Advanced Process Synthesis
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The official GTU curriculum for Advanced Process Synthesis (subject code 2723012) as prescribed for CE · Semester 2 divides the course into 3 units, covering 27 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 (2723012)Unit 1 Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks
- Basic Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis (HENS)
- Minimum Utility Targets
- Temperature Interval Method
- Hohmann / Lochart Composite Curves (HCC)
- Grand Composite Curves (GCC)
- Pinch Design Approach to Inventing a Network
- Networks for Maximum Energy Recovery
- Minimum Number of Exchangers
- Stream Splitting
- Threshold and Optimum Approach Temperature
- Derivation of Network Superstructures for Minimization of Annual Costs
- Multiple Utility Design Problems
Unit 2 Energy Integrated Distillation Processes
- Heat Flows in Distillation
- Interheating / Intercooling
- Thermal Condition of Feed
- Heat Flows in Side Strippers and Side Enrichers Heat Integrated Distillation Trains
- Impact of Pressure
- Multi Effect Distillation
- Heat Pumping
- Vapour Recompression and Reboiler Flashing
- Positioning of Heat Engines and Heat Pumps
Unit 3 Synthesis of Separation Trains
- Phase Separation of Reactor Effluent
- Criteria for Selection of Separation Methods
- Selection of Equipment
- Sequencing of Ordinary Distillation for the Separation of Nearly Ideal Fluid Mixtures
- Heuristics for Determining Favourable Sequences
- Marginal Vapour Rate Method