M.Tech entrance exam syllabus or pattern of Vellore Institute of Technology

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Laws of thermodynamics ‐ reversible nad irreversible process ‐ concept of ideal gas and real gas ‐ equations of states ‐ Maxwell relations ‐ adiabatic and isothermal compression ‐ phase equilibrium ‐ Gibbs phase rule ‐ system of variable composition ‐ vant Hoffs equation ‐ applications of Gibbs ‐ Duhem equation.

Law of conservation of mass and energy ‐ material balance energy balance and their applications ‐ unit operat ion and unit proc es s ‐ psyc hrometr y ‐ combustion calculations.

Classification of fluids ‐ fluid statics ‐ basic equations of fluid flow ‐ Bernoulli’s equation ‐ laminar flow – friction in flow through beds of solids ‐ packed beds ‐ fluid moving machinery ‐ classification of pumps and its characteristics.
Introduction to particulate solids ‐ particle separation ‐ size reduction ‐ motion of a particle through fluid ‐ classification of particulate solids ‐ centrifugal classifier ‐ sedimentation techniques ‐ flotation ‐ filtration equipments ‐ agitation and mixing of liquids.

Fourier’s law of heat conduction ‐ concept of thermal conductivity ‐ heat transfer through fins ‐ convective heat transfer ‐ transfer of heat in flowing fluids ‐ laminar and turbulent flow ‐ heat transfer with and without phase change ‐ types of evaporators ‐ multiple effect evaporators.

Differential and integral method of analysis of rate data ‐ ideal reactor design ‐ Residence time distribution ‐ C, E and F curves.

Basic principles of unit operation and unit process ‐ schematic re p res e ntat i o n s of unit operatio ns ‐ manufacture of sulfur, hydrochloric acid, cement, glass, products used in photography, ceramics and refractory, industrial gases, pa i nts , pigments , fe rtilizers ‐ fermentation process for the production of ethanol ‐ manufacture of citric acid, antibiotics, penicillin, soaps, detergents – petroleum refining process ‐ process for the production of petrochemica l precursors ‐ production of resins, nature and synthetic rubber.

Diffusion in liquids ‐ development of rate equation for mass transfer ‐ contracting devices for improving mass transfer characteristics ‐ humidification, drying and crystallization ‐ distillation, continuous rectification operation, absorption, liquid‐liquid extraction and leaching ‐ fundamental principles and design of the pressure, reaction vessels and related equipments in the above process.

Over view of indus trial biochemical processes – industrially important microbial strains ‐ enzymes used in industry, medicine and food ‐ industrial production, purification and immobilization of enzymes ‐ reactors types, characteristics and design ‐ growt h characteris tics of micro bial cells ‐ free cell and immobilized cell reactors ‐ downstream processing and effluent treatment.