B.E. (Chemical Engineering) Process Calculations Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first, second and third years are on NEP 2020; the final year is still on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for it this year.
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Syllabus for Process Calculations
Module 1: Material Balance without Chemical Reactions
- Introduction, general material balance equation, degree of freedom analysis for individual units, solving material balance problems for various unit operations under steady and unsteady state conditions.
Module 2: Material Balance with Chemical Reactions
- Concept of limiting and excess reactants, conversion and yield, selectivity and degree of completion of reaction.
Module 3: Recycle, Bypass and Purge Operations
- Material Balance calculations for both with and without chemical reactions.
Module 4: Energy Balance
- Heat capacity, sensible heat, latent heat, calculation of enthalpy changes. General energy balance equation. Energy balances for process involving chemical reaction including adiabatic reactions.
Module 5: Combustion
- Combustion theory and equations, Theoretical excess air and equivalence ratio, Proximate and ultimate analysis of coal, Numerical related to calorific values of fuel from composition, air requirement and composition of flue gases. Introduction of humidification, theory of wet bulb and dry bulb temperature.
Module 6: Combined Material and Energy Balance
- Material and energy balance for binary distillation.
Text Books
- 1 Narayan, K. V. and Lakshmikutty, B. “Stioichiometry and Process Calculations”, 1st edition, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi (2006)
- 2 Bhatt, B. I. and Thakore, S. B., “Stoichimetry, 5th edition, Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited, New Delhi
- 3 Ch. Durga Prasad Rao and D. V. S. Murthy, “Process Calculations for Chemical Engineers”, McMillan India Ltd. (2010)
- 4 O. A. Hougen, K. M. Watson, and R. A. Ragatz., “Chemical process principles-part 1, Material and Energy Balances”. Second Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York (1954).
- 1 Himmelblau, D. M. and Riggs, J. B., “Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering, 7th edition, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi (2009)
- 1 https://archive.nptel.ac.in/courses/103/103/103103165/ NPTEL: BASIC PRINCIPLES AND CALCULATIONS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Chemical Engineering) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2025-26. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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