Advanced Separation techniques
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The official GTU curriculum for Advanced Separation techniques (subject code 3173519) as prescribed for Env. Sci. Tech · Semester 7 divides the course into 4 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 (3173519)Unit 1 Super Critical Extraction
- Working Principal
- Advantage & Disadvantages of supercritical solvents over conventional liquid solvents
- Advantage & Disadvantages of supercritical extraction over liquid- liquid Extraction
- ROSE process
- Commercial applications of supercritical extraction
- Short path Distillation: Concept & working of short path Distillation Unit (SPDU)
- Difference between short path Distillation & molecular distillation
- applications of SPDU. 10 Subject Code: 3173519
Unit 2 Reactive & Catalytic Distillation
- Advantage & Disadvantages
- BALE & KATMAX packing Manufacturing of MTBE and ETBE and it’s comparison with conventional techniques Pressure Swing Distillation: Concept & Working
- Advantage & Disadvantages of PSD over azeotropic and Extractive Distillation
Unit 3 Membrane separation technique
- cross flow
- membrane materials and various membrane modules used in membrane separation processes
- application & advantages of membrane separation processes
- Pressure Swing Adsorption: Concept & Working
- Advantages & Disadvantages of PSA over cryogenic distillation
- four step PSA, six step PSA, Purification of hydrogen
- Nitrogen & other commercial applications of PSA
Unit 4 Melt crystallization
- phase equilibrium
- different techniques
- commercial applications
- Ultrafiltration and nano filtration: Concept & working principal ultrafiltration Vs Conventional filtration
- Ultrafiltration membranes and modules
- Commercial applications of ultrafiltration and nano filtration
- Membrane or Osmotic Distillation: Working Principal
- Various applications, etc