INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEEAT A GLANCE

Roorkee is a Citadel of Engineering Education, established in 1847, the first Engineering Institution in S.E. Asia, including Australia, U.K and Canada.

Converted into University of Roorkee in 1948 Converted into an IITIIT in Sep. 2001Roorkee Campus: Main Campus: 365 Acres at Roorkee

Second Campus: 25 Acres at Saharanpur Extension Center: 10 Acres at Greater NODIAFaculty (Prof.,Assoc Prof.,Asstt,Prof.,

Lecturers): 367Non-Teaching Staff: 1114New Consultancy Projects: 574(Outlay-1967 lakhs)New Sponsored Research Projects: 67(Outlay-1998 lakhs)Total Students on Roll: 5387Students Placements: UG-100%,PG-85%Students Training/Study Abroad: DAAD, Germany; NUS, Singapore;

Univ. of Western Ontario, Canada; NJIT, USA; KTH, Sweden; etc.

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEEAT A GLANCE

The Institute has 18 Academic Departments and a Academic Centre18 Academic Departments and a Academic Centre, 5387 Students5387 Students,

Fully Residential CampusThree centers of excellence:Three centers of excellence:

TransportationTransportation, Nanotechnology,Nanotechnology, and Disaster Mitigation and Management.Disaster Mitigation and Management.Centralized Facilities:Centralized Facilities:

Computer centre, Instrumentation centre, Information superhighway, Education

Technology cell, Continuing Education and QIP centre, Central LibraryMajor Facilities:

Shake Table and Shock Table for Earthquake Studies; Ground Motion Simulation;

National Facility on Geochronology and Isotope Geology; Strong Motion

Instrumentation Network; Satellite Earth Station; Automated X-Ray Diffractometer;

500 MHZ NMR Machine; Transmission Electron Microscope; Scanning Electron

Microscope; Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer.

ESTABLISHED : 1963

FACULTY STRENGTH : 18

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH PROGRAMMES & INTAKE INTAKE by 2010

PhD : 25 (Current Strength)

B. Tech. (Chemical Engg.) : 54

5-year integrated dual degree – B.Tech. (Chem. Engg.) and M. Tech. (Hydrocarbon Engg.)

: 23

M. Tech. (Chemical Engg.) : 73

Computer aided process plant design : (28)

Industrial pollution abatement : (28)

Industrial safety and hazards management : (15)

Number of Passing out M.Tech. & Ph.D. students:

Class 2007 2008 2009 2010*M.Tech. 48 49 27 48B.Tech. (Chemical Engg.) & M.Tech. (Hydrocarbon Engg.) - 13 14 15Ph.D. # 05 02 02 25

* Dissertation in progress; # Excluding those registered in other Departments/Institutions

PROFILE OF THE DEPARTMENT

Transfer Processes Heat transfer Mass transfer Reaction Engineering Catalysis

Environment, Safety and Hazard Pollution Abatement Environmental Impact

Assessment Environment Management

plan Safety and Hazard Analysis

Catalysis

Design, Modeling & Simulation Computer Aided Design and

Processing Process engineering Process Control &

Instrumentation Process Optimization Energy Engineering

Biochemical Engineering Fermentation Biomass based energy Modeling of bio-systems

Hydrocarbon Engineering

Research Grant Rs. 271 Lakh

Consultancy Rs. 32.3 Lakh

Patents filed 4

Books 3

Book Chapters 6

Publications in SCI journals*** 184

Publications in conference proceedings 205

Average Impact Factor of SCI papers 1.88

Short-Term Training Programme Organized 20

Research & Book Publications (2007-09)

The Department of Chemical Engineering and the Engineers India Limited (EIL) jointly developed a novel process for the treatment of spent-caustic streams from Indian Refineries. Wet Air Oxidation process developed for spent caustic has been scaled up in a pilot plant by EIL and was tested at IOCL, Panipat refinery. The technology is now being commercialized in the Bhatinda Refinery.

Development of technology packages and simulation model for prediction of plants performance based on evaluation of the plants already established in the field. The Department of Chemical Engineering has been made the nodal agency for monitoring of the existing biogas plants in India by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India.

