PCH102 SEPARATION
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Course
Objective:
To learn
conceptual design of separation processes and design of equipment involved.
Distillation: Vapor liquid equilibrium, Binary
distillation, Bubble point and dew point temperature of multi-component mixture, Distillation of
multi-component mixtures, Fenske-Underwood-Gilliland method,
Selection of two key components, Column operating pressures, Distribution of
non-key components at total and actual reflux, Feed stage location, Azeotropic distillation, Extractive distillation, Reactive
distillation, Divided wall distillation.
Liquid-Liquid
Extraction: Liquid-liquid equilibrium, Equilateral triangular
coordinates,
Choice of solvent, Stage wise contact, Multi-stage
cross-current extraction, Multi-stage counter current withoutreflux,
Maloney-Schubert graphical equilibrium stage method, Determination of
number of equilibrium stages by graphical methods, Extraction with intermediate
feed and reflux, Extraction efficiency,Liquid-liquid
extraction with chemical reaction, Hunter-Nash graphical equilibrium stage
method, Number of equilibrium stages, Minimum and maximum solvent to feed flow
rate ratios.
Crystallization: Solid-liquid
equilibrium, Nucleation, Crystal growth, Elements of precipitation, Industrial
crystallizers, Crystallizer operation and design.
Adsorption: Sorbents, Sorption
system, Ion exchange equilibria,
Equilibria in chromatography, Kinetic and transport
consideration, Mass transfer in ion exchange and Chromatography, Fixed bed
adsorption, Breakthrough curve, Continuous counter current adsorption system,
Chromatographic separations.
Recommended
Books:
1.
Seader,
H., and Henley, J.E.,Separation
Process Principles, Wiley India(2007)
2.
Geankoplis,
C., Transport Processes and Unit Operations, Prentice-Hall of India (1993).
3.
Holland,
C.D., Fundamentals of Multi-component Distillation, McGraw Hill (1981).
4. Sherwood, T.K., Pigford,
R.L., and Wilkes, C.R., Mass Transfer, McGraw Hill (1975).