Duration: 1 Year
• To provide comprehensive knowledge of chemical engineering fundamentals.
• To develop practical and analytical skills for process industries.
• To enable design and analysis of basic chemical processes.
• To prepare learners for entry-level roles in chemical industries.
• To promote safety, sustainability, and environmental awareness.
- Apply mass, energy, and momentum balances to complex systems.
- Analyze and design basic unit operations and reactors.
- Interpret PFDs and P&IDs in industrial processes.
- Evaluate heat and mass transfer equipment performance.
- Demonstrate knowledge of process control and instrumentation.
- Apply safety standards and environmental regulations.
- Use simulation tools for basic process modeling.
- Execute and present a chemical engineering project.
Module 1: Engineering Mathematics & Basics
• Algebra, calculus basics
• Units and dimensional analysis
• Numerical methods
Module 2: Material & Energy Balances
• Advanced material balances
• Recycle, bypass, purge systems
• Energy balances with phase change
• Combustion calculations
Module 3: Fluid Mechanics
• Fluid properties and flow regimes
• Bernoulli’s equation
• Pipe flow and losses
• Pumps and selection
Module 4: Heat Transfer
• Conduction (steady/unsteady)
• Convective heat transfer
• Radiation heat transfer
• Heat exchanger design basics
Module 5: Mass Transfer Operations
• Diffusion and mass transfer coefficients
• Distillation (McCabe-Thiele method)
• Absorption and stripping
• Liquid-liquid extraction
Module 6: Chemical Reaction Engineering
• Types of reactors (Batch, CSTR, PFR)
• Reaction kinetics
• Reactor design basics
• Catalysis fundamentals
Module 7: Process Instrumentation & Control
• Measurement systems (flow, level, temperature, pressure)
• Control systems basics
• PID controllers
• Industrial instrumentation
Module 8: Process Safety & Environmental Engineering
• Hazard identification (HAZOP basics)
• Safety standards
• Waste treatment methods
• Environmental regulations