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The document outlines the syllabus for the Process Intensification course at Gujarat Technological University for the academic year 2023-24. It emphasizes the importance of process intensification in creating sustainable chemical processes by reducing equipment size, energy consumption, and environmental impact. The course covers various topics including novel reactors, intensive mixers, structured catalysts, hybrid separation techniques, and new heat exchangers, along with specified learning outcomes and assessment patterns.

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Process Intensification

The document outlines the syllabus for the Process Intensification course at Gujarat Technological University for the academic year 2023-24. It emphasizes the importance of process intensification in creating sustainable chemical processes by reducing equipment size, energy consumption, and environmental impact. The course covers various topics including novel reactors, intensive mixers, structured catalysts, hybrid separation techniques, and new heat exchangers, along with specified learning outcomes and assessment patterns.

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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Bachelor/Master of Engineering Syllabus


Subject Code : 3170510
Subject Name : Process Intensification

WEF Academic Year: 2023-24


Semester: VII
Category of the Course: Professional Elective Course

Prerequisite : Fundamental Concept of Heat and Mass Transfer, Chemical Reaction


Engineering
Rationale : Process intensification is the pathway to creating more environmentally
sustainable chemical processes. It aims to significantly reduce the size,
environmental impact, safety risks, and energy consumption of technology
used in chemical processes. It's essential to note that process intensification
focuses on engineering approaches and equipment, not on developing new
chemical routes or changing catalyst compositions. This concept involves
designing innovative apparatuses and techniques to enhance manufacturing
and processing, leading to substantial reductions in equipment size compared
to production capacity, energy usage, and waste production. Ultimately, this
results in more sustainable technologies. Process intensification equipment
includes new types of reactors, highly efficient mixers, and advanced heat and
mass transfer devices. Meanwhile, process intensification methods
encompass novel or hybrid separation techniques, integrating reactions and
separations, optimizing heat exchange, managing phase transitions, and
utilizing new process control methods, such as intentional unsteady-state
operations.

Course Scheme:

Total
Teaching Scheme Assessment Pattern and Marks
Credits
Total
Theory Practical Marks
L T P C
ESE (E) PA(M) ESE (V) PA (I)
3 0 0 3 70 30 0 0 100

Course Content:
Sr. No. of % of
Course Content
No. Hours Weightage

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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Bachelor/Master of Engineering Syllabus
Subject Code : 3170510
Subject Name : Process Intensification

Introduction to process Intensification


History of Process Intensification, Definitions and Interpretations
of Process Intensification, Fundamentals of Process Intensification
– Principles, Approaches, Domains, and Scales, Techniques of
1 6 10
Process Intensification (PI) Applications, The philosophy and
opportunities of Process Intensification, Main benefits from
process intensification, Process Intensifying Equipment, Process
intensification toolbox, Techniques for PI application.
Novel Reactors:
Introduction to spinning disc reactor, Rotor stator reactors: the
STT reactor, Taylor– Couette reactor, Rotating packed-bed
2 8 20
reactors, Oscillatory baffled reactors (OBRs), Micro-reactors ( The
catalytic plate reactor (CPR), HEX-reactors), Hydrodynamic
Cavitation Reactors
Intensive mixers:
Introduction to special types of mixers, Ultrasound mixers, Mixing
in intensified equipment, Chemical Processing in High-Gravity
3 6 15
Fields Atomizer, Ultrasound Atomization, Nebulizers, High
intensity inline mixers reactors; Static mixers, Ejectors, Tee
mixers, Impinging jets, Rotor stator mixers
Structured Catalysts and Reactors:
Introduction to catalyst, Overview of structured reactors,
Monolithic Catalysts and Reactors, Gauzes, Structured Packings,
4 7 15
Foams, Three-Levels-of-Porosity (TLP) Reactors, Membrane-
Enclosed Catalytic Reactor (MECR), Environmental Catalysis,
Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer in Monoliths
Hybrid Separation :
Distillation – dividing wall columns, Short path distillation,
Membrane distillation, Extractive distillation, Adsorptive
5 7 15
distillation, Membrane absorption/stripping, Adsorptive
membranes (membrane chromatography), Membrane extraction,
Supercritical separation, Barriers and future prospects
Integration of reaction and separation:
Heat Integrated Distillation Trains, Reactive distillation, Reactive
6 extraction, Reactive absorption, Fundamentals of process 6 10
modeling in integrated systems, Case studied such as Absorption
of NOx, Coke Gas Purification, Methyl Acetate Synthesis, Synthesis

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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Bachelor/Master of Engineering Syllabus
Subject Code : 3170510
Subject Name : Process Intensification

of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether


New Heat Exchangers:
Plate heat exchangers, Graphite plate heat exchangers, Spiral heat
exchangers, Printed circuit heat exchangers, The Chart-flow heat
7 exchanger, Flat tube-and-fin heat exchangers, Micro-channel heat 8 15
exchangers, Polymer film heat exchanger, Foam heat exchangers,
Mesh heat exchangers, Selection of heat exchanger technology,
Integrated heat exchangers in separation processes
Total 48 100

Reference Book:
1. Process Intensification for Green Chemistry, Engineering Solutions for Sustainable
Chemical Processing by Kamelia Boodhoo, Adam Harvey, Willey 2013
2. Process Intensification Engineering for Efficiency, Sustainability and Flexibility by David
Reay, Colin Ramshaw, Adam Harvey. Elsevier Science, 2013

Course Outcome:
After Completion of the Course, Student will able to:
RBT
No Course Outcomes
Level*
Identify process intensification for the enhancement of chemical
CO-1 processes 15

CO-2 Apply intensified reactors and/or separators in process industries 35


CO-3 Analyze scale up issues in the process industries 25
CO-4 Solve process challenges using intensification technologies 25

*RM: Remember, UN: Understand, AP: Apply, AN: Analyze, EL: Evaluate, CR: Create

List Learning Resources Required:


1. Students can refer to video lectures available on the websites including NPTEL.

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Bachelor/Master of Engineering Syllabus
Subject Code : 3170510
Subject Name : Process Intensification

2. Students can use recent research articles published in Chemical Engineering and
Processing: Process Intensification, Elsevier.

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