GANPAT UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

Programme Bachelor of Technology Branch/Spec Petrochemical Engineering
Semester VII Version 1.0.0.0
Effective from Academic Year 2022-23 Effective for the Batch admitted in July 2019
Course Code 2PCE7101 Course Name Process Equipment Design
Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme (Marks)
(Per Lecture (DT) Practical (Lab.) Total CE SEE Total
week)
L TU P TW
Credit 3 1 1 0 5 Theory 40 60 100
Hours 3 1 2 0 6 Practical 30 20 50
Pre-requisites
Basic understanding of Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering and mechanical properties associated with
the material, Material and Energy balance.
Course Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:
CO1 Identify the design aspects of vessel under internal and external pressure, tall vessel and supports.
CO2 Relate the basic concepts of process design development and general design considerations.
CO3 Demonstrate design aspects of shell & tube heat exchanger, distillation column, absorber and
extractor.
CO4 Explain the specification sheet of process equipment.
Theory Syllabus
Unit Content Hrs.
Introduction to vessel design: Selection Criteria for vessel design, Design Preliminaries
like excessive allowable stress, design stress, factor of safety, Poisson’s ratio, elastic
1
deformation, plastic instability, brittle rupture, creep, thickness of vessel wall, Introduction 7
to vessel codes and standards.
Design of pressure vessels under internal pressure: Design of wall thickness based on
Lame theorem and membrane stress theory, Types of closers for pressure vessel, design
thickness of closer, Selection and Design of nozzles and reinforcement pads, Introduction
2 to flanges and gasket, types and selection, design of flanges for pressure vessels. 10
Industrial pressure vessels under external pressure: Design of vessel wall in presence
and absence of stiffeners using analytical & graphical methods, Design of circumferential
stiffeners, Design of closers subjected to external pressure
Design of Tall Column: Industrial requirement of tall vessels, Construction & features in
column stress & determination of shell thickness.
3 10
Support for Vessels: Selection and design of different types – bracket or lug support, skirt
support & saddle support, design calculations
Process design of Shell and Tube Heat exchangers: General design method of shell &
tube heat exchanger, Criteria of selection among Fixed Tube sheet, U Tube & Floating
4 8
Head heat exchanger, Process design of without phase change heat exchanger, Process
design of condenser, Criteria of selection for Horizontal and vertical condenser
Process design of Distillation Column: Introduction, Criteria of selection, Selection of
equipment for distillation, Distillation column design, Selection of key components for
multi-component distillation, Determination of operating pressure for distillation column,
5 15
Determination of nos. of theoretical stages for multi-component distillation by Fenskey-
Underwood-Gilliland’s method, Selection of trays, Calculations for tower diameter &
pressure drop of sieve tray tower.
Process design of Absorbers & Extractor: Introduction, Criteria for selection among
different types of absorption equipment, Process Design of packed tower type absorber:
Determination of actual amount of solvent, Selection of packing, Determination of tower
6 10
diameter & pressure drop, Process design & selection criteria of liquid distributors,
redistributors & packing support. Process design of counter current multistage extractor,
mixer-settler type extractor & packed tower type extractor.
Practical Content
Practical, assignments and tutorials are based on above syllabus.
Text Books
1 Umarji, S. B.; Mahajani, V.V. Joshi’s Process Equipment Design; 5th ed.; Trinity Press: New Delhi,
2016.
2 Introduction to Process Engineering and Design by S B Thakore and B I Bhatt, Tata McGraw Hill,
1st Edition, 2007
Reference Books
1 Ray Sinnott, Gavin Towler, Chemical Engineering Design - Principles, Practice and Economics of
Plant and Process Design, Butterworth - Heinemann, 2008.
2 Srikant D Dawande, “Process Equipment Design” Volume -I & II, Denett publication.
3 Bhattacharya, B.C. Process Equipment Design: Mechanical Aspect; 1st ed.; CBS Publisher and
Distributors Pvt. Ltd.: New Delhi, 2014.
4 Don W. Green, Robert H. Perry, Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, 8th Edn., McGraw -Hill,
New York, 2008
5 James R. Couper, James R. Fair & W. Roy Penney, Chemical Process Equipment - Selection and
Design, 2nd Edn., Butterworth - Heinemann, 2010.

ICT/MOOCs Reference
1 https://nptel.ac.in/courses/103/107/103107207/

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