Elements of Chemical Engineering
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The official GTU curriculum for Elements of Chemical Engineering (subject code 2141306) as prescribed for Env. Sci. Eng · Semester 4 divides the course into 7 units, covering 26 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 (2141306)Unit 1 Introduction
- chemical kinetics
- classification of reaction
- variables affecting the rate of reaction
- definition of reaction rate
Unit 2 Kinetics of Homogeneous Reactions
- Concentration dependent reaction rate
- single and multiple reactions
- elementary and non elementary reaction
- rate constant and representation of reaction rate
Unit 3 Temperature dependent reaction rate
- Temperature dependency and Arrhenius’ Law, Temperature dependency from thermodynamics
- Temperature dependency from Collision theory
Unit 4 Types of reactors
- Batch reactor
- plug flow
- continuous reactor
- mix flow reactor
Unit 5 Interpretation of batch reactor
- Constant volume batch reactor
- variable volume batch reactor
- temperature and reaction rate
Unit 6 Introduction to reactor design
- Single Ideal reactors
- Ideal batch reactor
- space time
- space velocity
- design of reactor
- first and second order reactions
Unit 7 Non ideal flow
- Time distribution of fluid in vessels, E, the age distribution of fluid Leaving a vessel
- Experimental methods-the F curve
- the C curve