ASSIGNMENT 1

PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING BP304T

15/10/2022
Pharmaceutical Engineering PANKAJ GAJARE
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INSTRUCTIONS
Last Date to submit: 31/10/2022
Note:
Draw neat labelled diagram wherever necessary.

LONG QUESTIONS
1. Describe in detail mechanisms of heat transfer with suitable equations.
2. Describe the conduction of heat through compound resistance in series.
3. Derive an equation for the heat transfer through a circular pipe with a suitable
law.

4. Describe the principle, construction, working, advantages and disadvantages of

horizontal tube evaporator
5. Describe the principle, construction, working, advantages and disadvantages of
climbing film evaporator
6. What are forward feed and backward feed multiple effect evaporators? How
economy of multiple effect evaporator is determined?

7. Describe the principle, construction and working of a distillation apparatus for

the preparation of distilled water along with advantages and disadvantages.
8. What is steam distillation? Give its principle. Comment on construction,
working, advantages, disadvantages and applications of steam distillation.

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SHORT QUESTIONS
1. What are the objectives and applications of heat transfer in the industry?
2. State and explain Fourier’s Law of heat transmission with the help of suitable
examples.
3. Describe in detail heat transfer by conduction.
4. Explain in brief heat transfer in heat exchangers.
5. Compare and contrast heat transmission following counter-current and
parallel-current feed techniques with relevant equations.
6. Describe with the help of neat labelled diagram construction and working of
Tubular Heat Exchanger.

7. What are the objectives and applications of evaporation? Differentiate

between evaporation and distillation.
8. Explain the working principle, construction of falling film evaporator.
9. Explain multiple effect evaporators with reference to its economy.
10. Describe the construction and working of a forced circulation evaporator.
11. Explain factors affecting evaporation and elaborate its objectives?
12. Compare horizontal and vertical tube evaporators.
13. Compare falling film and rising (climbing) film evaporators.

14. What is distillation? What are its objectives and applications? Describe
significance of temperature and pressure in distillation.
15. How distillation process under reduced pressure works?
16.Elaborate on fractional distillation.
17. Elaborate on molecular distillation.

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