PCH105: 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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Fluid and Particle Mechanics

1.

To study the power consumption in an agitated vessel for different impellers

2.

To carry out size analysis of solids sample using sieve shaker

3.

To conduct sedimentation study on particle suspension in water

4.

To study the liquid-solid fluidization phenomena

5.

To study the filtration operation and determine specific cake resistance

6.

To determine friction factor in a randomly packed bed

Mass Transfer Operations

7.

To determine the diffusion coefficient of an organic vapor in air

8.

To determine gas film coefficient for air water system in a wetted wall column

9.

To determine mass transfer coefficient for absorption with chemical reaction in a packed bed

10.

To calculate HETP and HTU for packed distillation column operating under total reflux

11.

To study the drying characteristics of a solid under forced draft conditions

12.

To study pressure drop and tower characteristics for various flow rates in a counter current forced draft cooling tower

Chemical Reaction Engineering

13.

To study the kinetics of a non-catalytic homogeneous reaction in a batch reactor

14.

To study the kinetics of a non-catalytic homogeneous reaction in a plug flow reactor

15.

Study of a non-catalytic homogeneous reaction in a semi-batch reactor

16.

To study residence time distribution (RTD) characteristics in a packed bed reactor

17.

To study residence time distribution (RTD) characteristics in a CSTR

18.

To study the kinetics of first order decomposition of diacetone alcohol using dilatometer

 

Course Learning Outcome (CLO):

1.      Ability to plan experiments and present the experimental data meaningfully

2.      Ability to apply theoretical concepts for data analysis and interpretation

3.      Capability to visualize and understand chemical engineering unit operations related to fluid and particle mechanics, and mass transfer

4.      Understand the experimental techniques related to chemical reaction engineering