B.E. (Chemical Engineering) Energy System Design Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Module 1: Energy Scenario: printed in the syllabus as Module Content

• Classification of Energy sources: Commercial & non-commercial, Primary & Secondary, Renewable & non-renewable; Energy consumption patterns; Indian energy scenario; Sectoral energy consumption; Energy needs of growing economy; Energy intensity on purchasing power parity (PPP) basis; Energy pricing, Energy security; Energy strategy for the future; Energy conservation and its importance

Module 2: Energy Management & Audit: printed in the syllabus as Module Content

• Definition, Need and Types of Energy Audit; Energy audit methodology; Energy Management (Audit) Approach; Understanding Energy Costs; Benchmarking Energy Performance; Matching energy use to energy requirements; Maximizing system efficiencies; Optimizing the input energy requirements; Fuel and Energy substitution; Instrumentation used in energy audit; Safety considerations during energy audit; Post audit analysis; Minimum one Case study; ECO analysis based on simple payback period.

Module 3: Energy Efficient Technologies: printed in the syllabus as Module Content

• Energy efficient techniques for lighting system, motors, belt and drives system, fans and pumps system, compressed air system; steam system, refrigeration system.

Module 4: Energy Integration in Process Industries and Process Units: printed in the syllabus as Module Content

• Temperature Pinch analysis – Temperature interval method & Composite curve method; Design of Heat Exchanger Network (HEN) using Pinch analysis; Design of HEN with minimum number of Heat Exchangers; Breaking Loop and Stream Splitting method for HEN Design; Concept of Threshold approach temperature difference and Optimum approach temperature difference. Heat Integration in Distillation column; Reboiler flashing, Heat pumping, Vapor recompression in distillation column.

Module 5: Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) and Cogeneration: printed in the syllabus as Module Content

• Waste heat sources; Quality and Classification of waste heat and its applications; Benefits of WHR; WHR Equipments: Recuperators, Radiation/Convective Hybrid Recuperator, Ceramic Recuperator, Regenerator, Heat wheel, Heat pipe, Waste heat boiler, Economizer, Heat pumps. Definition of Cogeneration and few Basic concepts; Types of Thermodynamic cycles as basis for Cogeneration: Brayton cycle, Rankine cycle, Topping cycle, Bottoming cycle, Combined cycle; Types of Cogeneration system: Steam turbine system, Gas turbine system, Diesel engine system, Distributed cogeneration system.

Module 6: New and Renewable Energy Sources: printed in the syllabus as Module Content

Text Books

• 1 Seider W. D., and Seader J. D. and Lewin D. R., Process Design Principles, John Wiley and
• 2 Douglas J. M., Conceptual Design of Chemical Process, McGraw Hill Book Co., 1988.
• 3 Biegler L. T., Grossman E. I. and Westerberg A. W., .Systematic Methods of Chemical
• 4 Wayne C. Turner, Steve Doty (Ed.), Energy Management Hand Book, John Wiley and Sons,
• 1 Robin Smith, Chemical Process Design and Integration, Wiley India, 2005.
• 2 Serth, Robert W., Process Heat Transfer Principles and Applications, Elsevier Science &
• 3 P K Nag, Power Plant Engineering, The McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited.
• 4 H.M.Robert, J.H.Collins, Handbook of Energy Conservation-Volume 1, CBS Publishers &