component, Estimation of Bed – to surface Heat Transfer coefficient, Heat Transfer between
the Bed-Distributor, side walls, immersed tubes or components, Heat Transfer to surfaces located above
the Bed, Free surface, Design for physical operation, Batch and continuous operation for Mass & Heat
Transfer and Drying of solids
UNIT IV
Design of simple Fluidized Beds: Introduction, Estimation of Bed Dimensions and Fluidizing
velocity, Transport disengaging Height, Distributors, Heat removal from fluidized beds; staging of the
beds counter flow staging, cross flow staging, cooling tubes in the bed, optimum size of a fluidized bed
reactor. Power consumption.
UNIT – V
Fluidized Bed Combustion: Introduction, combustion systems for solid fuels combustors and the first
law of thermodynamics, fluidized Bed combustion of solid fuels, pressurized fluidized bed combustion,
size of fluidized bed combustion system. Heat removal requirements, size of inert particles in the bed,
velocity of fluidizing gas, turndown efficiency of fluidized bed combustion, Equipment, combustion of
fuel particles in a fluidized bed, distinction between boiler and furnaces, methods of starting up,
circulating or ‘fast’ fluidized bed combustion systems, control of emission.
EXAMINATION : One question from each unit with internal choice.
TEXT BOOK : Fluidized Bed Technology (Principles & Applications), J.R. Howard Adam Hilger,
Edition, IOP, Publishing Ltd., NY. (1989)
REFERENCE BOOK: Fluidization Engineering, DIAZO KUNLL & OCTAVE LEVENSPIEL, Wiley –
International Edition, Jhon Wiley & Sons.(2002)
 SAFETY AND HAZARD ANALYSIS

(ELECTIVE – II-4)

CET : 3.204 Periods per week : 4

Sectionals : 30 Duration of Exam : 3 hrs

Examination : 70 Nature of Exam : Theory

UNIT – 1
Why safety? What price safety, chemical Industry Injury Rates, who makes safety. Organized labour
interest in safety, recommendations for local union safety and occupational health comities. Chemical
hazards and worker safety, work of MCA in accident prevention. Safety aspects of site selection, plant
layout, and unit planning, the hazards and the lines of defense, the tools and techniques of defense, safety
problems in site selection, safety problems of plant layout, In-line arrangement of towers, drums,
exchanges, pumps and the main pipelines, In-line arrangement of integrated processing units.

UNIT – 2
Hazards of commercial chemical reactions, combustion, oxidation, neutralization, electrolysis, double
decomposition, calcinations, nitration, etherification, reduction, amination, halogenations, sulfonation,
Hydrolysis, hydrogenation, alkylation, condemnation, polymerization, coupling fermentation, paralysis
dramatization and their prevention methods.

Hazards of commercials chemical operations-heat transfer, size reduction, mixing materials, handling
mass transfers, simultaneous heat and mass transfers (humidification, drying, evaporation and
crystallizing) momentum transfer-pumps, compressors, agitators, momentum transfer-phase separations
based on fluid mechanics and their prevention methods.

UNIT – 3
Process design, introduction the technique of safe process design-separation sections, materials handling
storage sections, flow sheet review, batch or continuous processing reaction conditions. Safe control of
the process variables-Definition and scope control of temperature in thermal systems, pressure
containment analytical procedures for control of composition safety as part of process development-
Evaluation of hazards, pilot plants, scale up instrumentation for safe operations, safety education and
training.

DOW Fire and explosion index, calculation of the DOW F & EI, material factor

general process hazard, special process, hazard potential loop, basic preventive and protective.

