Inorganic Chemical Technology

By Prof. Nanda Kishore | IIT Guwahati

Learners enrolled: 224 | Exam registration: 7

ABOUT THE COURSE:
This course is primarily on manufacturing processes of various inorganic chemicals at the industry level. For production of a variety of inorganic chemicals, the basic raw materials requirement, different processes available for the production, flowsheets for such processes, engineering problems associated with such production processes and economics of the processes/materials produced will be discussed. Prior to discussing the production of inorganic chemicals, details of Indian industry along with their current production status and possible improvements discussed in the course. In addition, at the beginning of the course, the discussion of various unit operations and unit processes that form a complete chemical plant, presented in the course.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: UG Students of Chemical Engineering; Biotechnology; Food Technology ; Textile Engineering

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: All chemical industries, fertilizer industries, pharmaceutical industries, food industries, textile industries, polymer industries, metallurgical industries

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Chemical Engineering Minor 2 in Chemical
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	20 Jan 2025
End Date :	11 Apr 2025
Enrollment Ends :	27 Jan 2025
Exam Registration Ends :	14 Feb 2025
Exam Date :	26 Apr 2025 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: Principles of Chemical

1. Industries Introduction and Unit Processes

2. Introduction of Unit Operations

3. Unit Operations and Other General Principles

4. General Principles and Chemical Plant Design

Week 2: Fuel and Industrial Gases – 1

1. Fuel Gases

2. Natural Gas, LPG and Syngas

3. Synthesis gas

Week 3: Fuel and Industrial Gases – 2

1. Industrial Gases

2. Industrial Gases – Carbon Dioxide

3. Industrial Gases – Hydrogen

Week 4: Sulfur and Sulfuric Acid

1. Sulfur Industry

2. Sulfur and sulfuric acid

3. Sulfuric Acid

Week 5: Nitrogen Industries

1. Nitrogen Industries – Ammonia

2. Nitrogen Industries – Nitric Acid

3. Nitrogen Industries – Urea

4. Nitrogen Industries – Ammonium Nitrate

Week 6: Phosphorus Industries

1. Phosphorus Industries – Phosphorus and Phosphoric Acid Production

2. Phosphorus Industries – Phosphoric Acid Production by Wet Processes

3. Phosphorus Industries – Phosphates

Week 7: Potassium Industries

1. Potassium Industries

2. Potassium Industries-2

Week 8: Chlor-Alkali Industry

1. Chlor-Alkali Industry – Soda Ash

2. Chlor-Alkali Industry – Chlorine & Caustic Soda

Week 9: Cement, Lime and Glass Industry

1. Cement and Lime Industry – Cement

2. Cement and Lime Industry – Lime

3. Glass Industries

Week 10: Surface Coating Industries

1. Surface Coating Industry

2. Paints and Pigments

3. Varnishes, Lacquers and Industrial Coatings

Week 11: Ceramic Industries

1. Raw Materials and Basic Ceramic Chemistry

2. Whitewares and Structural Clay Products

3. Refractories, Specialized Ceramic Products and Vitreous Enamel

Week 12: Metallurgical Industries

1. Metallurgical Industries - I

2. Metallurgical Industries - II

Books and references

1. C.L. Dryden, Outlines of Chemical Technology, Edited and Revised by M. Gopala Rao and S. Marshall, 3rd Edition, Affiliated East West, New Delhi, 1997.
2. T.G. Austin and S. Shreve, Chemical Process Industries, 5th Edition, McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1984.
3. R.E. Kirk and D.F. Othmer, Encyclopaedia of Chemical Technology, 4th Edition, Interscience, New York, 1991.
4. P.H. Groggins, Unit Processes in Organic Synthesis, 5th Edition, McGraw Hill, 1984.

Instructor bio

Prof. Nanda Kishore

IIT Guwahati

Prof. Nanda Kishore completed PhD from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur in 2008 and presently is a full professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering of IIT Guwahati, India. He was Brunel Research Fellow from Dec. 21, 2009 to March 31, 2011 at School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton, UK. 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; 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: April 26, 2025 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

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

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 will not be dispatched.

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