EL3491 – Mass Transfer Syllabus Regulation 2021 Anna University

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EL3491 – Mass Transfer Syllabus

Unit – I: Molecular Diffusion

Introduction to mass transfer operations; Molecular diffusion in gases, liquids and solids; diffusivity measurement and prediction; multi-component diffusion.

Unit – II: Convective Transfer And Interphase Mass Transfer

Eddy diffusion, concept of mass transfer coefficients, theories of mass transfer, different transport analogies, application of correlations for mass transfer coefficients, inter-phase mass transfer, relationship between individual and overall mass transfer coefficients.

EL3491 – Mass Transfer Syllabus Regulation 2021 Anna University

Unit – III: Absorption

Gas Absorption and Stripping – Equilibrium; material balance; limiting gas-liquid ratio; tray tower absorber – calculation of number of theoretical stages, tray efficiency, tower diameter; determination of height of packing using HTU and NTU calculations.

Unit – IV: Distillation

Vapour liquid equilibria – Raoult’s law, Principle of distillation – flash distillation, differential distillation, steam distillation, multistage continuous rectification, Number of ideal stages by Mc.Cabe – Thiele method, Total reflux, minimum reflux ratio, optimum reflux ratio.

Unit – V: Leaching & Extraction

Liquid-liquid extraction – solvent characteristics-equilibrium stage-wise contact calculations for single-stage extraction, multi-stage cross-current extraction, multi-stage counter-current operation. Solid liquid equilibria- equilibrium diagram for leaching, single-stage leaching, multi-stage continuous cross current and counter-current leaching, stage calculations, stage efficiency.

Text Books:

  1. Robert E. Treybal, “Mass Transfer Operations” McGraw Hill Education India.
  2. Christie John Geankoplis Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles 4th Edition PHI.
  3. K Asokan, Mass Transfer concepts, University Press.

References:

  1. Warren Mc Cabe, Julian Smith, Peter Harriott, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering 7th Edition, Mc Graw Hil.
  2. J.M.Coulson and J.F. Richardson with J.R.Backhurst and J.H.Harker, “Coulson and Richardson’s Chemical Engineering”, Vol.1, “Fluid Flow,
  3. Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer”, Butterworth Heinmann, 6th Edition, 2000.

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