17CH42 Chemical Technology-II [D.C.] syllabus for CH



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Module-1 OILS, FATS, WAXES, SOAPS AND DETERGENTS 10 hours

OILS, FATS, WAXES, SOAPS AND DETERGENTS:

Vegetable and animal oils and fats. Extraction of vegetable oils, refining of edible oils. Hydrogenation of oils, waxes and their applications. Soaps and detergents, theory of detergency. Miscellaneous concentrations. Manufacture of soaps and heavy duty detergents. Linear alkyl benzenes.

Module-2 SUGAR, STARCH AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES 10 hours

SUGAR, STARCH AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES:

Production of cane sugar. Chemistry of starch. Manufacturing of industrial starch and its applications. Fermentation industries: Production of alcohol, Manufacture of beer, wines and liquors. Acetic acid and citric acid by fermentation

Module-3 PETROLEUM INDUSTRIES AND PETROCHEMICALS 10 hours

PETROLEUM INDUSTRIES AND PETROCHEMICALS:

Origin and classification. Petroleum refining and processing. LPG, CNG, LNG technologies, methane, propylene, benzenes.

Module-4 COAL 10 hours

COAL:

Formation and Classification of coal, mining of coal, destructive distillation of coal, coking of coal, coal tar distillation, chemicals from coal.

 

PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRIES:

Raw materials, manufacture of pulp, paper and structural boards. Effluent treatment appropriate for pulp and paper industries

Module-5 POLYMERS AND RUBBER 10 hours

POLYMERS AND RUBBER:

Macromolecules. Polymerization. PVC, LDPE. Polypropylene. Cross-linked polymers. UF and MF. Natural rubber. Synthetic rubber and rubber compounding.

 

COURSE OUTCOMES:

The students are expected to understand

1. Different processes employed in industries for manufacture of various products.

2. Various equipment used.

3. Flow sheet and plant layout.

4. Material and energy balances.

5. Safety and environmental aspects.

6. Engineering problems of different processes.

 

GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES:

  • Problem analysis.
  • Design/development of solutions.

 

QUESTION PAPER PATTERN:

  • The question paper will have ten questions.
  • Each full question is for 16 marks.
  • There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
  • Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
  • The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

 

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Shreve’s Chemical Process Industries, 4 th edn, McGraw Hill.

2. Dryden – Outlines of Chemical Technology for 21st Century, Gopal Rao & Marshall Sittig, 3 rd edn. EWP.

3. Unit Processes in Organic Chemical Industries, Desikan and Sivakumar (Eds.), CEDC, IITM, 1982.

 

REFERENCE BOOK:

1. Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Kirk and Othmer, 27th volume, 5th edn, Wiley, 2004.

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