Continuing Education Programme, IIT Bombay

 

WINNER

Golden Peacock National Training Award

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

Short Term Course On

 

Reactive Distillation: Status and

Future Directions

 

 

September 06 – 08, 2003

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

In reactive distillation both chemical conversion and the distillative separation of the product mixture are carried out simultaneously. Through this integrative strategy, chemical equilibrium limitations can be overcome, higher selectivities can be achieved and heat of reaction can be directly used for the reaction.  Increased process efficiency and reduction of investments and operational costs are the direct results of this approach.  The idea of Reactive distillation is old but it is used for some outstanding applications in the recent years and hence the various aspects of it are being investigated worldwide at a tremendous pace. Since it is the combination of reaction, distillation and mixing, the design and control of such processes is extremely difficult and at least with the present knowledge and experience, one cannot just rely on thumb rules and gut feelings. Systematic design methods and simulation strategies are being worked out to design a commercial reactive distillation unit for the given application. Complex interaction of reaction and phase equilibria may lead to non-linear dynamic effects such as multiple steady states, oscillation etc., which are important considerations while operating a reactive distillation column and proper control strategies are required to be devised. The course co-ordinator has been working in this field for the last ten years.  The course reviews the existing work with some emphasis on the work in future. The demonstration of reactive distillation process on a laboratory scale reactive distillation column and modeling and simulation exercises using commercial simulators will be the part of this course.

 

COURSE COVERAGE

·         Lectures on

  1. Various Industrial applications of reactive distillation

 

  1. Thermodynamic and kinetic aspects
  2. Column Hardware for reactive distillation
  3. Conceptual Design of reactive distillation processes
  4. Simulation of reactive distillation
  5. Nonlinear dynamics and control of reactive distillation

 

·         Demonstration of reactive distillation process on a

    laboratory-scale reactive distillation column

 

·         Tutorial exercises on commercial simulator(s) of

    reactive distillation

 

WHO WILL BENEFIT

 

The course would be of interest to

 

  1. Process engineers
  2. College teachers (Reaction engineering, kinetics, Mass transfer)
  3. Those involved in the research related to process development, process integration, conceptual design and simulation of reactors and distillation systems

 

FACILITY

 

Commercial simulators, Laboratory scale-cum-pilot plant of Reactive distillation with all the associated analytical facilities

 

SCHEDULE

 

September 06 – 08, 2003.

 

VENUE

 

Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay

 

COURSE FEES

 

The course fee per participant will be Rs. 5,000/-. (Fees for Students is Rs. 2,500/- and for faculty is Rs. 3,000/-.  They need to submit a certificate of affiliation with their academic institute to avail the discounted fee).  The fee includes course material, tea and working lunch during the course days.

 

 

LODGING & BOARDING

 

Guest House facility in the campus is available for limited number of participants on payment as per the actuals and with advance request.

 

REGISTRATION

 

Please fill out the attached Registration form and mail it along with the course fees to the course coordinator.  Fees must be paid by a demand draft drawn in favour of “Registrar, IIT Bombay (CEP A/c)”.

 

Kindly note that no income tax is to be deducted at source from the course fee payments as IIT Bombay is exempted from the same.

 

Please address all communication to:

 

Prof. Sanjay Mahajani,

(Course Coordinator)

Dept. of Chemical Engineering,

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Powai, Mumbai - 400 076.

 

Tel.       :  2576 7246 (O), 2576 8246 (R)

Fax       :  22 – 2572 6895

Gram  :  Technology, Mumbai - 76

Email    :  sanjaym@che.iitb.ac.in

 

 

 

APPLICATIONS MAY BE SENT SO AS TO REACH US NOT LATER THAN 29th August, 2003.

 

 

 

 

R E G I S T R A T I O N    F O R M

 

 

 

Three-day Short Term Course on

Reactive Distillation: Status and Future Directions

 

September 06 - 08, 2003

 

 

 

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