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About SERC Schools

The Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) of the Department of Science & Technology (DST, Government of India) sponsors state-of-the-art courses in engineering and science for the benefit of faculty of engineering colleges, engineers working in industry, R & D organizations, and scientists from government departments in the country. These courses also offer an opportunity for increasing industry-academia  interaction.

Aims & Scope

Chemical reactor design and optimization is an area of engineering which is very significant from the industrial point of view. The reactor is  the heart of a chemical plant, and usually contributes significantly to the total plant cost and therefore to its ultimate profitability. Hence, the design and optimized operation of the reactor is of supreme importance. A very large variety of reactors are in commercial use: simple tubular and stirred tank reactors, packed bed reactors for catalytic gas-solid reactions, moving-bed reactors for catalytic as well as non-catalytic reactions, multiphase reactors for gas-liquid contact, and so on. Intricate and detailed design of a reactor requires that a mathematical model be developed to describe  its working. For such modeling, an understanding of the interaction between the physical processes (heat & mass transfer, fluid flow) and the chemical reaction steps is essential. The aim of this SERC school is to train the participants in the fundamentals as well as the latest developments in this area. The lectures will be delivered by experts with several years of experience in the modeling & simulation, optimization and control of industrially significant reactors. 

Pre-requisites

A bachelor's degree or higher in Science or Engineering. 

Course Content  (Click here to view the COURSE TIME TABLE)

• Mass, Energy and Momentum Equations for Tubular Reactors: 

1. Review
   
2. Case Study 1 (Modeling of Naphtha Crackers)

• Modeling of Catalytic Fluid-Solid Reactors:

1. Reaction-Diffusion in Porous Catalysts, External Transport Processes
   
2. Case Study 2 (Steam Reforming of Natural Gas)
   
3. Case Study 3 (Fluidized-Bed Catalytic Crackers, FCC)  

• Modeling of Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactors: 

1. Fundamentals of Gas-Liquid Reactors   
   
2. Case Study 4 (Industrial Gas-Slurry Contacting)
   

• Modeling of Non-Catalytic Gas-Solid Reactors: 

1. Review
2. Case Study 5 (Behaviour of Cement Kilns)

• Modeling of  Polymerization Reactors:
  

1. Fundamentals of Polymerization Engineering
2. Case Study 6 (Modeling and Multi-Objective Optimization of Nylon-6)

Lecture notes, problem sheets and appropriate reference materials will be provided on CD-ROM and hardcopy.

Course Faculty

Prof. Deepak Kunzru is on the Chemical Engineering faculty of I.I.T. Kanpur since 1974. He obtained his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from I.I.T. Kanpur and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A. He has worked actively in the areas of pyrolysis of hydrocarbons and catalytic and chemical reaction engineering. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.

Prof. Anurag Mehra obtained his B.Tech.in Chemical Engineering from I.I.T. Kanpur and a Ph.D. from U.D.C.T. Bombay. He was on the faculty of U.D.C.T. for several years before joining the Department of Chemical Engineering at I.I.T. Bombay in 1991. He has been involved in teaching courses on mathematical and numerical methods, modeling and simulation as well as in reaction engineering and transport processes for more than 17 years. Research interests include multiphase reactions, precipitations and surfactant systems. He currently heads the Computer Centre at IIT Bombay.

Prof. A. K. Suresh has been with I.I.T. Bombay since 1988, after a Ph.D. at Monash University in Chemical Engineering and a brief stint at Hindustan Lever Research Centre. He has taught numerous courses in the areas of reaction engineering and bioprocesses. Research interests include mass transfer and reaction engineering and bioprocesses.

Prof. Santosh K. Gupta has been on the faculty of Department of Chemical Engineering at I.I.T. Kanpur since 1973. He obtained his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from I.I.T. Kanpur and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A. His research interests include polymerization engineering, as well as modeling, simulation, optimization and control of chemical engineering systems. He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.

Course dates & Venue

The course dates are May 2 (Monday) to 7  (Saturday), 2005. The venue will be the Computer Aided Instruction classroom of the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Bombay.   Last date for receipt of filled registration forms is March 30, 2005. Selected applicants will be informed of the status of their application by April 10, 2005.

Accommodation

Accomodation on campus is available in the Guest House for a limited number of participants, with advance intimation. Usually, this will be provided on a twin sharing basis.

Course Fee and Registration

Participants from Academic Institutions

Twenty five participants from academic institutions will be sponsored by DST. The selections will be made on an all-india basis. Selected participants will be paid AC-III tier railway or State transport bus, round-trip fares by shortest route from/to their place of work. Boarding and lodging expenses will also be borne by DST. The registration form should be sent through the head of the institution and should reach the course coordinator on or before March 30, 2005.  A committment fee of Rs 3000 will have to be paid by participants at the time of submitting the registration form. The entire fee amount will be returned to participants at the end of the course. However, this amount will be forfeited as cancellation charges if the participant does not turn up for the course. This fee must be paid by demand draft payable to "Registrar, IIT Bombay (CEP A/C)"

Participants from Industry and R & D Organizations

The course fee is Rs 10,000 for this category. Course fee covers course materials, lunch and tea only and does NOT include accomodation or other boarding charges.  Fees must be paid by demand draft payable to "Registrar, IIT Bombay (CEP A/C)". Please mail the registration form along with the demand draft to the course coordinator.  

(It may be noted that no income tax is to be deducted at source from the course fee payments as IIT Bombay is exempted from the same.)
 

Address all correspondence to

Professor Anurag Mehra
Course Coordinator
Department of Chemical Engineering
IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India

Tel: 022-25767217,25767750
Fax: 022-25726895
Email: mehra@iitb.ac.in