TNPSC Chemical Technology Exam Syllabus : Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission

Organisation : Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC)
Exam Name : TNPSC Chemical Technology Examination
Standard : PG Degree Standard
Subject Code : 290
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TNPSC Chemical Technology Exam Syllabus

The TNPSC Chemical Technology Exam Syllabus are given below,

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UNIT- I: Process Calculations &Thermodynamics
Properties of liquids, solids and gases – Gas laws – Material and Energy balance, Material balance involving recycle by-pass and purge Thermodynamics functions – Chemical and Phase Equilibrium – Laws of Thermodynamics – Ideal and non-ideal gases and solutions, fugacity, correlation of activity coefficient, partial molal properties.

UNIT- II: Fluid Mechanics & Mechanical Operations
Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, compressible and non – compressible fluids, flow through pipeline systems, flow in closed ducts, packed beds and fluidized bed. Continuity and conservation equations. Macroscopic energy balance, Bernoulli equation and its applications, Dimensional analysis, flow meters, pumps and compressors.
Size reduction and size separation; laws of size reduction, Gravity settling, hindered settling sedimentation; centrifuges and cyclones; thickening and classification, filtration; mixing and agitation; thickening, elutriation, conveying of solids.

UNIT – III: Reaction Engineering, Heat & Mass Transfer
Rate equation, elementary and non-elementary reactions, theories of reaction rate and Prediction; Design equation for constant and variable volume batch reactors. Non-isothermal homogeneous reactor systems, adiabatic reactors, rates of heat exchanges for different reactors, The residence time distribution, basic models for non- ideal flow; conversion in non-ideal reactors. Fourier’s law of heat conduction, convection and radiation, Heat transfer with phase change, heat exchangers, evaporation, Heat transfer in extended surfaces, Dimensional analysis in heat transfer, heat transfer coefficient for flow through a pipe, flow past flat plate, flow through packed beds. Radiative heat transfer – Black body radiation, Emissivity, Stefan – Boltzman law, Plank’s law, radiation between surfaces. Diffusion, Theories of mass transfer, Analogy, inter-phase mass transfer. Distillation, absorption, leaching, liquid-liquid extraction, crystallization, adsorption, drying, humidification, de-humidification.

UNIT – IV: Process Control & Instrumental Methods Of Analysis
Laplace transformation, application to solve ODEs. Dynamics of process elements, open loop and closed loop systems, principles of pneumatic and electronic controllers, Instrumentation: Sensors for Pressure, Flow, Temperature, Control values, Computer Control of Processes, Analysis of control systems. Micro processer –based control. Spectroscopic analysis: Absorption spectroscopy, emission spectroscopy, mass  spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, color measurement by spectrometers, Gas analysis by thermal conductivity Moisture (humidity analysis) pH measurements, Chromatography – H.P.L.C.

UNIT – V: Chemical Processes
Nitration, Sulphonation and Sulfation, Hydrogenation, Halogenation & Oxidation, Kinetics and mechanism, the derivative reactions, Industrial applications, Raw material and manufacture of Soda ash, Sodium bicarbonate, Chlorine and Causticsoda, Bleaching powder, Calcium Hypochlorite; Sodium Hypochlorite; Sodium chloride or common salt, sodium sulfate, sodium bisulfate, or Nitercake, Sodium Bisulfite; Sodium Sulfite, Sodium Hydrosulfite; Sodium sulfide, Sodium Hydrosulfide, Sodium Thiosulfate; Sodium Nitrite; Sodium Silicates; Sodium peroxide, Sodium perborate; Sodium amide; Sodium cyanide and Ferri cyanide. Industrial alcohols, Beer, Wine, Butyl alcohol. Raw Materials, Manufacture of  phosphoric acid, nitric acid, Sulfuric acid and HCL & the occurrence, Purification of all acids. Occurrences of oils, fats and waxes, classification, chemical composition, Extraction and refining oils and fats. Manufacture of edible oil. Surfactant : Concept of surface activity, Hydrophilic-lypophilic balance; Mechanism of
detergency. Classification of surfactants; Biodegradation of surfactant; application of surfactants.

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