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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Master of Engineering
Subject Code: 3731605
Semester – III
Subject Name: Process Intensification

Type of course: Program Elective – V

Prerequisite: Knowledge of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations.

Rationale: This subject deals with the process intensification and its application in chemical industry.
Syllabus covers an overview to process intensification, advantages and disadvantages, mechanisms
involved in PI. PI in heat exchangers ,various reactors, separation processes and mixers is covered.
Applications of PI in various industries like pharmaceuticals industry , petrochemical sector , drugs and
fine chemicals is included alongwith some case studies.

Teaching and Examination Scheme:

Teaching Scheme Credits Examination Marks Total


L T P C Theory Marks Practical Marks Marks
ESE (E) PA (M) ESE (V) PA (I)
3 0 0 3 70 30 0 0 100

Syllabus Content:

Sr. No. Content Total


Hrs

1 General Introduction to Process intensification 7


Introduction, Overview and brief history. Advantages with respect to safety, environment
and energy. Barriers to Process intensification, mechanisms involved in process
intensification. Classification of enhancement techniques
2 Heat exchangers 10
Construction and working of compact and micro heat exchangers, plate heat exchangers,
printed circuit heat exchangers , mesh heat exchangers , foam heat exchangers etc. and
industrial applications.
3 Reactors 10
Reactor engineering theory, reaction kinetics, RTD, mass transfer and heat transfer in
reactors, construction and working of Spinning disc reactors, rotating packed bed reactors,
oscillatory baffled reactor, micro reactors, catalytic plate reactor etc. and industrial
applications.
4 Process intensification in separation processes 9
Process intensification in Distillation, HiGee, drying, centrifuging, crystallization etc.
Reactive distillation, Reactive adsorption Reactive extraction , membrane reactors, field
enhanced reactions including sonochemical reactors, microwave enhancement etc.
5 Intensified mixing 3
Inroduction, various in line mixers, static mixers, ejectors, mixer heat exchanger.

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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Master of Engineering
Subject Code: 3731605
6 Introduction to other Industrial Applications 9
Application of PI in petrochemicals, fine chemicals, pharmaceutical, textiles, nuclear
processing etc sectors. Some related case studies.

Suggested Specification table with Marks (Theory):

Distribution of Theory Marks

R Level U Level A Level N Level E Level C Level


20 15 20 5 5 5

Legends: R: Remembrance; U: Understanding; A: Application, N: Analyze and E: Evaluate C:


Create and above Levels (Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy)

Note: This specification table shall be treated as a general guideline for students and teachers. The actual
distribution of marks in the question paper may vary slightly from above table.

Reference Books:

1) David Reay, Colin Ramshaw, Adam Harvey, “Process Intensification: Engineering for efficiency,
sustainability & flexibility” 2nd Edition, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 2005
2) Perry’s Chemical Engineering Hand book, 8th Edition, McGraw- Hill ,USA.
3) S.V.Shivakumar, N.Kaistha, D.P.Rao, “Innovations for process intensification in the process
industry.” IIT, Kanpur.
4) Chemical Engineering and processing : Process intensification Journal.
Course Outcomes:

Sr. CO statement Marks %


No. weightage
CO-1 Understand the concept of Process Intensification 10
CO-2 Understand about need of Process Intensification 10
CO-3 Comprehend about applications of PI in various chemical process 20
industries
CO-4 Learn about implementation of PI and advantages of PI to various 10
reactors , heat exchangers , mixers etc.
CO-5 Familiarize with various process intensification techniques applied in 20
chemical industry.

List of Open Source Software/learning website:

NPTEL open source

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