Reduce Environmental

Impact

ImproveUtility system performance

All Aspects of Debottlenecking

Capital Cost Avoidance

MinimiseOperating Cost

OptimiseProduction

Plan

Sustainable Development by Process Integration

Heat Integration, Distillation Column Targeting, Cogeneration & Total Site Targeting, Batch Process Targeting, Emission Targeting, Mass Exchange Network ( Water & waste water management & recovery of valuable materials), Hydrogen Management in Refineries, Financial Management

Role of Process Integration in Refineries

Principles of Process Integration ( more specifically Pinch Technology ) can be used in refineries to manage following:

1.Energy ( Thermal Pinch )2.Emission 3.Water ( Water Pinch)4.Hydrogen consumption ( Hydrogen Pinch)

Potential energy savings in some major industrial sectors

0% 10 20 30 40 50 60%

Iron and Steel

Chemicals

Pulp and Paper

Food and Drink

Textiles

Oil Refining 10- 40%

11- 50%

15- 40%

10- 35%

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3- 25%

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Modeling and simulation of FCC, Hydrocracker reactor, Reformer

Desulfurization of liquid fuels by oxidation and adsorption.Steam reforming of Ethanol.Extraction of aromatics from light cycle oil.Extraction of poly cyclic aromatics from hexane stream using

ionic liquids.Separation of propane-propylene using zeolites.Simulation of synthesis of dimethyl-ether in fluidized bed under

various flow regimes.Simulation studies of distillation processes.

Modeling of coal gasification in fixed and fluidized bed reactor.Modeling of Fisher Tropsch synthesis process.Optimization and feasibility studies of micro-crystalline wax.

production.Modeling & Simulation of oil reservoir.Oxidative Coupling of Methane (Natural Gas) to produce

Ethylene with high Selectivity and YieldSimulation of multiphase heat transfer

Treatment of refinery wastewater using sequential batch reactor.

Treatment of purified terepthalic acid (PTA) wastewater.Treatment of textile industry waste water by electro-coagulation.

Biodegradation of phenolic compounds present in waste water.Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Polymer Supported CatalystsEnergy conservation in process industry.Study of production of thermostable xylanase.Treatment of dairy wastewater using physico-chemical and

biological methods.Biodegradation of cyanides in industrial waste water.

Microbial production of biopolymers from indigenous raw materials.

Biodegradation of pyridine present in waste water.Arsenic removal from contaminated water by biological

treatment.Automobile exhaust control.Treatment of spent caustic. Hydrogen management.Pinch technology for energy and water management.Treatment of distillery waste using physico-chemical, wet air

oxidation and UASB reactor.Multi-component adsorption of refractory organics and Heavy

Metals. Design of fire system for LPG storage godown

Instrument/Equipment HPLC Fourier Transform IR

Spectrophotometer AOX analyzer Particle Size Analyzer UV-Visual Spectrophotometers Gas Chromatographs Rheometer Potentiostat / Galvanostat Chemical Reactor Training

Setups Super Critical Fluid Extractor Precision Data Loggers

Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

CHNS analyzerSurface Area, Chemisorption

InstrumentThermal Imager High Speed Video Camera Low Temperature CirculatorsData acquisition hardware High Pressure ReactorFlame-PhotometerCOD, TOC, BOD analyzers

Infrastructural Support

Softwares

Chemical Engineering Flow Sheeting & Process Equipment Design ASPEN ENGINEERING SUITE HYSYS Pro II

Computational Fluid Dynamics Software CFX FLUENT PHOENICS

PDE solvers FEM-LAB PDEease 2d

Optimization software - GAMS

Finite element method - COSMOS/M

Pinch analysis – SUPERTARGET Hazard Analysis Simulation Softwares - FCCU & CDU

Numerical Computation Environment – MATLAB

Design and simulation software - M-TASC & M-KETL

Virtual Instrument Software -

LABVIEW

Infrastructural Support

Studies:EIA & EMP, Disaster Management Plans, Environmental audit,

Greenbelt design, Noise Impact Analysis, HAZOP, FOG formation studies, Design & Performance Evaluation of ETPs and Air Pollution Equipments, Design of Sewer systems & Sewage Treatment Plants, Comprehensive Water & Wastewater Management Plans for Industries,

Project:Refinery and Petrochemicals (BPRL), Cement Plants (CCI),

Sugar and Distilleries, Various Chemical Industries, Green Belt Design (NALCO), HAZOP Analysis of Pasupati Acrylon, Noise pollution Impact Analysis of Airports

EIA and Environmental Related Studies & Project