Advanced Separation Processes
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Advanced Separation Processes Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Advanced Separation Processes (subject code 3713013) as prescribed for CE · Semester 1 divides the course into 6 units, covering 49 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 (3713013)Unit 1 Multi Component Distillation Selection of operating pressure,
- Equilibrium for Multi component System
- Methods for Multi Component Distillation
- Design of Batch Distillation for Multi component with Rectification
- with constant reflux and constant over head component
- Continuous distillation of multi component system
- Energy Conservation in Distillation column
- Advanced topics in distillation
- Short path distillation
Unit 2 Types and choice of membranes, Plate and frame, tubular, spiral wound
- and hollow fiber membrane reactors and their relative merits
- pilot plant and laboratory membranes permeators involving dialysis
- reverse osmosis
- Gas separation by membranes
- Membrane Distillationj
Unit 3 Advances in Absorption Criteria for selection of packed tower, tray
- Spray chamber
- Venturi Scrubber etc
- Design of Falling Film Absorption
- Design of Spray Chamber
- Design of Venturi Scrubber
- Advantage of Falling Film Absorber
Unit 4 Separation By Adsorption Techniques
- Types and choice of adsorbents
- Normal adsorption techniques
- Affinity chromatography and immuno chromatography
- Types of equipment and commercial processes
- Recent advances and process economics
Unit 5 Ionic Separations
- Controlling factors
- Types of equipment employed for electrophoresis
- Ion exchange chromatography and electro dialysis
- Commercial Processes
Unit 6 Other Techniques
- Separations involving Iyophilisation
- Pervaporation and permeation techniques for solids
- liquids and gases
- Industrial viability and examples
- Zone melting
- Adductive crystallization
- Other separation process
- Supercritical fluid extraction
- Oil spill Management
- Industrial effluent treatment by modern techniques. 2 References: 1
- Equilibrium-stage separation operation in chemical engineering by Ernest J
- Henley and J.D
- Chemical Engineering Handbook 7 th edition by R.H.Perry & Green D. 3
- Mass Transfer Operation 3 rd Edition by R.E.Treybal. 4
- Industrial Processing with Membranes by Lacey
- R.E. and S.Loaeb - Wiley -Inter Science
- New York
- New Chemical Engineering Separation Techniques by Schoew
- H.M. - Interscience Publishers
- Ronald W.Roussel - “Handbook of Separation Process Technology "
- John Wiley