Adsorption Science and Technology: Fundamentals and Applications

By Prof. Sourav Mondal | IIT Kharagpur

Learners enrolled: 1035 | Exam registration: 110

ABOUT THE COURSE:
The course is designed focusing on the adsorption fundamentals and the application, both at the introductory and advanced level. Adsorption technology is an important separation technology that has wide spread applications from waste water treatment to chromatography, ion exchange, gas separation based on pressure swing adsorption (for e.g. in medical oxygen concentrators), and other surface based transfer processes. The course is related to the scientific principles involved in various industry sectors including petroleum refining, oil and gas, petrochemicals, polymers, catalyst, gas separation, energy, process design, water purification and treatment, waste treatment, etc.
In the recent emphasis on environmental sustainability and climate change, adsorption is important for carbon capture technologies, waste separation and recovery of value added products from waste streams.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Pursuing UG / PG / PhD degree courses in Chemical engineering, biotechnology, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical engineering, Mechanical engineering and agricultural engineering.
Industry professionals involved in the sectors of petroleum refining, oil and gas, petrochemicals, polymers, catalyst, gas separation, energy, process design, water purification and treatment, waste treatment, etc.

PREREQUISITES: Pursuing UG / PG / PhD degree courses in Chemical engineering, biotechnology, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical engineering, Mechanical engineering and agricultural engineering.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Industry sectors – petroleum refining, petrochemicals, polymers, catalyst, gas separation, energy, process design, water purification and treatment, waste treatment, etc.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Chemical Engineering Minor 1 in Chemical
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	22 Jul 2024
End Date :	13 Sep 2024
Enrollment Ends :	05 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends :	16 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	22 Sep 2024 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:

Background of adsorption
Adsorbents
Key features of adsorption, thermodynamic background
Adsorption Isotherm
Langmuir isotherm

Week 2:

Multicomponent Langmuir and other isotherms
Other important isotherms-continued
Equilibrium modelling - I
Equilibrium modelling - II
Adsorption kinetics

Week 3:

BET analysis
Gas sorption
Surface area calculations
Pore size analysis
Limitations

Week 4:

Adsorption and diffusion models
Film diffusion
Linear driving force model
Intraparticle adsorption diffusion model
Slurry adsorption

Week 5:

Fixed bed adsorption
Mass transfer zone modelling
Fixed bed design: Thomas model
Fixed bed design: Adams-Bohart and other models
Fixed bed design: constant pattern behaviour

Week 6:

Fixed bed design: Multi-scale model
Fixed bed adsorption:Illustrative problems
Introduction to Pressure Swing Adsoption (PSA)
Modelling PSA systems
Design of medical grade oxygen concentrator

Week 7:

Introducton to chromatography
Principles
Column chromatography
Chromatography: Illustrative problems 1
Chromatography: Illustrative problems 2

Week 8:

Ion exchange:Principles
Ion exchange adsorbents
Ion exchange: Illustrative problem
Ion exchange cycle
Ion exchange cycle:Illustrative problem

Books and references

1 Separation Process Principles with Applications Using Process Simulators - D. Keith Roper, Ernest J. Henley, and J. D Seader

2 Adsorption calculations and modelling – Chi Tien

3 Principles of Adsorption and Adsorption Processes – Douglas M Ruthven

4 Principles of Mass Transfer and Separation Processes – BK Dutta

Instructor bio

Prof. Sourav Mondal

IIT Kharagpur

Prof. Sourav Mondal is currently engaged in teaching and research in IIT Kharagpur, broadly in the area of mass transfer and fluid flow. He has been the instructor of a similar course at IIT Kharagpur for the past 3 years teaching to several undergraduate, master and PhD graduates. Prior to joining IIT Kharagpur, he was employed at the University of Oxford (UK). He is the recipient of Young Engineer Award and also a Young associate of the Indian National Academy of Engineering since 2021. He has authored more than 50 research articles in international journal and 3 research monographs.

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: 22 September 2024 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 6 assignments out of the total 8 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

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