Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya,
Bhopal (M.P.)
Syllabus for Entrance Examination for Admission in Ph.D. Program
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
1. Process Calculations and Thermodynamics: Laws of conservation of mass and energy;
use of tie components; recycle, bypass and purge calculations; degree of freedom
analysis. First and Second laws of thermodynamics. First law application to close and
open systems. Second law and Entropy Thermodynamic properties of pure substances:
equation of state and departure function, properties of mixtures: partial molar properties,
fugacity, excess properties and activity coefficients; phase equilibria: predicting VLE of
systems; chemical reaction equilibria.
2. Fluid Mechanics and Mechanical Operations: Fluid statics, Newtonian and non-
Newtonian fluids, Bernoulli equation, Macroscopic friction factors, energy balance,
dimensional analysis, shell balances, flow through pipeline systems, flow meters, pumps
and compressors, packed and fluidized beds, elementary boundary layer theory, size
reduction and size separation; free and hindered settling; centrifuge and cyclones;
thickening and classification, filtration, mixing and agitation; conveying of solids.
3. Heat and Mass Transfer: Conduction, convection and radiation, heat transfer
coefficients, steady and unsteady heat conduction, boiling, condensation and evaporation;
types of heat exchangers and evaporators and their design. Fick’s laws, molecular
diffusion in fluids, mass transfer coefficients, film, penetration and surface renewal
theories; momentum, heat and mass transfer analogies; stage wise and continuous
contacting and stage efficiencies; HTU & NTU concepts design and operation of
equipment for distillation, absorption, leaching, liquid-liquid extraction, drying,
humidification, dehumidification and adsorption.
4. Chemical Reaction Engineering: Theories of reaction rates; kinetics of homogeneous
reactions, interpretation of kinetic data, single and multiple reactions in ideal reactors,
non-ideal reactors; residence time distribution, single parameter model; non-isothermal
reactors; kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic reactions; diffusion effects in catalysis.
5. Instrumentation and Process Control: Measurement of process variables; sensors,
transducers and their dynamics, transfer functions and dynamic responses of simple
systems, process reaction curve, controller modes (P, PI, and PID); control valves;
analysis of closed loop systems including stability, frequency response and controller
tuning, cascade, feed forward control.
6. Plant Design and Economics: Process design and sizing of chemical engineering
equipment such as compressors, heat exchangers, multistage contactors; principles of
process economics and cost estimation including total annualized cost, cost indexes, rate
of return, payback period, discounted cash flow, optimization in design.
7. Chemical Technology: Inorganic chemical industries; sulfuric acid, NaOH, fertilizers
(Ammonia, Urea, SSP and TSP); natural products industries (Pulp and Paper, Sugar, Oil,
and Fats); petroleum refining and petrochemicals; polymerization industries;
polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC and polyester synthetic fibers.
8. Statistics & Research Aptitude
Mean, median, mode, basic concepts of probability, coefficient of variance, standard
error, standard deviation, and correlation and regression analysis. Student t-test, F-test,
analysis of variance (ANOVA), data graphics and data interpretation. Principles and
various models of statistical optimization techniques, optimization softwares.
National and international scenario of scientific research, literature reviewing, reference
citation, scientific and research journals, impact valuation, research article and patent
drafting, various scientific websites, abstracts.
