RGPV BE Syllabus BE-101 Engineering Chemistry

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BE-101 Engineering Chemistry

Branch

Subject Title

Subject Code

Grade for End Sem

B.E.
Common

Engineering
Chemistry

B.E.- 101

Theory
Min.D

Practical
Min.D

CGPA at the end of


every even semester
5.0

Unit I
WATER AND ITS INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS :
Sources, Impurities, Hardness & its units, Industrial water characteristics, softening of water by
various methods (External & Internal treatment), Boiler trouble causes, effect & remedies,
Characteristics of municipal water & its treatment,Numerical problems based on softening
methods.
Unit II
FUELS & COMBUSTION:
Fossil fuels & classification, Calorific value, Determination of calorific value by Bomb
calorimeter Proximate and Ultimate analysis of coal and their significance, calorific value
Computation based on ultimate analysis data, Carbonization, Manufacturing of coke &
recovery of by products. Knocking, relationship between' knocking & structure of
hydrocarbon, improvement of anti knocking characteristics of IC engine fuels, Diesel engine
fuels, Cetane number, combustion and it related numerical problems.
Unit III
A. LUBRICANTS:
Introduction, Mechanism of lubrication, Classification of lubricants, Properties and Testing of
lubricating oils, Numerical problems based on testing methods.
B. CEMENT & REFRACTORIES:
Manufacture,IS-code, Setting and hardening of cement, Refractory: Introduction, classification
and properties of refractories.
Unit IV
HIGH-POLYMER :
Introduction, types and classification of polymerization, Reaction. Mechanism, Natural &
Synthetic Rubber; Vulcanization of Rubber, Preparation, Properties & uses of the followingPolythene, PVC, PMMA, Teflon, Poly acrylonitrile, PVA, Nylon 6, Nylon 6:6, Terylene,
Phenol for maldehyde, Urea Formaldehyde Resin, Glyptal,Silicone Resin, Polyurethanes;
Butyl Rubber, Neoprene, Buna N, Buna S.
Unit V
A. INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN CHEMICAL ANALYSIS :
Introduction, Principle, Instrumentation and applications of IR, NMR,UV, Visible, Gas
Chromatography , Lambert's and Beer's Law
B. WATER ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES :
Alkalinity, hardness ( Complexo-metric ), Chloride, Free chlorine, DO, BOD and COD,
Numerical problems based on above techniques.

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Reference Books:
1.Chemistry for Environmental Engineering & S cience- Sawyer, McCart y and Parkin McGraw Hill, Education Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
2.Engineering Chemistry - B.K. Sharma, Krishna Prakashan Media (P) Ltd., Meerut.
3.Basics of Engineering Chemistry-S.S.Dara & A.K. Singh, S. Chand & Company Ltd., Delhi
4.Applied Chemistry-Theory and Pract ice,O.P. Viramani, A.K.Narula, New Age International
Pvt. Ltd. Publishers, New Delhi
5.Polymer Science Ghosh, Tata McGraw Hill.
6.Engg. Chemistry Shashi Chawla, Dhanpat Rai & company pvt. Ltd, Delhi.
7.Engg. Chemistry Jain & Jain, Dhanpat Rai & company pvt. Ltd, New Delhi
8.A Text book of Engg. Chemistry- Agrawal, C.V, Murthy C.P,Naidu, A,BS Publication, Hyd..
Engineering Chemistry Practical
NOTE: At least 10 of the fo llowing core experiments must be performed during the session.
1. Water Testing
(i) Determinat ion of Total hardness by Co mplexometric titration method.
(ii) Determinat ion of mixed alkalinity
-(a) OH & C03
-(b) CO3 & HCO3
(iii) Chloride ion est imat ion by Argentometric method.
2. Fuels & lubricant testing:
(i) Flash & fire po ints determinat ion by
a) Pensky Mart in Apparatus,
b) Abel's Apparatus,
c) Cleveland's open cup Apparatus. d) Calorific value by bomb calorimeter
(ii) Viscosit y and Viscosit y index determinat ion by
a) Redwood visco meter No.1
b) Redwood visco meter No.2
(iii) Proximate analysis o f coal
a) Moisture content
c) Volat ile matter content

b) Ash content
d) Carbon residue

(iv) Steam emulsificat ion No & Anline po int determinat ion


(v) Cloud and Pour point determinat ion of lubricat ing oil
3. Alloy Analysis
(i) Determinat ion of percentage of Fe in an iron alloy by redox titration using N-Phenyl
anthranilic acid as internal indicator.
(ii) Determinat ion of Cu and or Cr in allo ys by Iodometric Titrat ion.
(iii) Determinat ion of % purity of Ferrous Ammonium Sulphate & Copper Sulphate.

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