18CH43 Chemical Technology-II syllabus for CH

OILS, FATS, WAXES, SOAPS AND DETERGENTS:

Vegetable and animal oils and fats. Extraction of vegetable oils, refining of edible oils. Hydrogenation of oils, waxes and their applications. Soaps and detergents, theory of detergency. Miscellaneous concentrations.

SUGAR, STARCH AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES:

Production of cane sugar. Chemistry of starch. Manufacturing of industrial starch and its applications. Fermentation industries: Production of alcohol, Manufacture of beer, wines and liquors.

PETROLEUM INDUSTRIES AND PETROCHEMICALS:

Origin and classification. Petroleum refining and processing. LPG, CNG, LNG technologies, methane, benzenes.

COAL:

Formation and Classification of coal, mining of coal, destructive distillation of coal, coking of coal, coal tar distillation, chemicals from coal.

PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRIES:

Raw materials, manufacture of pulp, paper and structural boards.

POLYMERS AND RUBBER:

Macromolecules. Polymerization. PVC, LDPE. Polypropylene. Cross-linked polymers. UF and MF. Natural rubber.

Course Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course students will be able to

• Explain the basic concepts of industrial processes practiced in the manufacture of Oils, Fats, Waxes, Soaps and Detergents.
• Get insight of sugar, starch manufacture and fermentation products.
• Explain refining of petroleum and production of different petrochemicals.
• Explain the formation, classification of coal, destructive distillation of coal and manufacture of pulp and paper.
• Learn industrial scale operations and processes employed in manufacture of polymers and rubber.
• Identify the major and minor engineering problems in different industries.

QUESTION PAPER PATTERN:

• The question paper will have ten questions. · Each full Question consisting of 20 marks
• There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
• Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
• The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Shreve’s Chemical Process Industries, 4th edn, McGraw Hill.

2. Dryden – Outlines of Chemical Technology for 21st Century, Gopal Rao & Marshall Sittig, 3rd edn. EWP.

3. Unit Processes in Organic Chemical Industries, Desikan and Sivakumar (Eds.), CEDC, IITM, 1982.

REFERENCE BOOK:

1. Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Kirk and Othmer, 27th volume, 5th edn, Wiley, 2004 .