Basic Chemical Engineering Calculations
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The official GTU curriculum for Basic Chemical Engineering Calculations (subject code DI02005011) as prescribed for MECHANICAL · Semester 2 divides the course into 5 units, covering 22 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 (DI02005011)Unit 1 Units and Dimensions
- 1.1. Introduction to chemical engineering calculations.
- 1.2. Dimensions and systems of units
- 1.3. Fundamental quantities and Derived quantities
- 1.4. Definition and units of force, volume, pressure, work, energy, power, heat
- 1.5. Unit conversions of Fundamental and Derived quantities in FPS, MKS and SI systems.
Unit 2 Chemical Process Variables
- 2.1. Definition and unit of: Solubility, Flow rate, Density, Velocity, Viscosity (Absolute and kinematic), vacuum, Kinetic energy, Potential energy.
- 2.2. Simple calculations related to Solubility, Flow rate, Density, and Velocity.
- 2.3. Vapor pressure definition and its determination using Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook and Antoine equation.
Unit 3 Basic Chemical Calculations
- 3.1. Definition and calculations of mole, atomic weight, molecular weight, equivalent weight, specific gravity and API gravity.
- 3.2. Expression of composition of mixtures and solutions and related calculations.
- 3.3. Molarity, Normality, Molality and related simple numerical.
Unit 4 Ideal Gas Law
- 4.1. Concept of ideal gas
- 4.2. Derivation of ideal gas law
- 4.3. STP and NTP conditions
- 4.4. Dalton’s law, Amagat’s law, Raoult’s Law and Henry’s
- 10. 25 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Program Name: Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Chemical Course / Subject Code : DI02005011 Course / Subject Name : Basic Chemical Engineering Calculations w.e.f. 2024-25 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ Page 3 of 4 Law.
- 4.5. Relation between mole%, volume% and pressure% for ideal gases
- 4.6. Calculation of average molecular weight, density, specific gravity, mole%, weight%.
Unit 5 Applied Stoichiometry in unit operations
- 5.1. Introduction of important unit operations
- 5.2. Correlation of stoichiometric calculations with unit operations
- 5.3. Basic material balance Equations of various unit operations
- 5.3.1. Distillation, Absorption, Drying, Extraction, Leaching, Evaporation, Filtration, Mixing, Crystallization.
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