BARC OCES Chemical Engineering Syllabus

BARC OCES Chemical Engineering: topic-wise syllabus

1. 1

   Process Calculations & Thermodynamics

   ~14 marks

   • Material Balances — Without Reaction, With Reaction, Recycle, Bypass, Purge
   • Energy Balances — Sensible & Latent Heat, Heats of Reaction/Solution/Mixing, Enthalpy Balances
   • Chemical Thermodynamics — Laws, PVT Behaviour, Equations of State, Fugacity, Activity, Excess Properties
   • Phase Equilibria — Raoult's Law, Henry's Law, VLE, Liquid-Liquid, Solid-Liquid Equilibria, Gibbs Phase Rule
   • Reaction Thermodynamics — Equilibrium Constant, Standard States, ΔG, Effect of T/P on Equilibrium
   • Refrigeration & Liquefaction — Vapour Compression Cycle, LNG, Air Separation
   • Humidity & Psychrometry — Humidification, Dehumidification, Cooling Towers
   • Combustion Calculations — Fuels, Air Requirement, Flue Gas Analysis, Excess Air
2. 2

   Fluid Mechanics & Mechanical Operations

   ~12 marks

   • Fluid Flow — Newtonian/Non-Newtonian, Laminar/Turbulent, Continuity, Bernoulli, Hagen-Poiseuille
   • Flow Measurement — Venturi, Orifice, Rotameter, Pitot Tube, Weirs, Notches
   • Pumps & Compressors — Centrifugal, Reciprocating, Cavitation, NPSH, Fan/Blower/Compressor Laws
   • Particle Technology — Size Analysis, Screening, Crushing & Grinding, Laws of Comminution
   • Sedimentation & Centrifugation — Stokes' Law, Terminal Velocity, Classifiers, Centrifuges
   • Filtration — Constant Rate/Pressure, Filter Media, Filter Aids, Leaf/Plate/ Drum/Vacuum Filters
   • Cyclones & Bag Filters — Gas Cyclone Design, efficiency, ESP, Wet Scrubbers
   • Agitation & Mixing — Impeller Types, Power Number, Mixing Time, Scale-up
   • Fluidization — Minimum Fluidization Velocity, Bed Types, Geldart Classification, Applications
3. 3

   Heat Transfer

   ~12 marks

   • Conduction — Fourier's Law, Steady/Unsteady, Fins, Numerical Methods in Conduction
   • Convection — Forced/Natural, Laminar/Turbulent, Dimensionless Numbers, Correlations, Heat Transfer Coefficient
   • Boiling & Condensation — Pool Boiling, Film & Dropwise Condensation, Heat Transfer Enhancement
   • Radiation — Stefan-Boltzmann, Kirchhoff's Law, View Factors, Grey Surface, Radiation Networks
   • Heat Exchangers — Double Pipe, Shell & Tube, Cross-flow, LMTD, NTU, F-Parameter, Design
   • Evaporators — Single/Multiple Effect, Forward/Backward/Parallel Feed, Capacity, Economy
   • Simultaneous Heat & Mass Transfer — Humidification, Cooling Towers, Drying, Evaporative Cooling
   • Heat Transfer Equipment — Reboilers, Condensers, Furnaces, Waste Heat Recovery
4. 4

   Mass Transfer & Separation Processes

   ~14 marks

   • Diffusion — Fick's Law, Molecular & Eddy Diffusion, Diffusion Coefficients, Mass Transfer Coefficients
   • Distillation — McCabe-Thiele, Ponchon-Savarit, Fenske, Underwood, Gilliland, Azotropic/Extractive Distillation
   • Gas Absorption — Packed Column Design, HTU/NTU, HETP, Tray Column Design, Operating Lines
   • Liquid-Liquid Extraction — Ternary Diagrams, Equipment (Mixer-Settler, RDC, Centrifugal), Hunter-Nash
   • Adsorption — Isotherms (Langmuir, Freundlich, BET), Adsorption Columns, Ion Exchange
   • Drying — Rate Curves, Tray, Spray, Fluidized Bed, Drum Drying, Freeze Drying
   • Leaching & Washing — Shanks, Counter-current Decantation, Solid-Liquid Extraction
   • Crystallization — Nucleation, Growth, MSMPR, Yield, Purity, Equipment (DTB, Oslo)
   • Membrane Separation — RO, UF, MF, NF, Electrodialysis, Pervaporation
   • Humidification & Dehumidification — Psychrometric Chart, Cooling Tower Design
5. 5

   Chemical Reaction Engineering

   ~10 marks

   • Reaction Kinetics — Rate Laws, Arrhenius Equation, Elementary/Non-elementary, Parallel/Series Reactions
   • Reactor Design — Batch, CSTR, PFR, Recycle Reactor, Semi-batch, Design Equations
   • Non-Ideal Flow — RTD, E, F, C Curves, Dispersion Model, Tanks-in-Series Model
   • Catalysis & Catalytic Reactors — Surface Kinetics, Langmuir-Hinshelwood, Catalyst Deactivation, Fixed/Fluidized Bed
   • Multiphase Reactors — Trickle Bed, Slurry, Bubble Column, Fluidized Bed
   • Biochemical Reaction Engineering — Enzyme Kinetics, Michaelis-Menten, Cell Growth, Bioreactor Design
   • Heterogeneous Reactions — Shrinking Core Model, Diffusion-Reaction, Thiele Modulus, Effectiveness Factor
   • Reactor Stability & Safety — Runaway, Thermal Stability, Pressure Relief
6. 6

   Process Control & Instrumentation

   ~8 marks

   • Process Dynamics — First/Second Order Systems, Response to Step/Pulse/Sinusoidal Input
   • Controllers — P, PI, PID, Tuning (Ziegler-Nichols, Cohen-Coon), Controller Transfer Functions
   • Stability Analysis — Routh Test, Root Locus, Bode, Nyquist, Gain/Phase Margin
   • Instrumentation — Temperature, Pressure, Flow, Level, pH Measurement, Control Valves
   • Advanced Control — Cascade, Feedforward, Ratio, Smith Predictor, Dead-Time Compensation, Model Predictive Control
   • Computer Control — SCADA, DCS, PLC, Data Acquisition, Plant-wide Control
7. 7

   Chemical Technology & Process Safety

   ~5 marks

   • Inorganic Chemicals — Sulphuric Acid, Ammonia, Nitric Acid, Chlor-Alkali, Soda Ash, Cement
   • Organic Chemicals — Petrochemicals, Olefins, Aromatics, Methanol, Refinery Processes, Polymerization
   • Fertilizers — Nitrogen, Phosphate, Potash, Urea, DAP, NPK
   • Nuclear Chemical Engineering — Uranium Processing, Fuel Fabrication, Reprocessing, Waste Vitrification
   • Process Safety — HAZOP, HAZAN, LOPA, Layers of Protection, Safety Instrumented Systems, Relief System Design