Mechanical Operation
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Follow on Instagram for UpdatesMechanical Operation Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Mechanical Operation (subject code BE04005011) as prescribed for Chemical · Semester 4 divides the course into 5 units, covering 62 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE04005011)Unit 1 Solids and Its Flow Properties
- Characteristics of Solid particles
- Properties of particulate masses
- Particle size
- mixed particle size analysis
- Average particle size
- Specific surface area of mixture
- Number of particles in mixture
- Screen analysis
- Standard screens
- Capacity and effectiveness of screen
- Ideal and actual screens
- Screening Equipment – Grizzly screens
- Gyrating screens
- vibrating screens
- Oscillating screens
Unit 2 Size Reduction
- Principles of comminution
- Rittinger’s and kick’s laws
- Bond’s crushing law and work index
- Size reduction equipments
- ultra fine grinders
- Dry versus wet grinding
- Cutting machines
- Open circuit and closed-circuit operation
Unit 3 Filtration and Sedimentation
- Cake filters
- Filter media
- Filter aids
- principles of cake filtration
- Filter press
- Shell and leaf filters
- Rotary vacuum drum filters
- Gravity classifiers
- clarifying filter
- Sink and float method
- Clarifiers and thickeners
- Batch sedimentation
- Rate of sedimentation
- Differential settling methods
- sedimentation zones in continuous thickeners
- Cyclones separators
- beg filter
- wet scrubber and Electrostatic precipitator
Unit 4 Fluidization and Conveying
- Conditions for Fluidization
- Types of fluidizations
- minimum fluidization velocity and pressure drop in fluidized bed, Kozeny–Carman
- Burke – Plummer
- Ergun Equations
- liquid – solid and gas solid systems
- Applications of batch and continuous fluidization
- Slurry and pneumatic transport
- mechanical and pneumatic conveying
- storage bins and silos for solid/liquid/gases
Unit 5 Mixing and Agitation
- Different types of agitators and their selection criteria
- Types of Impellers
- flow patterns in un-baffled and baffled tanks
- Calculation of power required for agitation
- Scale up of agitated vessel
- Mixing of pastes/liquid/dry powder
- pony mixer
- ribbon blender
- tumbler mixer, and static mixers
- gas induction type agitator
- Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Branch: Chemical Engineering Subject Code: BE04005011 Subject Name: Mechanical Operations
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