Material & Energy Balance Computations

Overview

This is an introductory material and energy balance course that plays significant role in the chemical engineering as well in the biological, petroleum, and environmental engineering curriculum. It enables students to be conversant with the engineering approaches for solution of the process–related problems, with and without chemical reactions. The content of this course can be broadly classified into two topics: (1) material balances, and (2) energy balances. The objective of this course is to learn the formulation and interpretation of material and energy balances on various chemical process schemes.INTENDED AUDIENCE : Undergraduate Second Year students in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology.INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Chemical and Petrochemical Process Industries such as BASF, Tata Chemicals, Reliance Industries, IFFCO, Dr. Reddy’s, Haldia Petrochem, etc.

Syllabus

Week 1: Introduction to Engineering Calculations, Processes and Process Variables
Week 2: Material Balance Calculations: Fundamentals & Single Unit
Week 3: Material Balance Calculations: Multiple Units
Week 4: Recycle & Bypass, Introduction to Chemical Reaction Stoichiometry
Week 5: Chemical Reaction Stoichiometry & Reactive Processes
Week 6: Combustion reactions, Introduction to Single- & Multi-phase Systems Week 7 :Introduction to Energy Balance & Basic Concepts Week 8 :Energy Balance without Chemical Reaction
Week 9 :Energy Balance without Chemical Reaction
Week 10 :Energy Balance with Chemical Reaction
Week 11 :Energy Balance with Chemical Reaction
Week 12 :Humidity and Psychrometric Chart