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PCH 105 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
LAB I |
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Course
Objective:
To learn chemical
engineering principles and their practical applications in the areas of
mass transfer, reaction engineering and particle mechanics.
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S. No. |
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Fluid and Particle
Mechanics |
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1. |
To study the power consumption in an agitated vessel for
different impellers |
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To carry out size analysis of solids sample using sieve shaker |
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To
conduct sedimentation study on particle suspension in water |
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To study the liquid-solid fluidization phenomena |
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To study the filtration operation and determine specific cake
resistance |
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6. |
To determine friction factor in a randomly packed bed |
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Mass Transfer Operations |
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To determine the
diffusion coefficient of an organic vapor in air |
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8. |
To
determine gas film coefficient for air water system in a wetted wall column |
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9. |
To determine mass transfer coefficient for absorption with chemical reaction
in a packed bed |
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10. |
To calculate HETP
and HTU for packed distillation column operating under total reflux |
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11. |
To study the drying characteristics of a solid under forced
draft conditions |
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To study
pressure drop and tower characteristics for various flow rates in a counter
current forced draft cooling tower |
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Chemical Reaction Engineering |
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To study the kinetics of a non-catalytic homogeneous reaction in
a batch reactor |
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14. |
To study the kinetics of a non-catalytic homogeneous reaction in
a plug flow reactor |
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15. |
Study of
a non-catalytic homogeneous reaction in a semi-batch reactor |
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16. |
To study residence time distribution (RTD) characteristics in a
packed bed reactor |
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17. |
To study residence time distribution (RTD) characteristics in a
CSTR |
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18. |
To study
the kinetics of first order decomposition of diacetone
alcohol using dilatometer |
Recommended
Books:
1.
McCabe,
W.L., Smith, J.C., and Harriot, P., Unit Operations
of Chemical Engineering. McGraw-Hill, (2005).
2.
Richardson,
J.F., Harker, J.H. and Backhurst,
J.R., Coulson and Richardsons
Chemical Engineering, Vol. 2, Butterworth-Heinemann (2007).
3.
Treybal,
R.E., Mass Transfer Operations, McGraw Hill (1980).
4.
Fogler,
H.S., Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Prentice Hall of India (2003).