Advanced Separation Processes
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The official GTU curriculum for Advanced Separation Processes (subject code 2733004) as prescribed for CE · Semester 3 divides the course into 7 units, covering 44 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 (2733004)Unit 1 Introduction
- Separation factors and it’s dependence on different variables. mechanism of separation
- separation by phase addition or creation
- separation by barrier
- separation by solid agent
- separation by external field or gradient
- component recoveries and product purities
- separation power
- selection of feasible separation processes
Unit 2 Advances in Adsorption
- Types and choice of adsorptions
- Ion excahngers
- sorbents for chromatography
- equilibria in chromatogrphy
- Chromatographic techniques
- adsorption chromatography
- Retention theory mechanism for slurry adsorption
- Fixed bed adsorption (Percolations)
- thermal swing adsorbtion
- pressure swing adsorption
- continuous counter current adsorption systems
Unit 3 Supercritical fluid extraction
- Supercritical fluids
- phase equilibria
- industrial application
- important supercritical processes- decaffination of coffee
- extraction of oil from seeds
- Residuum Oil Supercritical Extraction (ROSE)
- supercritical fluid reactions, etc
Unit 4 Reactive and catalytic distillation
- Concept and History
- advantages and disadvantages
- Various methods of applications
- manufacturing of MTBE and ETBE and other commercial applications
Unit 5 Advances in crystallization
- Melt crystallization
- Fractional crystallization
- zone melting
- freeze crystallization, etc
Unit 6 Advances in distillation
- Soft path distillation
- Molecular distillation
- Extractive and Azeotropic distillation
- Pressure swing distillation
- Salt distillation
- Osmotic distillation, etc
Unit 7 Membrane Reactor
- Working of Membrane reactor
- Various modules of membrane used for membrane reactor
- advantages & disadvantages
- application under research
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