UNIT – 4
Effects of toxic Agents, physical state a factor in Exposure, chemical and the skin, chemicals and the
eyes, chemical and the respiratory tract, chemicals and digest ice tract, examples of Inadequate protection,
some chemical “criminals”, respiratory Hazards and protection, selection chart for respiratory protective
devices, types and applications of respiratory protective devices, Air purifying respirators, Air supplied
respirators, Toxic gases, self contained breathing apparatus, maintenance training , and medical aspects of
respiratory protective devices. Hazard and operability studies, Basic principles, use of the guide words.
UNIT – 5
Other personal protective equipment, Head protection, Ear protection, Gloves, Aprons, and specialized
clothing, Safety footwear, Fire Extinguishing Agents and their applications, Class-A Fires, Class-B Fires,
Class-C Fires, Class-D Fires, Extinguishing Agents, and methods of Application, water and water based
Extinguishing agents, Portable Fire extinguishers, soda and Acid Extinguishers, water, anti freeze
Extinguishers, water spray, Mechanical foam, hose line systems, Fixed nozzles systems, foam-water
sprinkler systems, dry chemicals, portable fire extinguishers, carbon dioxide.

Measuring safety effectiveness, criteria for effective measures, Disabling (Lost-time) injuries, frequency
rate, severity rate, safe-t-score, Disabling injure index.

The role of Mechanical Integrating in Chemical process safety, Mechanical integrity in a chemical plant,
a regulatory view of mechanical integrity, mechanical integrity programs must be tailored to the specific
site, mechanical integrity in design and installation, equipment covered by mechanical integrity,
classification of equipment by hazard potential.

Examination : One question from each unit with internal choice

Text Books :

1. Safety and Accident prevention in chemical operations by Fawce TTHH and

W.S.Wood, john Wiley and sons Inc. (1965)

2. COULSON & RICHAD SON`S CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN, 3rd Ed.,

1999 by R.K.SINNOTT

3. CHEMICAL PROCESS SAFETY (learning from Case Histories)-1999, by ROY E.S.ANDERS

 PETROCHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(ELECTIVE II-5)

CET : 3. 204 Periods per week : 4

SESSIONALS : 30 Duration of Exam: 3 Hrs.

EXAMINATION: 70 Nature of Exam : Theory

Unit I
Origin and formation of petroleum:- Organic theories, Inorganic theories, Biological methods
explaining the formation of crude.

Defination of refining terms:- API Gravity, Anniline point, Octane number, cetane number, smoke
point, fire point, flash point, Diesel Index, Naptha, Types of Naptha, etc. Composition and applications of
crude.

Petroleum Refining:- Overall refining of crude petroleum, production of Gasoline Kerosene and
Lubricating oils.

Unit II
Rebuilding of Hydrocarbons and techniques involved:

Naptha cracking :-Definition of cracking, Types of cracking , Reactions of cracking ,Fluidized Bed
catalytic cracking, description of cracking reactor, cracking of paraffin’s.

Alkylation:- Alkylation reactions, Process variables, Feedstock, Products, Catalysts, Hydrofluoric acid
process, Sulphuric acid process, comparison of both the process.

Isomerization:- Aluminium Chloride Isomerisation process, Isomerization with platinum catalyst,

Isomerization of butane, pentanes & Hexanes

Polymerisation:- Types of polymerizations, Mechanism of polymerization, polymerization in

presence of sulphuric acid, polymerization in presence of Phosphoric acid.

UNIT III
Ethylene Derivatives;- List of important products as ethylene derivatives.

Manufacturing of the following :- Vinyl chloride Monomer, Perchloroethylene by (a). Pyrolysis of

carbon tetra chloride, (b). Chlorination and Pyrolysis method. Ethyl alcohol by direct hydration method
and liquid phase hydration method and its Applications. Vinyl Acetate Monomer, Ethylene Oxide and its
Applications, Polyethylene, Styrene.
Derivatives of Higher Paraffin’s:- Manufacturing of following :

Ethyl chloride, Acetic Acid from oxidation of Naptha, Nitroparaffins , Separation of Paraffins.,

UNIT IV
Propylene Derivatives:- Manufacturing of following: Isopropyl Alcohol, Acetone by catalytic
dehydrogenation, Propylene Oxide, Polypropylene, Glycerin by Acrolein, Allyl chloride routes and by
Isomerization of propylene oxide.

