NPTEL : NOC:Plant Design and Economics (Chemical Engineering)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Debasis Sarkar


Lecture 1 - Introduction

Lecture 2 - Typical Design Steps

Lecture 3 - Flow Diagram

Lecture 4 - Flow Diagram - Mass and Energy Balance

Lecture 5 - Piping and Instrumentation Diagram

Lecture 6 - Selection of Process Equipment

Lecture 7 - Process Utilities

Lecture 8 - Plant Location

Lecture 9 - Site and Plant Layout

Lecture 10 - Heuristics in Process Synthesis and Design

Lecture 11 - Capital Investment

Lecture 12 - Capital Cost Estimates

Lecture 13 - Cost Components in Capital Investments

Lecture 14 - Methods of Capital Cost Estimates

Lecture 15 - Estimation of Total Product Cost

Lecture 16 - Different Types of Interest

Lecture 17 - Continuous Interest, Cash Flow Diagram, Time Value of Money

Lecture 18 - Uniform Cash Flows and Continuous Flows

Lecture 19 - Income Tax and Depreciation

Lecture 20 - Depreciation

Lecture 21 - Cumulative Cash Flow and Profitability Standards

Lecture 22 - Profitability Analysis

Lecture 23 - Profitability Analysis (Continued...)

Lecture 24 - Profitability Analysis (Continued...)

Lecture 25 - Alternative Investment, Replacement and Sensitivity Analysis

Lecture 26 - Introduction to Process Synthesis

Lecture 27 - Hierarchical Approach to Process Synthesis - I

Lecture 28 - Hierarchical Approach to Process Synthesis - II

Lecture 29 - Hierarchical Approach to Process Synthesis - III

Lecture 30 - Hierarchical Approach to Process Synthesis - IV

Lecture 31 - Basic Reactor Principles

Lecture 32 - Reactor Synthesis for Complex Reactions by Attainable Region: Fundamentals

Lecture 33 - Reactor Synthesis for Complex Reactions by Attainable Region: Example-1

Lecture 34 - Reactor Synthesis for Complex Reactions by Attainable Region: Example-2

Lecture 35 - General Procedure for Reactor Design and Cost Estimation

Lecture 36 - Introduction to Separation Systems

Lecture 37 - Selection Criteria for Separation Processes

Lecture 38 - Design of Multi-component Distillation Column: Short Cut Method

Lecture 39 - Design of Multi-component Distillation Column: Short Cut Method - Example

Lecture 40 - Introduction to Sequencing of Ordinary Distillation Columns

Lecture 41 - Sequences for Simple Nonintegrated Distillation Columns

Lecture 42 - Distillation Sequencing using Columns with Sidestreams

Lecture 43 - Distillation Sequencing using Thermal Coupling

Lecture 44 - Azeotropic Distillation: Residue Curve Maps

Lecture 45 - Azeotropic Distillation Methods and Cost Estimation

Lecture 46 - Introduction to Pinch Technology

Lecture 47 - Composite Curves

Lecture 48 - The Problem Table Method

Lecture 49 - The Heat Recovery Pinch and The Grand Composite Curve

Lecture 50 - Heat Exchanger Network Design

Lecture 51 - Introduction

Lecture 52 - Fires and Explosions: Flammability Characteristics

Lecture 53 - Fires and Explosions: Prevention

Lecture 54 - Toxic Release, Hazard Identification and MSDS

Lecture 55 - Inherently Safer Design

Lecture 56 - Optimality Criteria for Unconstrained Functions

Lecture 57 - Examples

Lecture 58 - Equality Constrained Problems: Langrange Multipliers

Lecture 59 - Linear Programming Problems

Lecture 60 - Batch Process Scheduling