Chemical Engineering Compulsory Topics

1. Chemical Engineering Principles

1.1. Basic concepts of material and energy balances
1.2. Combined material and energy balances
1.3. Balances on non-reactive and reactive processes
1.4. Application of energy and material balances to unit operations

2. Fluid Mechanics
2.1. Fluid properties
2.2. Fluid statics
2.3. Kinematics
2.4. Fluid dynamics including mass, energy and momentum equations
2.5. Dimensional analysis
2.6. Laminar flow
2.7. Turbulent flow and its applications
2.8. Forces on immersed bodies
2.9. Turbo-machines

3. Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Design

3.1. Structure of different kinds of chemical processes flow diagrams
3.2. Basics of generating chemical process alternatives
3.3. Chemical process descriptions
3.4. Simultaneous material and energy balances using spreadsheet
3.5. Symbolic programs and process simulators
3.6. Manufacturing costs
3.7. Impact of chemical engineering on society

4. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

4.1. Thermodynamic properties of homogeneous mixtures
4.2. Partial molal properties
4.3. Fugacity
4.4. Ideal and non-ideal solutions
4.5. Heat effects of mixing, Excess Properties
4.6. Phase equilibrium, Miscible Equilibrium
4.7. Activity coefficient
4.8. Gibbs-Duhem Equations
4.9. Chemical reaction equilibrium

5. Kinetics and Reactor Design (A)

5.1. Fundamentals of chemical reaction kinetics
5.2. Analysis and design of batch, plug-flow and continuous stirred tank reactors
5.3. Reactor in series and in parallel
5.4. Conversion, rate Laws, stoichiometry for single and multiple reactions
 5.5. Kinetics of isothermal and non-isothermal ideal reactors

6. Heat Transfer
6.1. Conduction
6.2. Convection
6.3. Radiation
6.4. Condensation and boiling heat transfer
6.5. Design of heat exchangers

7. Mass Transfer
7.1. Molecular mass transport in fluids
7.2. Transport phenomena and the basic equation of change
7.3. Molecular mass transport in liquids
7.4. Mass transport phenomena in solids
7.5. Mass transfer coefficient in laminar and turbulent flow
7.6. Interphase mass transport
7.7. Continuous two-phase mass transport

8. Process Dynamics and Control

8.1. Mathematical tools (linearization, Laplace transforms and block diagram algebra)
8.2. Process dynamics (first, second and higher orders)
8.3. Open loop and closed loop responses
8.4. Control valves and PID controller design
8.5. Tuning and stability

9. Chemical Process Synthesis

9.1. Description of the chemical process industries
9.2. Product design, process creation, process assessment
9.3. Management of engineering projects
9.4. Preparation of the design report
9.5. Process heuristics, separation trees, pinch technology
9.6. Heat exchanger networks
9.7. HAZOP

10. Kinetics and Reactor Design (B)

10.1. Fundamentals of catalysis and catalytic reactors
10.2. Catalyst deactivation
10.3. Rate Law, mechanism and rate limiting step for catalytic reactions
10.4. Experimental data analysis for reactor design

11.Mass Transfer Operations

11.1. Binary and multicomponent separation processes in chemical engineering
 11.2. Analysis of equilibrium conditions
11.3. Thermodynamic equilibrium in ideal and non-ideal systems
11.4. Distillation (flash, batch, steam and multi-component)
11.5. Solid-liquid and liquid-liquid extractions
11.6. Absorption
11.7. Adsorption
11.8. Cooling towers

12.Water Desalination
12.1. Water chemistry, scaling, corrosion
12.2. Heat transfer principles, material behavior and design principles
12.3. Thermal desalination techniques(flash, vapor compression)
12.4. Non-thermal desalination techniques(reverse-osmosis, electro-dialysis)
12.5. Water properties, quality criteria and standards
12.6. Corrosion behavior and its control in desalination plants

13.Petroleum Refining Engineering

13.1. Refinery organization
13.2. Refinery feed stocks and products
13.3. Crude distillation
13.4. Cracking and reforming
13.5. Hydro-treating
13.6. Alkylation
13.7. Lubricating oils production
13.8. Petroleum gases
13.9. Hydro processing
13.10. Product blending
13.11. Environmental constraints on refinery products

14.Plant Design
14.1. Process selection, synthesis, screening of alternatives
14.2. Safety and environmental issues
14.3. Construction of a detailed flow sheet using a chemical process simulator
14.4. Material and energy balances
14.5. Conservation of material and energy flows
14.6. Detailed design of equipment
14.7. Process economics(capital cost estimation, manufacturing cost estimation, profit forecast,
return on investment)