PC3751 Process Equipment Design Syllabus:

PC3751 Process Equipment Design Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES:

 To impart practical knowledge on the shape and drawing of the process equipments
 To gain knowledge about design of heat exchanging equipment, auxiliary equipments.
 To become a design engineers on process equipments design and drawing consideration of the following:

UNIT I HEAT EXCHANGER DESIGN

Design of double pipe heat exchangers, Heat exchanger types and its selection – shell and tube heat exchangers and Condensers – Effectiveness – NTU method of heat exchanger analysis.
Design of cooling towers.

UNIT II DESIGN OF AUXILIARY EQUIPEMENTS

Design of Reboilers and Condenser, Cooling towers.

UNIT III EVAPORATOR DESIGN

Steam – Uses of steam – Outstanding qualities of steam – BPE – Duhring’s rule – Principle of multiple effect evaporation – Temperature driving force – Evaporators types and its selection –
Design of single and multiple effect evaporators. Design of batch and continuous Dryers.

UNIT IV COLUMN DESIGN

Design of distillation columns, Absorption columns, Extraction column, and Adsorption columns.

UNIT V PUMPS, FANS AND COMPRESSORS

Pumps, fans and compressors – Types and its applications – Selection criteria – Characteristics – NPSHR and NPSHA – Power rating calculations based on process duty – Performance analysis of
pumps, fans and compressors – Pump Cavitation. Surge problem in compressors.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:

On successful completion of this course, the students will be able to
CO1: Remembering knowledge on thermal equipments design and specifications.
CO2: Understanding the skill in thermal design of heat transfer equipment like shell and tube, Double pipe heat Exchangers and evaporators, and assessing thermal efficiency of the above equipment in practice.
CO3: Demonstrate the skills in basic design and drawing of different dryers, cooling towers and adsorption columns.
CO4: Apply the concepts involved in phase separation and design of distillation, Extraction and absorption columns.
CO5: Evaluating auxiliary equipments pumps, fan, compressor and optimizing sizes, materials, and capital and operating costs of equipment commonly used in the chemical processing industries.
CO6: Design the essential elements of a chemical engineering process (equipment sizes, material & energy balances, economics, environmental, safety)

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Ernest E. Ludwig., “Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants”, Vol.I, II and III, Gulf Professional Publishing, 2002.
2. Dawande, S. D., “Process Design of Equiments”, 4th Edition, Central Techno Publications, Nagpure, 2005.

REFERENCES:

1. Coulson, M. and Richardson, J.F., “Chemical Engineering”, Vol.6, 3rd Edition, Pergamon Press, 1987.
2. Robert H. Perry and Don W. Green, “Perry’s Chemical Engineer’s Hand Book”, 7th Edition, McGraw Hill – International, 1997. 3. Van Winkle, “Distillation Operations”, McGraw Hill Publications, 1987.
3. D. Q. Kern, “Process Heat Transfer”, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co., New Delhi, 1990.
4. Baranan, C.R., “Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers”, Gulf Publishing Co,Texas, 1996.