Derivatives of C4 Hydrocarbons:- Manufacturing of Butadiene from n-Butylene, Butadiene by

oxidative dehydrogenation, Butadiene derivatives ,Purification of Butadiene, Dehydrogenation of
Butanes.
Unit V
Derivatives of Higher Paraffins: Manufacturing of Isoprene, Olefins of C5, Olefins of C6, Long Chain
Olefins, and production of Straight Chain Olefins.

Derivatives of Aromatics:- Sources of Aromatics Compounds, Production of Aromatics, Polymer

Gasoline’s, Effect of Pressure, Temperature and Catalyst on Dehydrogenation process, Types of
Catalyst, Purification of Aromatics, Separation of Aromatics from Non-Aromatics, and Separation of
Aromatics into individual streams.

EXAMINATION: One question from each unit with internal choice.

Books Recommended:

1. Modern Petroleum Engineering, W.L.Nelson, McGraw-Hill, 4th,5 Ed.

2. Modern Petroleum Refining processes by Dr. B.K.Bhaskar Rao, Oxford and IBH Publishing Pvt.
Ltd.
3. Chemicals from Petroleum by A.L.Waddamms., ELBS the English language books society and
john Marry, London.
4. Petroleum Refining (Technology and Economics) by James.H.Gary & Glenn E. Handwerk
Marcel Dekker, INC. Newyork and Basel.
5. Hand Book of Petroleum Refining Process by Robert A Meyers, McGraw Hill.
6. Petroleum Refining and Petro Chemicals by N.K.Sinha, Umash Publications, Nath market, New
Delhi -110006.
7. Petroleum Technology by List H.L
 PROCESS DYNAMICS & CONTROL

C.E.T. : 3.205 Periods per week : 4

Sessionals : 30 Duration of Exam. : 3 Hrs.
Examination : 70 Nature of Exam. : Theory.

UNIT - I.
Introduction. Response of First order system, Transfer Function, Transient response to step, impulse,
sinusoidal forcing function, physical examples of first order systems, liquid level, mixing process,
concept of time constant, linearization, response of first order systems in series, interacting and non-
interacting systems.
UNIT - II.
Response of second order systems: Transient response of under damped, critically damped, over damped
systems to step, impulse and sinusoidal forcing functions. Transportation lag. Control systems, Negative
and Positive feed back control systems, Servo and Regulatory control problems, Development of Block
diagram, Controllers and final control elements, control valves – Construction sizing, Characteristics and
valve Positioner, Ideal transfer functions of proportional, PI, PD and PID Controllers.
UNIT - III.
Reduction of physical control systems to block diagrams. Closed loop transfer functions for servo &
regulator problems. Overall Transfer functions for multi loop control systems. Transient response of
simple control systems for servo and regulator problems, measurement lags. Stability of a control system
by Routh’s Criterion.
UNIT - IV.
Root Locus: concept of root locus, plotting of the root locus diagram for feedback control systems,
Transient response of control system from root locus plot. Frequency response: Bode diagrams for first
order, first order system in series, second order systems and for controllers and transportation lag. Bode
stability criterion. Gain margin and phase margin.
UNIT - IV.
Advanced control strategies: Cascade Control and Feed Forward Control. Controller Tuning: ISE, ITAE,
IAE, Ziegler – Nicholas and Cohen-Coon tuning methods, process identification by step, frequency and
pulse testing. Dynamics and control of Heat Exchangers (Lumped and Distributed parameter systems)
and pH Process.

EXAMINATION : One question from each unit with internal choice.

