BCH301

Material and Energy Balance

L-T-P3-1-0 Credits4 Session2023-24 TypeTheory
Appears in 2 semesters · 2 branches

B.Tech Chemical Engineering · Sem 3 (Core) · B.Tech Food Technology · Sem 3 (Core)

Syllabus

5 units · 42 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1: Introduction

8 hrs

Units and dimensions in chemical engineering, unit conversion factors, unit conversion of dimensional equations, Compositions of Mixture and Solutions, stoichiometric and composition relations, Concept of limiting and excess reactant, conversion, extent of reaction, selectivity and yield Average molecular weight, density and composition (by weight and by mole) of gas mixture, Ideal and Real Gas Laws - Gas constant - Calculations of Pressure, Volume and Temperature using Ideal Gas Law, Use of Partial Pressure and Pure Component Volume in Gas Calculations, Applications of Real Gas Relationships

Unit2

Unit 2: Material Balance & Applications

12 hrs

Stoichiometric Principles, Concept of material balance, open and closed systems, steady state and unsteady state, multiple component system, selection of a basis, problem solving strategy, Conservation of mass/atom, material balance for Systems without chemical reactions involving single unit and multiple units, Material balance for systems with chemical reactions involving single unit and multiple units, analysis of systems with bypass, recycle and purge streams

Unit3

Unit 3: Humidity & Saturation

6 hrs

Vaporisation & condensation, partial pressure & vapor pressure, vapor-liquid equilibrium and concepts of humidity & saturation, Dry bulb and wet bulb temperature, Calculation of Absolute Humidity, Molal Humidity, Relative Humidity and Percentage Humidity, Use of Humidity in Condensation and Drying, Humidity Chart, Dew Point. Analysis of processes involving condensation, crystallization and vaporization.

Unit4

Unit 4: Energy Balance & Applications

10 hrs

Conservation of energy, energy balance for systems with and without chemical reactions, Analysis of Products of Combustion of Solid, Liquid and Gas Fuels, Calculation of Excess Air, Heat Capacity of Solids, Liquids, Gases and Solutions, Mean Heat Capacity, Sensible and Latent Heats, Enthalpy, Hess’s Law, Standard Heats of Reaction, Formation, combustion, solutions and mixing, adiabatic and non-adiabatic reactions, theoretical & actual flame temperatures, chemical engineering problems involving energy balance.

Unit5

Unit 5

6 hrs

Degrees of freedom analysis & Unsteady State Material and Energy Balances: Degrees of freedom analysis for the multicomponent systems, combined steady state material and energy balance, Unsteady State Material and Energy balances involving with and without chemical reactions.

Course Objectives1 points
  • To provide basic knowledge of principles of material and energy balances applied to chemical engineering systems and to make them able to calculate the quantity of material input and output of a process plant.
Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Understand conversions of units, equations, and various concentration measures
  2. CO2Carry out combustion calculations, proximate and ultimate analysis.
  3. CO3Apply steady-state and unsteady-state material and energy balance on a system.
  4. CO4Analyze all the stoichiometric relations being applied to a system undergoing a chemical process and perform the enthalpy calculation.
  5. CO5Design equipment with inlet and outlet; including recycle-bypass streams for a chemical process and calculate the quantities of utilities required.

REFERENCE BOOKS

  1. S.NO

Books

  1. YEAR OF PUBLICATION/ REPRINT
  2. Hougen D.A., Watson K.M. and Ragatz R.A., “Chemical Process Principles”, Part-I, 2Ed., CBS Publishers. 1995
  3. Felder R.M. and Rousseradu R.W., “Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes”, 3 Ed.., John Wiley. 2005
  4. Narayanan K.V. and Lakshmikutty B., “Stoichiometry and Process Calculations”, Prentice Hall of India. 2006
  5. Bhatt B.I. and Vora S.M., “Stoichiometry”, 5th Ed., Tata McGraw-Hill 2010
  6. Himmelblau D.M. and Riggsth J. B.,“ Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering”, 8 Ed., Prentice Hall of India. 2012

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 4, 5 of the original AKTU PDF.

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