Around 75% of chemical manufacturing processes involve small solid particles at some point. Proper design and handling of these fine particles often makes the difference between success and failure of the product. Many products such as catalysts, pigments, fertilizers, cements, ceramics and pharmaceuticals are currently manufactured in particulate forms. Unit Operations of Particulate Matter deal with Science and Technology of solid material, which is a multidisciplinary field including Materials Science, Environmental, Biomedical, Aerospace, Agricultural, Chemistry, Microbiology and Cell Science, Pharmacy and Medicine. The primary objectives of this course is to • identify the important physical mechanisms occurring in processes involving particles • formulate and solve mathematical descriptions of such processes • apply this knowledge to the design of particulate systems such as Sedimentation tank, Filtration unit, Fluidization unit, Flotation cell, etc.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
It is a core course for Undergraduate students. However, this course will also be helpful for anyone of any professional level, preferably holding a college degree or with substantial industrial experience, working in the production, handling, processing, modification and transportation of particulate matter.
PRE-REQUISITES
Not Required
INDUSTRIES THAT WILL RECOGNIZE THIS COURSE Any chemical industry which deals with particulate matter.
1386 students have enrolled already!!
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Dr. Shabina Khanam is working as Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering Department of IIT Roorkee. She has completed B.Tech degree from AMU Aligarh, Aligarh in 2000 and M.Tech and Ph.D. degree from IIT Roorkee in 2002 and 2007, respectively. Her major field of study is Process Integration, Energy and Mass Conservation and Modeling and Simulation of Chemical Processes. She has almost 10 years experience in teaching and research. During this period she has supervised 2 Ph.D. and 19 M.Tech. theses. At present 6 Ph.D and 3 M.Tech theses are in pipe line. She has published 29 and 26 research papers in different refereed journals and conferences, respectively. She has taught the proposed course six times in her 10 years teaching career.
COURSE PLAN
Week 1
Introduction Sedimentation and Design of Thickener Centrifugal Sedimentation Industrial Equipment Week 2
Flotation Transportation of Solids Hydraulic Transport and Pneumatic Transport
SUGGESTED READING
1. Backhurst, J. R. and Harker J. H.,”Coulson and Richardson Chemical Engineering”, Vol. II”,5th Ed., 2002, Butterworth-Heinemann. 2. Brown G.G. and Associates, "Unit Operations", 1995, CBS Publishers. 3. McCabe W.L., Smith J.C and Harriott P., “Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering”, 7th Ed., 2005, McGraw Hill. 4. Geankoplis C.J., Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles, 4th Ed., 2003, Prentice Hall. 5. Narayanan C.M. and Bhattacharya B.C., “Mechanical Operation for Chemical Engineers –Incorporating Computer Aided Analysis”, 1992, Khanna Publishers.
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CERTIFICATION EXAM
The exam is optional for a fee.Exams will be on 24 September 2017. Time: Shift 1: 9am-12 noon; Shift 2: 2pm-5pm Any one shift can be chosen to write the exam for a course. Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations. The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.
CERTIFICATE
Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score 25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of Best 3 out of 4 assignments E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup. It will have the logos of NPTEL and Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
