CL 205

Mass Transfer- I

3-1-0-8

 

Syllabus:

Molecular diffusion; Convective mass transfer and mass transfer coefficient; Interphase mass transfer; Equipment for gas-liquid operations; Gas absorption and stripping: introduction to absorption and stripping, equilibrium in gas-liquid systems, minimum liquid rate; Design of packed column absorber, mass transfer coefficients in packed towers; Height equivalent to a theoretical plate (HETP); Absorption in plate column and its design; Distillation: introduction to distillation, binary equilibrium diagrams and concept of relative volatility; Flash, batch and steam distillation; Continuous multistage fractionation: McCabe-Thiele method for distillation, limiting cases - total and minimum reflux, Ponchon-Savarit analysis of binary distillation, distillation in packed towers; Design of packed and plate distillation columns; Introduction to multicomponent, azeotropic and extractive distillation.

Text Books:

  1. R. E. Treybal, Mass Transfer Operations, 3rd Ed., McGraw -Hill International Edition, 1981.
  2. B.K. Dutta, Principles of Mass Transfer and Separation Processes, 1st Ed., Prentice Hall of India, 2007.

Reference Books:

  1. W. L. McCabe, J. Smith and P. Harriot, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 7th Ed., McGraw - Hill International Edition, 2014
  2. P. C. Wankat, Equilibrium-Staged Separations, Prentice Hall, 1988
  3. C. J. Geankoplis, Transport Processes and Unit Operations, 3rd Ed., Prentice Hall, India, 1993.
  4. J. D. Seader, Ernest J. Henley, D. Keith Roper, John Wiley & Sons , Separation Process Principles with Applications using Process Simulators, 3rd Edition, 2011.