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COURSE DETAILS

Faculty Name: Faculty Code: HTS

Subject Name: Subject Code & Course Code:
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COURSE OBJECTIVES

Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

CO Knowledge
Course Outcomes
No Level
C201.1
C201.2
C201.3
C201.4
C201.5

Mapping of Course Outcomes with Program Outcomes

CO PO1 PO 2 PO 3 PO 4 PO 5 PO 6 PO 7 PO 8 PO 9 PO 10 PO 11 PO 12
C201.1
C201.2
C201.3
C201.4
C201.5

C.No PO1 PO 2 PO 3 PO 4 PO 5 PO 6 PO 7 PO 8 PO 9 PO 10 PO 11 PO 12
C201

Mapping Relevancy
3 Substantial (Highly relevant)
2 Moderate (Medium)
1 Slight (Low)

Course delivery methods

Class room lecture - Black board
PPTs, Videos
Lab Demonstrations
Activities like In Plant Training, Industrial Visit and Guest Lecture
Assessment methods
Continuous Internal Assessment
Assignments

VEL TECH HIGH TECH Dr. RANGARAJAN Dr. SAKUNTHALA ENGINEERING COLLEGE
 Seminars

UNIT I ABSORPTION 9
Gas Absorption and Stripping Equilibrium; material balance; limiting gas-liquid ratio; tray tower
absorber - calculation of number of theoretical stages, tray efficiency, tower diameter; packed tower
absorber rate based approach; determination of height of packing using HTU and NTU calculations.

UNIT II DISTILLATION 9
Vapour liquid equilibria - Raoults law, vapor-liquid equilibrium diagrams for ideal and non-ideal
systems, enthalpy concentration diagrams. Principle of distillation - flash distillation, differential
distillation, steam distillation, multistage continuous rectification, Number of ideal stages by Mc.Cabe -
Thiele method and Ponchan - Savarit method, Total reflux, minimum reflux ratio, optimum
reflux ratio. Introduction to multi-component distillation, azeotropic and extractive distillation

UNIT III LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION 9

Liquid - liquid extraction - solvent characteristics-equilibrium stage wise contact calculations for batch
and continuous extractors- differential contact equipment spray, packed and mechanically agitated
contactors and their design calculations-packed bed extraction with reflux. Pulsed extractors, centrifugal
extractors-Supercritical extraction

UNIT IV LEACHING 9
Solid-liquid equilibria- leaching equipment for batch and continuous operations calculation
of number of stages - Leaching - Leaching by percolation through stationary solid beds, moving bed
leaching, counter current multiple contact (shanks system), equipments for leaching operation, multi
stage continuous cross current and counter current leaching, stage calculations, stage efficiency.

UNIT V ADSORPTION AND ION EXCHANGE & MEMBRANE SEPARATION

PROCESS 9
Adsorption - Types of adsorption, nature of adsorbents, adsorption equilibria, effect of pressure and
temperature on adsorption isotherms, Adsorption operations - stage wise operations, steady state moving
bed and unsteady state fixed bed adsorbers, break through curves. Principle of Ion exchange, techniques
and applications. Solid and liquid membranes; concept of osmosis;
reverse osmosis; electro dialysis; ultrafiltration.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
Text Books:

TB1. Wankat, P., Equilibrium Stage Separations, Prentice Hall, 1993.

TB2. Treybal, R.E., Mass Transfer Operations , 3rd Edn., McGraw-Hill, 1981.

TB3. Geankoplis, C.J., Transport Processes and Unit Operations, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall Inc., New
Jersey, 2003.

Reference Books:
RB1. Seader, J.D. and E.J. Henley, Separation Process Principles, 2nd Ed., John Wiley,2006.

RB2. McCabe, W.L., Smith, J.C., and Harriot, P., Unit Operations in Chemical Engineering, 7th Edn.,
McGraw-Hill, 2005.
RB3. King, C. J., Separation Processes , 2nd Edn.,Tata McGraw-Hill 1980

VEL TECH HIGH TECH Dr. RANGARAJAN Dr. SAKUNTHALA ENGINEERING COLLEGE
 COURSE DELIVERY PLAN

Text/
Teaching Course
S.No Date Unit Topic Reference
Methodology Outcome
Books
1 I Gas Absorption and Stripping Equilibrium Class room
2 I Limiting gas-liquid ratio lecture -
3 I Tray tower absorber Black board
Slip Test 1
4 I Calculation of number of theoretical stages Class room
lecture -
5 I Tray efficiency, tower diameter Black board
TB2, RB3 Ppt & Lab
6 I Packed tower absorber
Demo
Slip Test 2
7 I Rate based approach
Class room
Determination of height of packing using
8 I lecture -
HTU
Black board
9 I NTU calculations.
Slip Test 3
10 II Vapour liquid equilibria - Raoults law
Vapor-liquid equilibrium diagrams for ideal Class room
11 II lecture -
systems
Vapor-liquid equilibrium diagrams for non- Black board
12 II
ideal systems
Slip Test 4
13 II Enthalpy concentration diagrams Class room
Principle of distillation - flash distillation, lecture -
14 II Black board
differential distillation
Steam distillation, multistage continuous TB2, TB3 PPT & Lab
15 II
Demo
rectification
Slip Test 5
Number of ideal stages by Mc.Cabe - Thiele
16 II Class room
method and Ponchan - Savarit method
lecture -
Total reflux, minimum reflux ratio, optimum
17 II Black board
reflux ratio
Introduction to multi-component distillation, PPT &
18 II
azeotropic and extractive distillation Videos
Cycle Test-I (Unit 1&2)
Liquid - liquid extraction solvent TB3,RB2 Class room
19 III
characteristics lecture -
Equilibrium stage wise contact calculations Black board
20 III for continuous extractors batch and & Lab
continuous extractors Demo
21 III Differential contact equipment spray packed
contactors

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 Slip Test 6
22 III Mechanically agitated contactors Class room
Design calculations of differential contact lecture -
23 III Black board
equipments
& Lab
24 III Packed bed extraction with reflux Demo
Slip Test 7
25 III Pulsed extractors
PPT &
26 III Centrifugal extractors
Videos
27 III Supercritical extraction
Slip Test 8
28 IV Solid-liquid equilibria
Leaching equipment for batch and Class room
29 IV lecture -
continuous operations
Calculation Black board
30 IV
of number of stages
Slip Test 9
Leaching - Leaching by percolation through
31 IV
stationary solid beds Class room
32 IV Moving bed leaching lecture -
Counter current multiple contact (shanks TB2,TB3 Black board
33 IV
system)
Slip Test 10
34 IV Equipments for leaching operation
PPT &
Multi stage continuous cross current and Videos
35 IV
counter current leaching
Class room
36 IV Stage calculations, stage efficiency lecture -
Black board
Cycle Test-II (Unit 4&5)
37 V Adsorption - Types of adsorption TB3, RB1
Class room
38 V Nature of adsorbents lecture -
39 V Adsorption equilibria Black board
Slip Test 11
Effect of pressure and temperature on
40 V
adsorption isotherms
Class room
Adsorption operations - stage wise
41 V lecture -
operations, steady state moving bed
Black board
Unsteady state fixed bed adsorbers, break
42 V
through curves
Slip Test 12
Principle of Ion exchange, techniques and PPT &
43 V
applications Videos
44 V Solid and liquid membranes

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 Concept of osmosis;
45 V reverse osmosis; electro dialysis; CO 4
Ultrafiltration.
Model Exam CO 1,2,3,4,5

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