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

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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 Energy System Design

Semester 6 · Third Year BE Chemical

Module 1: Energy Scenario

Classification of Energy sources: Commercial & non-commercial, Primary & Secondary, Renewable & non-renewable; Global Primary Energy Reserves, Commercial Energy Production and Energy Consumption Patterns: Coal, Oil, Natural Gas; Concept of Reserve to Production (R/P) ratio for primary energy sources; Indian energy scenario: Problems with India’s Power/Energy sector, Energy Intensive Industries and Establishments in India, Brief overview of Coal, Oil, Naturel gas, Electricity, Nuclear power and Hydro power sector of India; Sectoral energy consumption in India: Transportation, Industrial, Residential and Commercial sector; Energy intensity on purchasing power parity (PPP) basis: Concept of Energy Intensity and Purchasing Power Parity; Energy pricing, Energy security in India; Energy strategy for the future; Energy conservation and its importance Self-Learning Topics: Green Hydrogen Economy and the National Green Hydrogen Mission; Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) in Industrial Clusters

Module 2: Energy Audit and Energy Management

Energy Audit: Definition, Need for Energy Audit; Types of Energy Audit: Preliminary/Walkthrough energy audit, Mini/Targeted energy audit, Maxi/Detailed/Investment grade energy audit; Energy sub-audits: Envelope, Functional, Transportation, Process, Utility Audits; Energy audit methodology: Stepwise methodology; Energy Auditor’s Tool Box: Tape measures, Light meters, Temperature measuring devices, Air Flow measuring devices, Electricity measuring devices, Combustion analyzers, Humidity analyzers, Bloor Door attachment, Infrared equipments, Safety considerations during energy audit: Personal safety protection tools for Electrical safety, Hearing Protection, Respiratory cares; Identification and Analysis of Energy Conservation Opportunities (ECOs) during Energy Audit: Concept of ECOs, Identification of ECOs and Cost effective analysis of ECOs on the basis of simple payback period and Simple Numerical on it; Energy Management (Audit) Approach: Understanding Energy Costs; Benchmarking Energy Performance – Concept of Plant Energy Performance (PEP), Production factor, Reference Year Equivalent and simple Numerical on it; Matching energy use to energy requirements; Maximizing system efficiencies; Optimizing the input energy requirements; Fuel and Energy substitution. Self-Learning Topics: Digital Energy Management Systems (DEMS) & IoT Integration; ISO 50001: Energy Management Systems (EnMS) Standard

Module 3: Energy Efficient Technologies

Energy efficient techniques for: 1. Lighting system 2. Motors, Belt and Drives system 3. Fans and Pumps system 4. Compressed air system 5. Steam system 6. Refrigeration system (Various Energy efficient techniques for all these systems can be discussed in form of “What-If Analysis”) Self-Learning Topics: Process Intensification (PI) and Novel Reactor Designs; Advanced Separation Technologies

Module 4: Heat Integration in Process Industries Using Pinch Technology

Heat Integration: Idea of heat integration; Temperature Pinch analysis and Pinch Temperature: Concept and Definition of Pinch Temperature, Evaluation of Pinch temperature and Minimum energy required (minimum hot and cold utility) using Temperature interval method & Composite curve method; Heat Exchanger Networking Rules: Idea of Heat Exchanger Network (HEN) and Derivation of Linnhoff Rules of HEN; Design of Heat Exchanger Network (HEN) using Pinch analysis: Designing HEN for given process stream (hot and cold) data using HEN Rules; Minimum number of Heat Exchangers (NHx,min): Concept of NHx,min, To design HEN with NHx,min using Breaking Loop and Stream Splitting method; Costing of HEN: Determining Annualized cost of HEN; Threshold approach temperature difference; Optimum approach temperature difference. Numerical to find Pinch, Minimum Energy Requirement, Design HEN, Design HEN with NHx,min Self-Learning Topics: Heat Integration of Distillation Columns; Retrofit Analysis of Existing Heat Exchanger Networks

Module 5: Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) and Cogeneration

Waste heat: Concept – Qualitative and Quantitative, Classification and Applications of waste heat; Waste Heat Sources: Different sources of waste heat, Classification of waste heat sources according to High, Medium and Low Temperature range; Waste Heat Recovery (WHR): Direct and Indirect Benefits of WHR, Different Equipments/Techniques used for WHR - Recuperators, Radiation/Convective Hybrid Recuperator, Ceramic Recuperator, Regenerator, Heat wheel, Heat pipe, Waste heat boiler, Economizer, Heat pumps. Cogeneration: Definition, General Terms and Definitions related to Cogeneration (Process Heat, Process Returns, Net Heat to Process, Plant Power Demand, Prime Mover, Heat to Power ratio, Topping cycle, Bottoming cycle, Combined cycle), Benefits of Cogeneration; Basic Thermodynamic cycles as basis for Cogeneration: Brayton cycle, Rankine cycle; Types of Cogeneration system based on types of Prime Mover used: Steam turbine system, Gas turbine system, Diesel engine system, Distributed cogeneration system – Reciprocating Engine, Microturbines, Fuel Cells, Photovoltaic Cells (their working, design characteristics, performance characteristics, heat recovery, emissions, advantages, disadvantages, applications); Calculation of Design parameters for Steam and Gas turbine Cogeneration system: Actual Steam Rate (ASR), Theoretical steam rate (TSR), Potential Genera Capacity (PGC), Simple Numerical based on it Self-Learning Topics: Emerging "Heat-to-Power" Direct Technologies: Thermoelectric Generators (TEG): Understanding solid-state devices that convert temperature differences directly into electrical energy using the Seebeck effect; Thermo-Photovoltaic (TPV) Systems: Recovery of heat from high-temperature surfaces by converting infrared radiation into electricity.

Module 6: Non-conventional and Renewable Energy Sources

Method of harnessing, Working technology, Applications, Pros and Cons, Present status of: Solar energy, Wind energy, Tidal energy, Geothermal energy, Energy from waste and Biomass. Self-Learning Topics: Hydrogen Energy & The Fuel Cell Economy Green vs. Blue Hydrogen: Learning the production pathways—electrolysis using renewables (Green) versus steam methane reforming with carbon capture (Blue); Storage and Transport: Challenges of high- pressure tanks, cryogenic liquid hydrogen, and chemical carriers like ammonia.

Text Books

1 Seider W. D., and Seader J. D. and Lewin D. R., Process Design Principles, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 1988.
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 Process Design., Prentice Hall International Ltd., 1997.
4 Wayne C. Turner, Steve Doty (Ed.), Energy Management Hand Book, John Wiley and Sons, 2000.
1 https://www.beeindia.gov.in
2 https://www.lsu.edu/mpri/computerprograms/then.php
3 www.iq.uva.es/integ/Hint.zip (English)

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Chemical Engineering) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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