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Chemical Engineering notes
Free study notes for Chemical Engineering (B.E./B.Tech) students in India: 53 topics across 8 subjects - Mass transfer, Reaction engineering, Heat transfer, Process industries, Process calculations and thermodynamics, Fluid and particle mechanics, Process control and design and Tools and environment. Each note explains the concept, works the examples with the numbers done, gives the Indian standards, codes and laws in force today, and ends with interview questions and the mistakes examiners look for - for semester exams, competitive exams, campus placements and job interviews.
Mass transfer
- Absorption and stripping
- Adsorption and ion exchange
- Design of trays and packed columns
- Distillation
- Drying, humidification and crystallisation
- Extraction and leaching
- Mass transfer: diffusion
- Membrane separations
Reaction engineering
- Biochemical engineering basics
- Catalysis
- Chemical kinetics
- Electrochemical engineering and batteries
- Multiple reactions and selectivity
- Non-ideal reactors and residence time distribution
- Polymer reaction engineering
- Reactor design: batch, CSTR and PFR
Heat transfer
- Boiling, condensation and evaporators
- Cooling towers and humidification
- Evaporation
- Furnaces and fired heaters
- Heat exchangers
Process industries
- Cement, glass and ceramics industries
- Fertilisers and inorganic chemicals
- Food and agro processing industries
- Hydrogen and the energy transition
- Petrochemicals and polymers
- Petroleum refining
- Pharmaceutical and specialty chemicals
Process calculations and thermodynamics
- Chemical engineering thermodynamics
- Energy balances
- Material balances
- Phase equilibria and VLE
- Process statistics and data analytics
Fluid and particle mechanics
- Conveying and storage of solids
- Filtration, sedimentation and fluidisation
- Flow through packed and fluidised beds
- Fluid flow and pumps in process plants
- Mixing and agitation
- Size reduction and screening
Process control and design
- Corrosion and materials of construction
- Fire, explosion and toxic release hazards
- Pinch analysis and energy integration
- Plant layout and piping
- Process control and instrumentation
- Process design and optimisation
- Process dynamics and transfer functions
- Process equipment design
- Process flow diagrams and P&IDs
- Process plant safety: HAZOP and PSM