TEXT BOOK : Process Systems Analysis and Control, Donald R. Coughanowr, 2nd edition, McGraw Hill Inc.
(1991).
REFERENCE BOOKS :

1. Chemical Process Control, George Stephanopoulos, Prentice-Hall of India, (1990).

2. Process Control : Peter Harriott, Tata McGraw – Hill Ltd.
3. Control Systems Engineering : I J Nagrath & M Gopal, Wiley Eastern Ltd,
4. Automatic Process Control : Donald Eckmann.
5. Automatic Control Engineering : F.H. Raven, McGraw Hill Ltd.
 MATERIAL SCIENCE & INSTRUMENTS

C.E.T. : 3.206 Periods per week : 4

Sessionals : 30 Duration of Exam. : 3 Hrs.
Examination : 70 Nature of Exam. : Theory.

UNIT - I

PHASE DIAGRAMS: Introduction: Equilibrium phase diagrams of Binary alloy systems. Ternary
phase equilibrium diagram phase transformation processes – Principles of Nucleation and growth. Phase
transformation in Iron-Carbon System. Time – Temperature – Transformation( T – T – T ) diagram.
Heat treatment of carbon steels

UNIT - II.
Mechanical Properties of Materials – Introduction. Elastic and plastic Anelastic and viscoelastic
behaviour of materials. Creep, fracture and fatigue behaviors and strengthening mechanism in solids.
Hardness, Ceramic materials: Introduction: Electrical, Mechanical and thermal properties of ceramic
materials, Applications, Magnetic Properties: Introduction: Magnetic Anisotropy and Hysteresis Soft
and Hard magnetic material. Ceramic magnetic materials. Ferroelectric materials, piezoelectric
materials and transducers.

UNIT - III.
Thermal behaviour of materials: Introduction, Thermal Expansion, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal
Radiation, Thermal Protection, Thermal stresses and Thermal stock resistance of Engineering
materials, Optical behaviour of materials: Introduction, Light and electromagnetic spectrum,
Reflection, Absorption, Transmission and reflection of light. Luminescence, Opacity, Transparency.
Stimulated emission of Radiation, lasers, optical fibers.

UNIT - IV.
Elements of Instruments. Static and Dynamic characteristics. Basic concepts of response of First and
Second order type instruments. Mercury in glass thermometer. Bimetallic, pressure spring
thermometer. Industrial thermocouples. Thermocouple leads wires and thermal wells. Industrial
resistance and Digital thermometers. Heat flux sensors Fibre – Optic sensors. Radiation receiving
elements. Radiation, photoelectric and optical pyrometers.

UNIT – V.
Measurements of pressure and vacuum measurement of liquid level. Composition analysis -
Spectroscopic analysis by absorption, infraied, UV and x – ray. Emission Spectroscopy, mass
spectroscopy. Color measurement by spectrometers. Gas analysis by Thermal conductivity.
Analysis of moisture in gases. Wet bulb & dry bulb thermometer, dew point method. Polarograph,
Gas and liquid chromatograph, Refractometer.

EXAMINATION : One question from each unit with internal choice.

TEXT BOOKS :

1. Science of Engineering Materials, Manas Chanda Vol.1,2&3 Macmillan Co., New Delhi, 1979.
2. Industrial Instrumentation, Donald P. Eckman, Wiley-Eastern Ltd. (1950).

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Materials science and engineering A first course by Reghavan V, Prentice – Hall of India
PVT. Ltd., 3rd edition New Delhi ( 1993)
2. Practical Hand Book of Materials Science by Charles T. Lynch, CRC Press Inc Boca Ration,
Florida ( 1996 )
3. Measurement systems application and design by Ernest O Doebelin M.C Graw Hill
International editions, 4th edition ( 1999)
4. Principles of industrial Instrumentation by D Patranabis, Tata M.C. Graw – Hill Publishing
Co Ltd., New Delhi second edition ( 2000)
 PROCESS DYNAMICS AND CONTROL LAB.

