Unit 1 Introduction

• Basic considerations in chemical engineering plant design
• optimization and feasibility of plant design. 3 6

Unit 2 Process design aspects

4 lecture hours

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

Unit 3 Selection of process equipments

4 lecture hours

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

Unit 4 Process auxiliaries and Process utilities

6 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 5 Plant location and layout

7 lecture hours

• Factors affecting plant location
• factors in planning layouts
• principles of plant layout
• use of scale models

Unit 6 Cost estimation

8 lecture hours

• Cash flow and cumulative cash position for industrial operations
• 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

Unit 7 Estimation of total product cost

6 lecture hours

• Estimation of total product cost: manufacturing cost
• general expenses
• Manufacturing cost: direct production cost
• fixed charges
• plant overhead cost

Unit 8 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 9 Profitability, alternative investments and replacement

4 lecture hours

• Methods for profitability evaluation
• Evaluation of Break Even Point
• % rate of return
• Practical factors in alternative investment and replacement Studies

Unit 10 Project management

6 lecture hours

• Planning of project schedule by BAR CHART
• Inventory control scheduling a project using CPM/PERT methods