Chemical Engineering Plant Economics
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Chemical Engineering Plant Economics Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Chemical Engineering Plant Economics (subject code 3360502) as prescribed for MECHANICAL · Semester 6 divides the course into 5 units, covering 30 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 (3360502)Unit 1 Basics of Process and Plant Design
- 1.1. Plant designs: Chemical Engineering Designs,Process Design, Equipment Design, Building Design
- 1.2. Criteria for good design: Process design Technical factors, Economic factors Legal phases, Selection of a process
- 1.3. Continuous v/s Batch processing Shift and Operating schedules Types of flow diagrams
- 1.5. Checklist for pilot plant investigation.
Unit 2 Selection of Process Equipme nt and Piping
- 2.1. Selection of process equipment
- 2.2. Standard v/s Special equipment
- 2.3. Specification sheet for equipment
- 2.4. Selection of equipments: Size reduction equipment, Heat transfer equipment,
- 2.5. Mass transfer equipment, Material handling equipment, Pumps
- 2.6. Piping, Pipe strength and wall thickness
- 2.7. Piping design problems, Piping layout rules, Ferrous and non-ferrous pipe, Non-metallic Piping and tubing,
- 2.8. Types of insulation, Factors governing selection of insulation.
Unit 3 Plant Layout and Location
- 3.1. Principles of plant layout
- 3.2. Methods of plant layout: Unit area Concept, Two-dimensional layout
- 3.3. Scale models
- 3.4. Factors for selection of plant location: Primary factors and specific factors
Unit 4 Economic Evaluatio n of Projects
- 4.1. Total Capital Investment,
- 4.2. Fixed capital investment, Working capital investment
- 4.3. Equipment cost estimation, Cost-Size
- 4.4. relation, Cost-Time relation,
- 4.5. Numerical based on Cost Indices
- 4.6. Depreciation and it’s types
- 4.7. Methods for determining depreciations
- 4.8. Arbitrary methods, Methods with interest on investment, Numerical for depreciation
- 4.9. Total product cost (TPC)
- 4.12. Break-even chart (Graphical method),
- 4.13. Numerical of Break-even analysis
Unit 5 Optimum Design
- 5.1. General procedure for determining optimum condition: Procedure with one variable (Analytical and graphical), Procedure with two variables (Analytical and graphical)
- 5.2. Optimum economic design for Insulation Thickness and Pipe diameter
- 5.3. Numerical for optimum design
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