Department of Chemical Engineering

National Institute of Technology Warangal

Lecture 1: Course Introduction

CH352 Process Equipment Design (Open Book)

Course Instructor: Dr. Raghu Raja Pandiyan Kuppusamy,

Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Warangal
raghuraj@nitw.ac.in
8002486897
 Course Details

 CH352 Process Equipment Design (Open Book)

 4 Credit Course – 3 Lecture Session, 1 Tutorial Session

 Weekly Schedule : Monday 1:30 PM to 2:25 PM

Tuesday 1:30 PM to 2:25 PM
Thursday 10:05 AM to 11 AM
Friday 1:30 PM to 2:25 PM
Saturday (as per instruction)

 Pre-requisites: CH202- Fluid and Particle Mechanics; CH252 - Heat

Transfer; CH301 - Chemical Reaction Engineering-II; CH302 - Mass
Transfer-II

 Online Mode
 Detailed Syllabus

Introduction to process design of Separation columns (Distillation,

Absorption, and Extraction): Design variables, general design
considerations, process design methods, Column sizing, Plate and packed
column hydraulics design.

Process design of heat-transfer equipment: Types of heat exchanger,

Process design of shell and tube heat exchanger, Condenser, and reboilers.

Drawing: Drawing of process equipment symbols for fluid handling, heat

transfer, mass transfer, and mechanical operations Detailed drawing of
equipment, Drawing of process flow diagram, Piping and instrumentation
diagram (P&ID), Vessel and piping layout isometrics.

Mechanical Design of Process Equipment: Introduction to mechanical

aspects of chemical equipment design, Design Preliminaries, Design of
cylindrical and spherical vessels under internal pressure, external pressure
and combined loading, Design of heads and closers, Design of tall vessels.
Design of a heat exchanger, Design of an absorber, Design of a distillation
column, Design of evaporator, Design of condenser, Design of a chemical
reactor.
 Text Books and Reference Books
1. R.K. Sinnott, Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering, Volume 06,
Elsevier, 3rd Edition, 2005.

2. Robert E. Treybal, Mass Transfer Operations, McGraw Hill Education, 3rd

Edition, 1980.

3. Donald Q. Kern, Process Heat Transfer, Tata McGraw-Hill Education, Indian

Edition, 1stEdition, 2017.

4. Bhattacharya B.C., Introduction to Chemical Equipment Design- Mechanical

Aspects, CBS Publishers and Distributors, 2008.

5. Mahajani V.V. and Umarji S.B., Joshi's process equipment design, Trinity Press,
4th Edition, 2014.

6. Brownell L.E, Process Equipment Design - Vessel Design, Wiley Eastern Ltd.,
1986.

7. Towler G. P. and R. K. Sinnott, Chemical Engineering Design, Principles,

Practice and Economics of Plant and Process Design, Butterworth Heinemann, 2nd
Edition, 2012.

8. Nicholas O Cheremisinoff, Handbook of chemical process equipment,

Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000.
 Assessment
Scheme of Evaluation
Mid Semester – 30 Marks,

End Semester – 40 Marks,

Internal – 30 Marks
Minor 1 & Minor 2
(Class Test + Assignment)

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 Detailed Lecture Plan

Topic Reference
Module-2: Process Design of Heat Transfer Equipment
Types of heat exchanger (2 hour)
Process design of shell and tube heat exchanger (4 hour) Process Heat
Transfer by DQ
Process design of Condenser (2 hour) Kern
Process design of reboilers (2 hour)

Topic Reference
Module-1: Introduction to process design of Separation columns (Distillation,
Absorption, and Extraction)
Design Variables (1 hour) R.K. Sinnott,
Design of binary and multicomponent columns (6 hour) Coulson &
Richardson's
Column sizing, Plate and packed column. Chemical
(3 hour) Engineering, Vol
hydraulics design(2 hour) 6
 Detailed Lecture Plan
Topic Reference
Module-3: Drawing
Drawing of process equipment symbols for fluid handling, heat
transfer, mass transfer, and mechanical operations Detailed drawing All references
of equipment, Drawing of process flow diagram, Piping and sited in text and
instrumentation diagram (P&ID), Vessel and piping layout reference books
isometrics (8 Hours)

Topic Reference
Module-4: Mechanical Design of Process Equipment
Introduction to mechanical aspects of chemical equipment design,
Design Preliminaries (2 hour)
Design of cylindrical and spherical vessels under internal pressure,
Mechanical
external pressure and combined loading, (6 hour)
Design of
Design of heads and closers, Design of tall vessels. (3 Hour)
Equipment's by
Design of a heat exchanger, Design of an absorber, Design of a PV Joshi
distillation column, Design of evaporator, Design of condenser,
Design of a chemical reactor.
(8 hour)
 Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

CO1 Evaluate the process design considerations of separation

columns and heat transfer equipment

CO2 Draw process flow diagrams and process instrumentation

diagrams

CO3 Apply mechanical design concepts to process equipment

CO4 Design heat exchangers, evaporators, absorbers, distillation

columns, reactors