Novel Separation Techniques
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Novel Separation Techniques Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Novel Separation Techniques (subject code 3711610) as prescribed for CAPD · Semester 1 divides the course into 12 units, covering 45 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 (3711610)Unit 1 Chromatographic method of separation
- Gel, Solvent
- Ion and High performance Liquid Chromatography
Unit 2 Membrane Distillation
- Working principles
- Membrane Characteristics and Membrane Distillation mechanism
- Membrane Distillation configurations (arrangements)
- Factors affecting Membrane Distillation
- Effect of operating parameters
- Advantages and disadvantages
Unit 3 Membrane Reactor
- Concept & working
- Various modules of membrane used for membrane reactor
- Advantages & Disadvantages
- Industrial applications
Unit 4 Membrane separation technique
- cross flow
- membrane materials and various membrane modules used in membrane separation processes
- Reverse Osmosis
- different types of membrane materials and modules used for R.O.
- Membrane Reactor
Unit 5 Electroextraction
- Working principles of mass transfer under the action of electric field
- Effects of electric field on interface of two liquid phases
- Criteria for selecting other liquid phase
- difficulties involved in the process like effect of pH, electro osmosis etc.
- Applicable fields
- design of batch flow and continuous flow apparatus
Unit 6 Reactive & Catalytic Distillation
- commercial packing
- Industrial applications like Etherification process
- Esterification Processes
- Alkylation Processes and Advantages
Unit 7 Super Critical Extraction
- Working Principle
- ROSE process
- Commercial applications of supercritical extraction
- Advantages and disadvantages
Unit 8 Ultrafiltration and nano filtration
- Concept & working principal ultrafiltration Vs Conventional filtration
- Ultrafiltration membranes and modules
- Commercial applications of ultrafiltration and nano filtration
Unit 9 Pressure Swing Operations
- Concept & Working of Pressure Swing Distillation and Pressure Swing Adsorption
- Advantage & Disadvantages
- Industrial applications
Unit 10 Short path Distillation
- Concept & working of short path Distillation Unit (SPDU)
- Difference between short path Distillation & molecular distillation
- applications of SPDU
Unit 11 Pervaporization
- Working principle
- Commercial applications
Unit 12 Melt crystallization
- Phase equilibrium
- Different techniques
- Commercial applications