Courses

Value Added Courses

Sl. No.	Core Subject Area	Semester	Case Study	Event/Innovation	Key Takeaways
1	Heat Transfer	3rd	Fukushima Daiichi Disaster (2011) – Japan	Nuclear reactor failure post-tsunami	Emergency cooling, heat transfer, disaster management
2	LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Processing and Transport	4th	Use of VLE data for efficient separation in distillation columns	Phase Equilibria, separation design, Raoult’s law, relative volatility	Thermodynamics & Phase Equilibria
3	Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium in Distillation Design	4th	Use of VLE data for efficient separation in distillation columns	Phase Equilibria, separation design, Raoult’s law, relative volatility	Thermodynamics & Phase Equilibria
4	Reaction Engineering	5th	Haber-Bosch Process	Industrial ammonia synthesis	Reaction engineering, catalyst development, thermodynamics
5	Process Utility and Industrial Safety	5th	Deepwater Horizon Spill (2010) – BP	Offshore oil rig blowout	Real-time monitoring, risk management, systems engineering
6	Chemical Process Technology	5th	Teflon Discovery (1938) – DuPont	PTFE polymer discovery and commercialization	Polymer processing, materials innovation, industrial scaling
7	Process Control	5th	Three Mile Island Nuclear Incident (1979) – USA	Reactor meltdown due to coolant loss	Human factors, process control, emergency design
8	Chemical Process Technology	5th	LEGO Group’s Bioplastic Innovation	Development of plant-based bricks	Green materials, renewable feedstock, lifecycle analysis
9	Chemical Process Technology	5th	Solvay Process	Industrial sodium carbonate production	Process integration, ammonia recovery, sustainability in classic processes
10	Process Utility and Industrial Safety	5th	Bhopal Gas Tragedy (1984) – Union Carbide, India	MIC gas leak causing mass casualties	Process safety, HAZOP, ethical responsibility, emergency planning
11	Process Control	5th	Texas City Refinery Explosion (2005) – BP	Explosion due to operational failures	Alarm management, flare system design, process control
12	Fuel and Energy Technology	6th	Algae-Based Biodiesel Pilot Projects	Renewable energy from microalgae	Bio processing, sustainability, lipid extraction
13	Fuel and Energy Technology	6th	Plastic Waste to Fuel Initiatives	Chemical recycling of polymers	Pyrolysis, circular economy, waste-to-energy tech
14	Transport Phenomenon	6th	Chernobyl Disaster (1986) – USSR	Catastrophic nuclear reactor explosion	Safety culture, reactor design flaws, long-term impacts
15	Process Design	6th	Tesla Gigafactory	Mass production of lithium-ion batteries	Process optimization, sustainability, material handling
16	Process Design	6th	Flixborough Explosion (1974) – UK	Cyclohexane vapor explosion	Piping design error, risk assessment, safety valves
17	Environmental Engineering	7th	Carbon Capture at Boundary Dam – Canada	First commercial carbon capture plant	Absorption systems, retrofitting, climate engineering
18	Environmental & Green Chemistry	7th	Montreal Protocol Implementation	Phase-out of ozone-depleting chemicals	Green chemistry, solvent replacement, refrigerant design
19	Separation Processes & Water Treatment	7th	Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plants – Saudi Arabia & Israel	Freshwater from seawater	Membrane technology, energy recovery, water reuse
20	Environmental Engineering	7th	Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (1989)	Oil tanker spill in Alaska	Environmental clean-up, containment, chemical dispersants
21	Biochemical Engineering	8th	Genentech Biologics Production	Scale-up of monoclonal antibody manufacturing	Bioreactor design, purification, GMP compliance
22	Biochemical Engineering	8th	Bio ethanol Production in Brazil	Sugarcane to ethanol at industrial scale	Fermentation, distillation, renewable fuels

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