UPSC INDIAN FOREST SERVICE- SYLLABUS- CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Paper-I

Section A
(a) Fluid and particle Dynamics Viscosity of fluids. Laminar and turbulent flows. Equation of continuity and Navier—Stokes equation— Bernoulli's theorem. Flow meters. Fluid drag and pressure drop due to friction, reynolds Number and friction factor— effect of pipe roughness. Economic pipe diameter, Pumps, water, air/steam jet ejectors, compressors, blowers and fans. Agitation and mixing of liquids. Mixing of solids and pastes. Crushing and Grinding—principles and equipment Rittinger's and Bond's laws. Filtration and filtration equipment. Fluid-particle mechanics—free and hindered settling. Eluidisation and minimum fluidization velocity, concepts of compressible and incompressible flow. Transport of Solids.

(b) Mass Transfer Molecular diffusion coefficients, first and second law of diffusion, mass transfer coefficients, film and peneteration theories of mass transfer. Distillation, simple distillation relative volatility, fractional distillation, plate and packed columns for distillation. Calculation of theoretical number of plates; Liquid equilibria. Extraction—theory and practice; Design of gas absorption columns. Drying. Humidification, dehumidification. Crystallisation. Design of equipment.

(c) Heat Transfer Conduction, thermal conductivity, extended surface heat transfer. Convection—free and forced. Head transfer coefficients—Nusseit Number. LMTD and effectiveness. NTU methods for the design of Double Pipe and Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers. Analogy between heat and momentum transfer. Boiling and condensation heat transfer. Single and multiple—effect evaporators. Radiation—Stefan—Boltzman Law, emissivity and absorptivity. Calculation of heat load of a furnace. Solar heaters.

Section B

(d) Novel Separation Processes Equilibrium separation processes—ion-exchange, osmosis, electro—dialysis, reverse osmosis, ultra—filtration and other membrane processes. Molecular distillation. Super critical fluid extraction.

(e) Process Equipment Designa Factors affecting vessel design criteria—Cost considerations. Design of storage vessels—vertical, horizontal spherical, underground tanks for atmospheric and higher pressure. Design of closures flat and eliptical head, Design of supports. Materials of construction—characteristics and selection.

(f) Process Dynamics and Control Measuring instruments for process variables like level, pressure, flow, temperature pH and concentration with indication in visual/phneumatic/ analog/digital signal forms. Control variable manipulative variable and load variables. Linear control—Laplace transforms. PID controllers. Block diagram representation. Transient and frequency response, stability of closed loop systems. Advanced control strategies. Computer based process control.

Paper II
Section A

(a) Material and energy Balances Material and energy balance calculations in processes with recycle/bypass/purge. Combustion of solid/liquid/gaseous fuels, stoichiometric relationships and excess air requirements. Adiabatic flame temperature.

(b) Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Laws of thermodynamics. PVT relationship for pure components and mixtures. Energy functions and interrelationships—Maxwell's relations. Fugacity activity and chemical potential. Vapour liquid equilibria for ideal/non-ideal, single and multi-component systems. Criteria for chemical reaction equilibrium, equilibrium constant and equilibrium conversions. Thermodynamic cycles—refrigeration and power.

(c) Chemical Reaction Engineering Batch reactors—kinetics of homogeneous reactions and interpretation of kinetic data. Ideal flow reactors— CSTR, plug flow reactors and their performance equations. Temperature effects and run-away reactions. Heterogeneous reactions—catalytic and non-catalytic and gas-solid and gas-liquid reactions. Intrinsic kinetics and global rate concept. Importance of interphase and intraparticle mass transfer on performance. Effectiveness factor. Isothermal and nonisothermal reactors and reactor stability.

Section B
(d) Chemical Technology Natural organic products—Wood and wood-based chemicals, pulp and paper, Agro industries—Sugar, Edible oils extraction (including tree-based seeds), Soaps and detergents. Essential oils. Biomass gasification (including biogas). Coal and coal chemical. Petroleum and Natural gas—Petroleum refining (Atmospheric distillation/cracking/reforming)— Petro-chemical industries—Polyethylenes (LDPE/HDPE/LLDPE). Polyvinyl choride, Polystyrene, Ammonia manufacture Cement and lime industries. Paints and varnishes. Glass ceramics. Fermentation—alcohol and antibiotics.

(e) Environmental Engineering and Safety Ecology and Environment. Sources of pollutants in air water. Green house effect, ozone layer depletion, acid rain. Micrometeorology and dispersion of pollutants in environment. Measurement techniques of pollutant levels and their control strategies. Solid wastes, their hazards and their disposal techniques. Design and performance analysis of pollution control equipment. Fire and explosion hazard rating—HAZOP and HAZAM. Emergency planning disaster management Environmental legislations–water, air and environment pretection Acts. Forest (Conservation) Act.

(f) Process Engineering Economic Fixed and working capital requirement for a process industry and estimation methods. Cost estimation and comparison of alternatives. Net present value by discounted cash flow. Pay back analysis. IRR Depreciation, taxes and insurance. Break-even point analysis. Project scheduling—PERT and CPM. Profit and loss account, balance sheet and financial statement. Plant location and plant layout including piping.

UPSC INDIAN FOREST SERVICE- SYLLABUS- CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

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