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NPTEL - Mechanical Operations 
offered by IIT Roorkee

  • Public/Government Institute
  • Estd. 1847

Mechanical Operations
 at 
IIT Roorkee 
Overview

Identify the important physical mechanisms occurring in processes involving particles

Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

1,000

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Mechanical Operations
 at 
IIT Roorkee 
Highlights

  • Earn a E-certificate of completion from IIT Roorkee
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Mechanical Operations
 at 
IIT Roorkee 
Course details

Who should do this course?
  • For Undergraduate students
  • For anyone of any professional level, preferably holding a college degree or with substantial industrial experience, working in the production
More about this course
  • Around 75% of chemical manufacturing processes involve small solid particles at some point
  • Proper design and handling of these fine particles often makes the difference between success and failure of the product
  • Many products such as catalysts, pigments, fertilizers, cements, ceramics and pharmaceuticals are currently manufactured in particulate forms
  • Mechanical Operations deal with Science and Technology of particulate matter, which is a multidisciplinary field including Materials Science, Environmental, Biomedical, Aerospace, Agricultural, Chemistry, Microbiology and Cell Science, Pharmacy and Medicine

Mechanical Operations
 at 
IIT Roorkee 
Curriculum

Week 1

Introduction

Characterization of a single particle

Characterization of collection of particles

Week 2

Fine grain size distribution

Effectiveness of screen

Industrial screening equipment

Size reduction

Week 3

Laws of comminution

Examples of laws of comminution

Size reduction equipment

Week 4

Particle dynamics

Particle dynamics ? Examples

Classification and Jigging

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Mechanical Operations
 at 
IIT Roorkee 
Faculty details

Shabina khanam
She is working as Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering Department of IIT Roorkee. She has completed B.Tech Degree from AMU Aligarh.

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IIT Roorkee 
Contact Information

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Phone
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Email
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