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Paper I : Chemical_Engineering for IFoS Mains Exam
Max. Marks: 200
Duration: 3 hours
Section A
(a) Fluid and Particle Dynamics
Viscosity of fluids. Laminar and turbulent flows. Equation of continuity and Navier-
Stokes equition-Bernoulli’s theorem. Flow meters. Fluid drag and pressure drop due to
friction, Reynold’s Number and friction factor - effect of pipe roughness. Economic
pipe diameter. Pumps, water, air/steam jet ejectors, compressors, blowers and fans.
Agitation and mixing of liquids. Mixing of solids and pastes. Crushing and Grinding -
principles and equipment. Rittinger’s and Bond’s laws. Filtration and filtration
equipment. Fluid-particle mechanics - free and hindered settling. Fluidisation and
minimum fluidization velocity, concepts of compressible and incompressible flow.
Transport of Solids.
(b) Mass Transfer
Molecular diffusion coefficients, First and second law and diffusion, mass transfer
coefficients, film and penetration theories of mass transfer. Distillation, simple
distillation, relative volatility, fractional distillation, plate and packed columns for
distillation. Calculation of theoretical number of plates. Liquid-liquid equilibria.
Extraction - theory and practice; Design of gas-absorption columns. Drying.
Humidification, dehumidification. Crystallisation. Design of equipment.
(c) Heat Taransfer
Conduction, thermal conductivity, extended surface heat transfer.
Convection - free and forced. Heat transfer coefficients - Nusselt Number. LMTD and
effectiveness. NTU methods for the design of Double Pipe and Shell & Tube Heat
Exchangers. Analogy between heat and momentum transfer. Boiling and condensation
heat transfer. Single and multiple-effect evaporators. Rediation - Stefan-Boltzman Law,
emissivity and absorptivity. Calculation of heat load of a furnace. Solar heaters.
Section B
(d) Noval Separation Processes
Equilibrium separation processes - ion-exchange, osmosis, electro-dialysis, reverse
osmosis, ultra-filtration and other membrane processes. Molecular distillation. super
critical fluid extraction.
(e) Process Equipment Design
Fractors affecting vessel design criteria - Cost considerations. Design of storage
vessels-vertical, horizontal spherical, underground tanks for atmospheric and higher
pressure. Design of closures flat and eliptical head. Design of supports. Materials of
construction-characteristics and selection.
(f) Process Dynamics and Control
Measuring instruments for process variables like level, pressure, flow, temperature pH
and concentration with indication in visual/pneumatic/analog/digital signal forms.
Control variable, manipulative variable and load variables. Linear control theory-
Laplace, transforms. PID controllers. Block diagram represenation transient and
frequency response, stability of closed loop system. Advanced control strategies.
Computer based process control.
Paper II : Chemical_Engineering for IFoS Mains Exam
Max. Marks: 200
Duration: 3 hours
Section A
(a) Material and Energy Balances
Material and energy balance calculations in processes with recycle/bypass/purge.
Combustion of solid/liquid/gaseous fuels, stoichiometric relationships and excess air
requirements. Adiabatic flame temperature.
(b) Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Laws of thermodynamics. PVT relationships for pure components and mixtures.
Energy functions and inter-relationships - Maxwell’s relations. Fugacity, activity and
chemical potential. Vapour-liquid equilibria, for ideal/non-ideal, single and multi
component systems. eriteria for chemical reaction equilibrium, equilibrium constant
and equillibrium conversions. Thermodynamic cycles - refrigeration and power.
(c) Chemical Reaction Engineering :
Batch reactors - kinetics of homogeneous reactions and interpretation of kinetic data.
Ideal flow reactors - CSTR, plug flow reactors and their perofrmance equations.
Temperature effects and run-away reactions. Heterogeneous reactions - catalytic and
non-catalytic and gas-solid and gas-liquid reactions. Intrinsic kinetics and global rate
concept. Importance of interphase and intraparticle mass transfer on performance.
Effectiveness factor. Isothermal and non-isothermal reactors and reactor stability.
Section B
(d) Chemical Technology
Natural organic products - Wood and wood-based chemicals, pulp and paper, Agro
industries - sugar, Edible oils extraction (including tree based seeds), Soaps and
detergents. Essential oils - Biomass gasification (including biogas). Coal and coal
chemical. Petroleium and Natural gas-Petroleum refining (Atomospheric
distillation/cracking/reforming) - Petrochemical industries - Polyethylenes
(LDPE/HDPE/LLDPE), Polyvinyl Chloride, Polystyrene. Ammonia manufacture.
Cement and lime industries. Paints and varnishes. Glass and ceremics. Fermentation -
alcohol and antibiotics.
(e) Environmental Engineering and Safety
Ecology and Environment. Sources of pollutants in air and water. Green house effect,
ozone layer depletion, acid rain. Micrometeorology and dispersion of pollutants in
environment. Measurement techniques of pollutant levels and their control strategies.
Solid wastes, their hazards and their disposal techniques. Design and performance
analysis of pollution control equipment. Fire and explosion hazards rating - HAZOP
and HAZAN. Emergency planning, disaster management. Environmental legislations -
water, air environment protection Acts. Forest (Conservation) Act.
(f) Process Engineering Economics :
Fixed and working capital requirement for a process industry and estimation methods.
Cost estimation and comparison of alternatives. Net present value by discounted cash
flow. Pay back analysis. IRR, Depreciation, taxes and insurance. Break-even point
analysis. Project scheduling - PERT and CPM. Profit and loss account, balance sheet
and financial statement. Plant location and plant layout including piping.
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