B.E. (Chemical Engineering) Chemical Engineering Equipment Design Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first and second years are NEP 2020 syllabi; the third and fourth years are still examined on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for them this year.
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Syllabus for Chemical Engineering Equipment Design
Module 1: Introduction: printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
Module 2: Pressure vessel : printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
Module 3: Reaction vessel : printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
- Introduction, material of construction, Classification of reaction vessels, Heating system. Types of jackets& design of plain jacket. Types of agitators & their application. Components of agitation system. Power requirement of agitators & their applications, system which includes design of shaft based on equivalent bending moment and critical speed. Design of blades & Blade assembly.
Module 4: Heat exchangers : printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
- Material of construction, Design of shell and tube heat exchanger (U-tube and fixed tube sheet as per IS: 4503, TEMA standards)includes shell, tube, tube sheets, channel and channel cover, flanged joints. Evaporators Design of standard vertical evaporator with design of calendria and tube, flange evaporator drums and heads.
Module 5: Tall columns: (distillation column) printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
- Basic features of columns, stresses in column shell. Shell thickness determination at various heights. Study of Type of column internals (plate and packed column) and supports for trays.
Module 6: Storage vessels and supports : printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
- Study of Various types of storage vessels and application. Atmospheric vessels, vessels for storing volatile & non-volatile liquids. Storage of gases, Losses in storage vessel. Various types of roofs used for storage vessels. (calculation of variation in thickness with height only) Introduction & classification of support. (Study) Course Outcome
Recommended Books
- 1 Process Equipment Design by M.V. Joshi Macmillan India.
- 2 Process Equipment Design- Vessel Design by E. Brownell and Edwin, H. Young. John Wiley, New York 1963.
- 1 Chemical Engineering volume 6- Design by J.M Coulson, J.F. Richardson and P.K. Sinnot, Pregamovr press, International edition 1989.
- 2 Chemical Engineering Design, Fifth edition, Ray Sinnott and Cavin Towler, Elsevier, Butterworth-Heinemann publications
- 3 Introduction to Chemical Equipment Design- Mechanical aspects by B.C. Bhattacharya CBS Publications
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Chemical Engineering) under R-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2022-23. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Modules are numbered in sequence here; in the syllabus itself, Module 1 is printed as Module Course Contents; Module 2 is printed as Module Course Contents; Module 3 is printed as Module Course Contents; Module 4 is printed as Module Course Contents; Module 5 is printed as Module Course Contents; Module 6 is printed as Module Course Contents. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
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