Workshop

Introduction Distillation is one of the most commonly used separation techniques in the chemical industry spanning from refineries and petrochemicals to fine chemicals. Though distillation is one of the mature technologies there still remains a lot to be explored with the advent of its variants like Reactive distillation thermally coupled columns etc. There are growing contributions even on the theoretical front to give better insight and enable easier design of the distillation columns.

Nanoparticles are the building blocks of nanotechnology and the advances in this important branch of science crucially depends upon the ability to synthesize these particles on an industrial scale in a controlled and reproducible manner. The formation of nanoparticles is a fairly well researched frontier area in which many chemical engineers work. This has resulted in a whole body of work which is very novel and challenging. Whereas some apsects of nanoparticles formation and characterization are well understood there are many issues that are still being investigated.

Piping Engineering is a truly multidisciplinary subject.It draws its knowledge base from chemical mechanical civil electrical metallurgical instrumentation control engineering to name a few. Piping Elements & Specialties raditionally chemical or mechanical engineers have taken to this profession and it is believed that about 10 years on­job experience and exposure can make a few gifted ones ‘piping engineers’ in real sense. Contact: Prof. A S Moharir

Piping Engineering is a truly multidisciplinary subject.It draws its knowledge base from chemical mechanical civil electrical metallurgical instrumentation control engineering to name a few. Piping Elements & Specialties raditionally chemical or mechanical engineers have taken to this profession and it is believed that about 10 years on ­job experience and exposure can make a few gifted ones ‘piping engineers’ in real sense.

Modern industrial processes have to be designed and operated with a high level of understanding and in an optimal manner given the highly globalized and competitive milieu and the increasing enforcement of rigorous environmental standards. There is a tremendous need to comprehend not only the physical and chemical principles underlying a process but also to translate this understanding into a mathematical form solve the resulting equations and interpret/apply the results towards process improvement.

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is a computer simulation of fluid flow behaviour in and around complex geometries which is usually coupled with related phenomena of reaction heat and masstransfer. The simulation results in prediction of the flow fields and stress profiles in the domain of interest which are very useful in the design and optimization of processes and equipments.

The aim of this SERC School on Rheology of Complex fluids is to bring together young researchers and teachers from educational and R&D institutions and expose them to the basic concepts and research techniques used in the study of rheological behaviour of complex fluids. The lectures will be delivered by well-recognised experts from around the country who have several years of experience in the teaching research and industrial R&D of variousaspects of complex fluids.

Organized by Profs. Mani Bhushan and Santosh K. Gupta Department of Chemical Engineering IIT Bombay. Optimization is an active area of research and industrial activity in all areas of engineering science finance etc. It has gained importance in recent years with newer developments like evolutionary computation and global optimization techniques. These techniques enable the solution and implementation of large-scale real-life industrial problems which were hitherto unsolvable.

Modern industrial processes have to be designed and operated with a high level of understanding and in an optimal manner given the highly globalized and competitive milieu and the increasing enforcement of rigorous environmental standards. There is a tremendous need to comprehend not only the physical and chemical principles underlying a process but also to translate this understanding into a mathematical form solve the resulting equations and interpret/apply the results towards process improvement.