Important Topics for GATE 2018-19 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

GENERAL APTITUDE
 Men & Work
 Ratio & Proportion
 Time & Calendar
 Probability
 Synonym, General Grammar
 Profit and losses
 Time and work
 ages based problems
 Pipes and cistern
 Time and distances

ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS
 Eigen values & eigenvectors
 Rank of Matrix
 Limit, continuity
 Maxima and minima
 Differential equations
 Laplace equation
 Probability, Mean, median
 Numerical solution of differential equations

HEAT TRANSFER
 Modes of Heat Transfer
 Conduction & Convection in Fins
 Conduction & Convection in Fins
 Temperature distribution in Slab/Cylinder/Sphere
 Convective heat transfer & application of Newton’s Cooling Law ( Internal Forced convection &
External Forced convection )
 Radiation heat Transfer
 Boiling & Condensation
 Design of Heat Exchanging equipment ( Heat exchanger, Re-boiler, Condenser )
 Heat Transfer through the Pipe

MASS TRANSFER
 Types of Mass transfer ( Molecular & Convective Mass
 Types of Mass transfer ( Molecular & Convective Mass transfer)
 Inter-phase Mass transfer
 Mass Transfer equipments
 Mass Transfer operations ( Absorption, Desorption, Adsorption, Humidification, Distillation,
Leaching, Liquid-Liquid extraction)
  Design of Mass transfer equipments
 HTU & NTU concepts

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
 Fertilizer industries
 Sugar, Oil & Fats industries
 Paper & Pulp industries
 Petrochemical
 Polymer

FLUID MECHANICS & MECHANICAL OPERATIONS

 Properties of fluid
 Fluid Kinematics & Fluid Dynamics
 Application of Bernoulli’s equation
 Application of Bernoulli’s equation
 Flow Meters ( Venturi meter , Orifice meter , Rotameter & Pitot Tube)
 Flow through Pipes
 Fluid Machinery (centrifugal pump )
 Characterization of particulates
 Screen Analysis
 Fluidization
 Size reduction equipment’s & Laws of Size reduction
 Filtration

PROCESS CALCULATIONS
 Basic Chemical calculations
 Material balance without Chemical Reaction
 Material balance with Chemical Reaction
 Recycle and Bypass Operations
 Energy Balance
 Combustions Calculation (ORSAT Analysis)

PLANT DESIGN & ECONOMICS

 Cost Estimation of Plants
 Methods to calculate FIXED Capital Investment
 Types of Interest Rate
 Annuity & Perpetuity
 Different Methods to calculate depreciation
 Different Methods to measure profitability
 Comparison among alternatives by profitability analysis
 Cost optimization

PROCESS DYNAMICS & CONTROL

 Introduction to Laplace to Solve Differential Equations
  Introduction to Laplace to Solve Differential Equations
 Types of System (1stOrder & 2ndOrder System)
 Transfer Functions
 Responses of Systems for different type of Input Functions
 Open-Loop & Closed Loop System
 Servo & Regulator problems
 Types of feedback controller
 Design of Feedback & Feed forward control System
 Tuning of Control parameters (Ziegler-Nichols (Z-N) settings and Cohen-Coon (C-C) settings)
 Chemical Reaction Engineering
 Classifications of chemical reactions
 Design of isothermal IDEAL reactors
 Design of Non-Isothermal IDEAL reactors
 Modelling of Non-Ideal reactors
 Introductions to heterogeneous reactions system
 Solid catalyzed reactions

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

 First Law of Thermodynamics
 Second Law of Thermodynamics
 Principle of ENTROPY
 Properties of PURE substances
 Chemical Reaction Equilibrium
 Solutions Thermodynamics