Unit Processes & Chemical Technology
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Unit Processes & Chemical Technology Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Unit Processes & Chemical Technology (subject code 3140508) as prescribed for Chemical · Semester 4 divides the course into 9 units, covering 64 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 (3140508)Unit 1 Mechanisms and recent advances of following unit processes
- Alkylation and Acylation
- e.g. alkylation of benzene
- phenols, etc
- e.g. chlorination of toluene
- Nitration and Sulfonation
- sulfonation of benzene, etc
- Hydrogenation and Reductive Alkylations
- e.g. hydrogenation of nitrobenzene
- reductive alkylation reactions of anilines
- e.g. oxidation of xylenes, etc
Unit 2 Sulphur, Sulphuric acid & Fertilizer Industries
- Mining and manufacturing of Sulphur
- Manufacture of Sulphuric acid by DCDA process and its applications
- Sulphur trioxide
- Sodium Sulphate
- Sodium Thiosulphate
- Manufacturing technologies & associated Engineering problems
- Introduction to Fertilizer industries
- manufacturing processes of Ammonia
- Nitric acid
- Phosphoric acid their uses and applications
- major engineering problems
- NPK fertilizer
Unit 3 Chlor-alkali and Heavy Inorganic industry
- Manufacturing of Caustic Soda and Chlorine by membrane cell
- mercury & diaphragm process
- Manufacturing of Sodium Bicarbonate
Unit 4 Dye & its Intermediates, Paints and Pigment Industries
- Classification of Dyes according to its Constitution and Application
- Introduction to Disperse
- Reactive, Azo, Anthraquinone & Vat dyes
- Manufacturing Processes of Chrome blue black
- Koch acid
- Vinyl sulphone
- Vat dyes
- Introduction to Paints classification & its constituents
- PVC of Paints
- Different types of pigments such as white
- blue, red, yellow
- Introduction to Varnishes
- Solvent & Thinners & Industrial Coatings. 08 Subject Code: 3140508
Unit 5 Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
- Classification of various drugs and pharmaceuticals
- Introduction of Antibiotics
- Manufacturing of penicillin
- Introduction of vitamins
- Manufacturing processes of Aspirin
- & C (Ascorbic acid)
- Introduction to Barbital & Phenol Barbital
Unit 6 Sugar & Fermentation Industries
- Manufacturing of Sugar
- Industrial Alcohol
- Absolute Alcohol
- Wines and Liquors
- Manufacturing of Butyl Alcohol & Citric acid by fermentation
Unit 7 Cement & Ceramic Industries
- Cement & Its types
- Settling & Hardening of Cement
- Cement manufacturing by wet & dry process
- Introduction to Ceramic Industry
- Manufacturing of Building bricks
- Refractory & its types
Unit 8 Introduction to pulp and paper industries
- Pulp manufacturing by Kraft process
- Difference between sulphate & sulphite process
- Manufacturing of Paper
Unit 9 Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals
- Introduction to basics of refinery
- Important properties of petroleum products
- Processing of petroleum and treatment techniques
- cracking etc
- Introduction of C1, C2, C3, Petrochemical aromatics and polymers
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