Unit 1 Introduction and Process design aspects

6 lecture hours

• Basic design
• selection of process-factors affecting process selection
• Types of project design
• Importance of Laboratory development pilot plant
• safety factors
• types of flow diagrams

Unit 2 Selection of process equipments

4 lecture hours

• Standard versus special equipment material of construction for process equipments
• selection criteria, and specification sheets

Unit 3 Process auxiliaries and Process utilities

7 lecture hours

• Piping design
• layout, and supports for piping insulations
• Pipe fittings
• types of valves
• selection of valves
• process control and instrumentation control system design
• Process water
• boiler feed water
• water treatment
• waste treatment and disposal
• oil heating system
• chilling plant
• compressed air and vacuum

Unit 4 Plant location and layout

4 lecture hours

• Factors affecting plant location
• factors in planning layouts
• principles of plant layout
• Unit plot plan
• vertical and horizontal lay out

Unit 5 Cost estimation

• Cash flow and cumulative factors affecting estimation of investment and production cost
• breakeven point and its significance
• total capital investment
• fixed and working capital investment & their estimations
• type of estimates
• cost indexes
• method for estimating capital investment
• Simple and compound interest. 7 Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Branch: Chemical Engineering (Green Technology and Sustainability Engineering) Subject Code: BE05044031 Subject Name: Chemical Process Plant Design and Economics

Unit 6 Estimation of total product cost

5 lecture hours

• Manufacturing cost
• general expenses
• Manufacturing cost: direct production cost
• fixed charges
• plant overhead cost

Unit 7 Depreciation

6 lecture hours

• Types of depreciation
• Method for determining depreciation: straight line method
• decline balance method
• sum of the year digit method
• shrinking fund method etc.
• single unit and group depreciation
• adjustment of depreciation account
• evaluation of depreciation methods

Unit 8 Profitability, alternative investments and replacement

• Methods for profitability evaluation
• Evaluation of Break Even Point
• % rate of return
• Practical factors in alternative investment and replacement Studies. 6 Sustainability alignment: This course addresses SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)
• SDG 9 (Industry
• Innovation and Infrastructure)
• SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), and SDG 13 (Climate Action) by developing skills in process design
• plant layout
• cost estimation
• resource optimization, and sustainable industrial management practices essential for efficient and environmentally responsible chemical industries