Mechanical Unit Operations

By Prof. Nanda Kishore | IIT Guwahati

Learners enrolled: 672

Chemical engineering consists of several unit operations and unit processes. Before the reaction step,the raw materials should be processed through various unit operations and similarly after the reaction step as well the products are passed through various unit operations either for product separation or forpurity. Thus unit operations are very essentially part of the chemical engineering; and hence, basic knowledge about the principles and equipment of solid-solid unit operations and solid-liquid unit operations is mandatory for any professional chemical engineer.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Food Engineering

PREREQUISITES: Nil

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Chemical Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	29 Jul 2019
End Date :	18 Oct 2019
Exam Date :	17 Nov 2019 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Introduction of Particulate Sizes and Shapes

Week 2: Screening

Week 3: Size Reduction

Week 4: Storage and Conveying of Bulk Solids

Week 5: Size Enlargement

Week 6: Flow past Bluff Bodies

Week 7: Flow Through Packed and Fluidized Beds

Week 8: Filtration

Week 9: Cross Flow Filtration and Membrane Separations

Week 10: Gravity Sedimentation Processes

Week 11: Centrifugal Separations

Week 12: Floatation

Books and references

1. E. Ortega-Rivas, Unit Operations of Particulate Solids: Theory and Practice, CRC Press, FL, 2012.

2. W.L. McCabe, J. Smith, P. Harriot, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 7th Edition, McGraw Hill, 2005.

3. J.F. Richardson, J.J. Harker, Coulson and Richardson’s Chemical Engineering, 2nd Volume, 5th Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003.

Instructor bio

Dr Nanda Kishore completed PhD from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur in 2008 and presently is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering of IIT Guwahati, India, since April 26, 2014. He has taught the “Solid-Fluid Operations or Mechanical Unit Operations” course at IIT Guwahati for four years. After completion of his PhD, Dr Kishore joined as Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal, Telangana in Feb 11, 2008. He was Brunel Research Fellow from Dec. 21, 2009 to March 31, 2011 at School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton, UK. Then he joined as Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Assam from April 28, 2011 to April 25, 2014. He has published over 65 research articles in various international level reputed journals and published 28 papers in national/international conference proceedings and published 06 book chapters. He is a recognized research guide and so far has guided 04 Ph.D. thesis and 02 are ongoing. He is also editorial board member of “American Journal of Chemical Engineering” (since March 2018) and “The Open Chemical Engineering Journal” (since June 2017). He was a visiting researcher of Department of Chemical and Processing Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom from June 2016 to July 2016. He received Young Scientist Research Award in 2016 from DAE-BRNS; IEI Young Engineers Award for the year 2015-2016; Young Scientist Research Grant from Science and Engineering Research Board of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2013

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 17th November 2019 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75.

If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Guwahati. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies are being discontinued from July 2019 semester and will not be dispatched

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