Advance Separation Technology
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Advance Separation Technology Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Advance Separation Technology (subject code 4360506) as prescribed for MECHANICAL · Semester 6 divides the course into 4 units, covering 36 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 (4360506)Unit 1 Introduction to Separation Processes
- 1. Understand the basics of separation processes at different levels
- 2. Explain the equilibrium and rate- governed separation processes
- 3. Apply advance separation. techniques for chemical processes
- 1. Fundamentals of separation techniques
- 2. General separation technique ● separation by phase creation ● separation by phase addition ● separation by barrier ● separation by solid agent ● separation by force field
- 3. Separation factor
- 4. Equilibrium and rate-governed separation processes
- 5. Applications of separation processes in the chemical industry
Unit 2 Membrane Separation Processes
- 1. Understand membrane separation processes
- 2. Describe different types of membrane separation processes
- 3. Explain the working principles of various membranes
- 4. Classify membrane module
- 5. Apply membrane separation processes in the industry
- 1. Introduction to membrane separation processes
- 2. Classification of membrane separation processes
- 3. Classification of membrane module
- 4. Principle, working, application & advantages of ● Reverse osmosis (RO) ● Ultra filtration (UF) ● Nanofiltration (NF) ● Pervaporation ● Microfiltration
- 5. Membrane Reactor: Concept & working, Various types of membrane used for membrane reactor, Membrane bioreactor.
Unit 3 Adsorption and Chromatography
- 1. Explain the basics of adsorption
- 2. Identify different types of adsorbents
- 3. Describe adsorption isotherms
- 4. Understand thermal swing adsorption (TSA) and pressure swing adsorption (PSA)
- 5. Describe different types of chromatography
- 6. Apply adsorption and chromatography in the chemical industry
- 1. Introduction to adsorption
- 2. Different types of adsorbents
- 3. Adsorption isotherms
- 4. Thermal swing adsorption (TSA)
- 5. Pressure swing adsorption (PSA)
- 6. Classification of chromatography techniques
- 7. Principle & Operation of ● Chromatographic column ● Ion exchange chromatography ● Liquid chromatography ● Gas Chromatography
Unit 4 Novel Separation Processes
- 1. Explain the principles of special separation processes
- 2. Apply novel separation processes in real-world scenarios
- 3. Describe applications in the chemical engineering industry
- 1. Concept ,Working principle and application of ● Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) ● Short path distillation ● Reactive & catalytic distillation
- 2. Other novel separation processes- Concept ,Working principle and application of ● Cryogenic Distillation ● Freeze Crystallization ● Pressure Swing Distillation Note: The UOs need to be formulated at the ‘Application Level’ and above of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy’ to accelerate the attainment of the COs and the competency.
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