CEP : 3.207 Periods per week : 4

Sessionals : 25 Duration of Exam. : 4 Hrs.
Examination : 50 Nature of Exam : Practical.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
(Minimum of 8 Experiments in the list are to be performed)

1. Determination of order, time constant, dynamic error and dynamic lag of a first order system
2. Determination of order time constants, interaction, effective time constants, dynamic error and
dynamic lag of a second order systems
3. Determination of time constant of single capacity liquid level systems
4. Determination of order, time constants, interaction effective time constants of interacting liquid
level system
5. Determination of order, time constants of two tanks non-interacting liquid level system
6. Determination of second order under damped characteristics from the dynamics of manometer
7. Determination of pneumatic valve characteristics
8. Determination of thermal response of jacketed stirred tank.
9. Determination of thermal response of fluidized bed
10. Determination of time constant, dynamic lag and dynamic error of process lag (weir meter)
11. Determination of ( a ) transfer and ( b ) frequency response from dynamic study and Evaluation
of servo response for step and sinusoidal changes with PID controller by computer controlled of
temperature system
12. Determination of ( a ) transfer function and ( b ) Bode plot from dynamic studies of computer
controlled of pressure systems
13. Determination ( a ) transfer function from dynamic study and ( b ) effect of PID controller
parameters on closed loop servo response by computer controlled liquid level system.
14. Determination of transfer function from open loop response and evaluation of feed back
controller tuning by Zeigler-Nicolas and Cohen Coon Methods in computer controlled liquid flow
system.
15. Evaluation of model based nonlinear control on continuous bioreactor with input multiplicities.
16. a) Calculation of overall heat transfer coefficient and effectiveness of the given heat exchanger,
b) Study of dynamics of heat exchanger
Study of open loop response of to predict controller settings by Cohen & Coon tuning rules &
Ziegler Nichols tuning rules using the temperature contr
 CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING LAB.

CEP : 3.208 Periods per week : 4

Sessionals : 25 Duration of Exam. : 4 Hrs.
Examination : 50 Nature of Exam : Practical.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
(Minimum of 8 Experiments in the list are to be performed)

1. Studies in Batch Reactor: To find the Arrhenius form of temperature dependency of reaction.
2. Studies in Mixed Flow Reactor (C F S T R) : To find kinetics from reactor performance of
CFSTR
3. Studies in Tubular Reactor: To determine the rate constant and to verify the order of reaction
from performance of the reactor.
4. Studies in Tubular Reactors in series: To verify the performance of the reactor sections
connected in series.
5. Mass Transfer with Chemical Reaction: (Liquid – Liquid Reaction System) To find out the
mass transfer coefficient in a stirred cell: With chemical reaction and without chemical reaction.
6. Mass Transfer with Chemical Reaction: (solid – Liquid Reaction System)
To find the mass transfer co-efficient without chemical reaction and with chemical reaction.
7. R T D Studies in Packed bed reactor: To determine the axial mixing (axial dispersion) in the
packed column.
8. R T D Studies in Tubular Column To determine the variance of residence time distribution and
the dispersion number in a tubular column
9. Studies in Batch Reactor: With Equimolar Feed ( M = 1) : To determine the rate constant and to
verify the order of reaction by differential method of analysis.
10. Studies in Batch Reactor: With Equimolar Feed ( M = 1) : To determine the rate constant and to
verify the order of reaction by integral method of analysis
11. Studies in Batch Reactor: With feed of Initial molar ratio (M) ≠ 1.0 : To determine the rate
constant and to verify the order of reaction by differential method of analysis.
12. Studies in Batch Reactor: With feed of Initial molar ratio (M) ≠ 1.0 : To determine the rate
constant and to verify the order of reaction by integral method of analysis
13. Studies in Batch Reactor for Partial method of analysis for a reversible reaction with effect of
excess reactant on forward reaction
14. Studies in Batch Adiabatic Reactor: to determine the kinetics of an exothermic reaction from the
Temperature of the reaction system.
15. Studies in Mixed Flow Reactors in series: To compare the actual & ideal performances of a
Reaction system.
16. Determination of residence time distributions for a given mixed flow reactors in series.