Modern Petrochemical Technology
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The official GTU curriculum for Modern Petrochemical Technology (subject code 2713012) as prescribed for CE · Semester 1 divides the course into 7 units, covering 38 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 (2713012)Unit 1 Introduction
- Global status of petrochemicals
- Assessment of petrochemical feed- stocks
- Technology trends
- Petrochemical scenario in India
- Survey of unit processes as applied to production of petrochemicals with emphasis on reaction mechanism
- operating conditions etc
Unit 2 Synthesis gas/ Natural gas based petrochemicals (C1 Petrochemicals)
- Steam reforming
- production of hydrogen
- synthesis involving Carbon Monoxide
- Fischer Tropsch synthesis
- Oxo synthesis. 7
Unit 3 Production of Olefins
- Hydrocarbon pyrolysis kinetics and mechanisms Naptha cracking
- Gas cracking
- Furnace and other components
- separation of Ethylene
- C4 olefins and diolefins
- C5 olefins and diolefins
Unit 4 Olefin Derivatives
- Ethylene based chemicals: Olefin metathesis etc
- Propylene based chemicals: Production of polypropylene
- Acrylic acid
- Cumene etc
- C4 based chemicals: MTBE(catalytic distillation)
- t-Butyl alcohol
- butadiene etc
Unit 5 Aromatics production
- Isolation of aromatics
- separation of C8 aromatics
- Benzene derivatives: Production of Ethylbenzene
- Styrene, LAB, Maleic anhydride
- Bisphenol A etc
- Xylene derivatives: Production of Phthalic anhydride
- Terephthalic acid
- Dimethyl terephthalate
Unit 6 Properties, application and production technologies of the following polymers
- ABS plastics
- epoxy resin
- unsaturated resin
- LLDPE, PET, Polyamides
- Methyl methacrylate
Unit 7 Miscellaneous aspects of petrochemical production
- Safety and Health aspects Environmental aspects Clean Technologies Future beyond petroleum Challenges faced by Petrochemical Industry
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