Material & Energy Balance Computations

By Prof. Arnab Atta , Prof. Rabibrata Mukherjee | IIT Kharagpur

Learners enrolled: 724

This is an introductory material and energy balance course that plays significant role in the chemical engineering as well in the biological, petroleum, and environmental engineering curriculum. It enables students to be conversant with the engineering approaches for solution of the process–related problems, with and without chemical reactions. The content of this course can be broadly classified into two topics: (1) material balances, and (2) energy balances. The objective of this course is to learn the formulation and interpretation of material and energy balances on various chemical process schemes.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Undergraduate Second Year students in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Chemical and Petrochemical Process Industries such as BASF, Tata Chemicals, Reliance Industries, IFFCO, Dr. Reddy’s, Haldia Petrochem, etc.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Chemical Engineering Minor 1 in Chemical Minor 2 in Chemical Minor 3 in Chemical
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	26 Jul 2021
End Date :	15 Oct 2021
Enrollment Ends :	09 Aug 2021
Exam Date :	24 Oct 2021 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected 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 to Engineering Calculations, Processes and Process Variables
Week 2: Material Balance Calculations: Fundamentals & Single Unit
Week 3: Material Balance Calculations: Multiple Units
Week 4: Recycle & Bypass, Introduction to Chemical Reaction Stoichiometry
Week 5: Chemical Reaction Stoichiometry & Reactive Processes

Week 6: Combustion reactions, Introduction to Single- & Multi-phase Systems

Week 7 : Introduction to Energy Balance & Basic Concepts

Week 8 : Energy Balance without Chemical Reaction
Week 9 : Energy Balance without Chemical Reaction
Week 10 : Energy Balance with Chemical Reaction
Week 11 : Energy Balance with Chemical Reaction
Week 12 : Humidity and Psychrometric Chart

Books and references

1. Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes by Richard M. Felder and Ronald W. Rousseau, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

2. Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering by David M. Himmelblau and James B. Riggs, Prentice Hall.

Instructor bio

Prof. Arnab Atta

IIT Kharagpur

Dr. Arnab Atta is presently an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur. After receiving his bachelor and master of Chemical Engineering degrees from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, he accomplished his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from IIT Delhi, New Delhi as a National Doctoral Fellow. Prior to joining IIT Kharagpur in 2013, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Alberta, Canada. His research interest is inclined toward developing computational models for a range of applications in multiphase flow and systems at different length scales.

Prof. Rabibrata Mukherjee

Rabibrata Mukherjee is presently a Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur. He obtained his PhD from IIT Kanpur in the year 2007. He joined IIT Kharagpur in the Department of Chemical Engineering as an Assistant Professor in 2009 and became a Professor in 2018. Prior to joining IIT Kharagpur, he was a Scientist at CSIR - Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, between 1997 and 2009. He is an internationally recognized expert in soft nano patterning and thin film instability, with specific emphasis on ordering and arranging objects by confined self organization at the nano and meso scale. So far he has published 85 international journals papers and holds 7 Indian patents. He has been awarded the CSIR Young Scientist Award in 2007, the MRSI Medal in 2014, and the SERB – STAR Award 2020. He is presently, the Chairman of DST funded Sophisticated Analytical and Technical Help Institute (SATHI) at IIT Kharagpur. He is an extremely popular teacher in IIT Kharagpur, where he teaches several core and elective courses both at the Under-graduate and the Post-graduate level.

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: 24 October 2021 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 Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team