SYLLABUS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT OF LECTURERS
IN GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC COLLEGES AND SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS

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CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

Organic Chemistry :
Carbohydrates - oils, fats and waxes - hetero cyclic compounds - proteins - dyes and dyeing - pharmaceutical chemistry

Material Technology :
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals - Polymers, composites, ceramics and inorganic materials - Single crystals - memory metals - intelligent materials.

Thermodynamics :
The first law and internal energy, statements of first law for the non flow and flow systems, enthalpy and heat capacity limitations of the first law.

The PVT behavior of fluids, laws of corresponding states and equation of states approaches to the PVT relationships of non ideal gas.

Physical Chemistry :
Phase rule – Azeotropic distillation – Fractional distillation – partially miscible liquid – CST – Immiscible liquid – Steam distillation – photochemistry – Quantum efficiency – Hydrogen – chlorine reaction – photosensitization – Chemiluminescence.

Ionic equilibria – Degree of hydrolysis – Determination – acid-base indicators – their applications – solubility product principle – Ionic equilibria involving complex ions – Calloids – properties of colloids – coagulation of solutions – Origin of charge on colloidal particles – Determination of size of colloidal particles – Donnan Membrane equilibrium – Emulsions – Gels – Applications of colloids – Nuclear chemistry – Applications of Radioactivity – Nuclear forces – Packing fraction – Binding energy – Nuclear fission – Nuclear reactors – Nuclear fusion – Hydrogen bomb – Nuclear reactions – cyclotron – Induced radioactivity.

Chemical Process Calculations :
Composition of mixtures and solutions – gas calculations – material balance – material balance involving key components, Material balance with chemical reaction – Limiting and excess reactants – Degree of completion – Application of material balance to various types of chemical reactions – recycle and bypassing operations – concept of purge – humidity and saturation – fuels and combustion – Standard heat of reaction, standard heat of formation and combustion, Hess law, calculation of standard heat of reaction, Heat of reaction at other temperatures – Effect of pressure and temperature on heat of reaction – Heats of solution and mixing.

Instrumental Methods of Analysis :
Spectroscopical methods of analysis – Electromagnetic radiation : Various ranges, Dual properties, Various energy levels, Interaction of photons with matter, absorbance, and transmittance and their relationship, Permitted energy levels for the electrons of an atom and simple molecules, classification of instrumental methods based on physical properties.

Quantitative spectroscopy – Nesslerimity. Estimation of inorganic ions such as Fe, Ni and estimation of Nitrite using Beer-Lanbert’s Law. Molecular spectroscopy – Various transitions in organic and inorganic compounds effected by UV, visible and infra red radiations, various energy level diagrams of saturated, unsaturated and carbonyl compounds, excitation by UV and Visible radiations, Woodward – Fieser rules for the calculation of absorption maxima.

Atomic spectroscopy – Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry : Principle, Instrumentation and Application, Various interferences observed in AAS (Chemical, Radiation and Excitation). Flame Photometry – Polarimetry and Refractrometry – Thermogravimetry: instrumentation, factors affecting the shapes of thermograms, applications, thermograms of some important compounds – Classification of chromatographic methods.

Heat and Mass Transfer :
Molecular diffusion in gases and liquids, steady state diffusion under stagnant and laminar flow conditions Diffusivity measurement and prediction, multi-component diffusion, diffusion in solids and its applications, eddy diffusion, mass transfer coefficients, theories of mass transfer-overall mass transfer coefficient – steady state co current and counter current mass transfer processes, stages, cascade and stage efficiencies, stage – wise and differential contractors, NTU and NTP concepts.

Humidification operations – Gas Absorption – theory and mechanism of drying, drying curves, classification of dryers, design of batch and continuous dryers, theory of crystallization, classification of crystallizers – heat transfer from condensing vapours, drop wise and film wise condensation, Nusselt equation for vertical and horizontal tubes, condensation of superheated vapours, effect of non-condensable gasses on rate of condensation.

Heat transfer to boiling liquids – mechanism of boiling, nucleate boiling and film boiling – Parellel and counter flow heat exchangers – Log mean temperature difference – Single pass and multipass heat exchangers; plate heat exchangers; use of correction factor charts; heat exchangers effectiveness; number of transfer unit.

Leaching equipment for batch and continuous operations – calculation of number of stages – Leaching – Leaching by percolation through stationary solid beds, moving bed leaching – Membrane separation process; solid and liquid membranes; concept of osmosis; reverse osmosis; electro dialysis.

Chemical Processing :
The role of a chemical engineers in process industries, – unit operations, unit processes, process utilities and economics, industrial safety and pollution, outline of plant and equipment design, process control and instrumentation. – Chlor – Alkali – Industrial acid – Cement, Glass and Ceramics. Pulp and Paper – Pharmaceutical, Polymers, Industrial Gases, Paints and Pigments. – Dyes and intermediates, Fertilizers, Food industry.

Chemical Reaction Engineering :
Mass action, rate equation, elementary, non-elementary reactions and their measurements, theories of reaction rate and temperature dependency, analysis of experimental reaction data, evaluation of rate equation, integral and differential analysis for constant variable volume system – Isothermal and non-isothermal homogeneous reactor systems-design – Criteria for stability of reactors, limit cycles and oscillating reactions, parameter sensitivity – The residence time distribution as a factor of performance; residence time functions and relationship between them in reactor; basic models for non-ideal flow; conversion in nonideal reactors-Diffusion within catalyst particle, effective thermal conductivity, mass and heat transfer within catalyst pellets, effectiveness factor, Thiele Modulus, fixed bed reactors.

Transport Phenomena :
Viscosity, mechanism of momentum transport, shell balance method, Newton’s law, pressure and temperature effect on viscosity of gases and liquids, velocity distributions in falling film, circular tube, annulus, slit-special forms, use of equations of change, dimensional analysis of equations of change, time-smoothed equations of change.

Petroleum Refining and Petrochemical Technology :
Evaluation of crude oil and testing of petroleum products – Refining of petroleum – Atmospheric and vacuum distillation – Thermal cracking, Vis breaking, coking – Catalytic cracking (FCC), Hydro cracking, Air blowing of bitumen – Treatment techniques for removal of sulphur compounds to improve performance, Storage and stability – Product treatment processes – various solvent treatment processes , dewaxing, clay treatment and Hydro fining – Cracking of naphtha and gas for the production of ethylene, propylene, isobutylene and butadiene. Production of acetylene from methane Catalytic Reforming of petroleum feed stocks. Extraction of Aromatics – Production of petrochemicals like dimethyl terephathalate (DMT), ethylene glycol, Synthetic glycerine, linear alkyl benzene (LAB), acrylonitrile, methyl methacrylate (MMA), vinyl acetate monomer, phthalic anhydride, phenol and acetone, Methanol, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, pentaerythritol. Production of carbon black.