Material Technology | - Mechanical Properties of metals and testing of materials
- Thermal equilibrium diagram
- Production of iron-plain carbon steels, alloy steels
- Miscellaneous materials
- Glass/carbon/graphite/rubber/elastomers/fiber glass and FRP, etc
- Corrosion causes/types/methods of prevention
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Chemical Process Principles | - Determination of molarity
- Molality and normality
- Analysis of solids/liquids/gases on a dry and wet basis
- Dalton’s law
- Ideal gas equation of state
- Vapour pressure
- Boiling and freezing point
- Elevation of boiling point and depression of freezing point uses
- Bypassing/ recycling/purge streams - uses
- Limiting component/ excess reactant/ percentage conversion and yield and degree of completion
- Material balances with and without chemical reactions
- Law of conservation of energy
- Heat of reaction/ heat of formation/ heat of combustion & related problems
- Gross and net calorific values
- Theoretical air and excess air calculations
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Organic Chemical Technology | - Coal, chemicals, coking of coal, coal tar distillation
- Petroleum refining, atmospheric distillation, and vacuum distillation
- Fluid catalytic cracking
- Catalytic reforming
- Petrochemicals from methane and ethylene
- Pulp and paper industry
- Oil/ fats/ soaps/ sugar/ fermentation
- Rubber industries
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Inorganic Chemical Technology | - Water-sources
- Impurities, treatment of dissolved solids
- Ion exchange process and reverse osmosis process
- Manufacture of chemicals like soda ash, ammonia, urea, nitric acid, sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid, super phosphate, and industrial gases
- Paints/ pigments/ varnishes/ graphite and silicon carbide/ cement
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Fluid Mechanics | - Flow of incompressible fluids
- Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids
- Viscosity
- Bernoulli’s theorem
- Friction losses
- Flow meters
- Different types of pumps for the transportation of fluids
- Flow past immersed bodies
- Fluidization - packed bed/ fluidized beds
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Heat Transfer | - Comduction
- Mechanism of heat flow
- Fourier’s law
- Thermal conductivity/ steady state conduction/ compound resistance in series
- Heat flows through a cylinder, related problems
- Convection/ heat flow in fluids/ rate of heat transfer
- Average temperature of fluid streams/ overall heat transfer coefficient/ LMTD/ fouling factors/ heat transfer to fluids with and without phase change
- Radiation/ fundamentals/ emission of radiation
- Black body radiation/ laws of black body radiation/ radiation between surfaces
- Heat exhanges equipements/ types of heat exchange eqipements
- Counter-current and parallel current flows
- Evaporation/ liquid characteristics/ important properties
- Types of evaporators
- Condensers/ ejectors
- Evaporator economy
- Single and multiple effect/ related problems
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Mechanical Units Operations | - Size reduction methods
- Laws of size reduction - crushers/ grinders
- Different types of equipment for mixing and dry powders
- Differential and cumulative screen analysis
- Screen effectiveness
- Average particle size
- Storage of solids
- Conveyers/ froth floatation/ electrostatic precipitator/ scrubber/ cyclone separators/ filtration/ sedimentation
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Thermodynamics and Reaction Engineering | - First law of thermodynamics/ second law of thermodynamics
- PVT relationship for gases
- Refrigeration and liquefaction
- Determination of equilibrium constant and conversion
- Temperature and pressure effects on reactions/ Arhenius equation
- Basic equations & working of batch/ tubular/ and stirred tank reactors/ catalysis
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Mass Transfer | - Principles of diffusion
- Interphase mass transfer
- Distillation/ absorption/ adsorption
- Humidification
- Membrane separation
- Extraction and leaching
- Drying & crystallization
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Instrumentation & Process Control | - Static and dynamic characteristics of an instrument step input/ linear input/ sinusoidal inputs
- Measurement of temperature/pressure/vacuum/ liquid levels/ composition
- Process instrumentation, diagrams, process control
- Different types of controllers
- Concepts of DCS and PLC
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Environmental Studies and Pollution Control Engineering | - Scope and importance of environmental studies
- Segments, ecosystem, biodiversity
- Water pollution/ types/ classification/ treatment methods/ air pollution/ types/ classification/ analysis/ control methods/ solid waste management/ sources/ classification/ disposal/ pollution control in sugar. Fertilizer and petroleum industries, legal aspects
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Energy Technology and Plant Operations | - Classification of energy sources - solid, liquid, gaseous fuels
- Combustion principles, refractories, furnaces - blast furnace
- LD converter - nuclear energy, solar energy, wind energy, and bioenergy
- Energy conservation
- Industrial hazards and prevention
- Safety and first aid
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