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BP307TSemester 33 creditsTheory

Pharmaceutical Engineering

Complete unit-wise syllabus for BP307T as per the PCI B.Pharm NEP 2020 curriculum (Semester 3 — Machine Learning + Pharmacology).

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Unit-wise Syllabus

5 Units
1
Size Reduction, Mixing, and Material Handling9 Hours
  • Size reduction: Kick's, Rittinger's, and Bond's laws; equipment — ball mill, hammer mill, fluid energy mill, edge runner mill, disintegrator; size separation — sieves, classifiers
  • Mixing: theory of mixing; index of mixing; types of mixers — ribbon blender, sigma blade, planetary mixer, fluidized bed mixer; mixing of liquids
  • Material handling: bins, silos, conveyers; safety in material handling; pharmaceutical waste management
2
Unit Operations Associated with Liquids12 Hours
  • Filtration: theory, filter media, filter aids (kieselguhr, celite); types — pressure, vacuum, gravity; equipment — filter press, leaf filter, rotary drum filter; clarification
  • Crystallization: theory of crystallisation, solubility curves; methods — cooling, evaporation, salting out, drowning out; pharmaceutical applications; crystal habits
  • Flow of fluids: Bernoulli's theorem; Reynold's number; laminar vs. turbulent flow; pressure drop measurement; pipe sizing
3
Heat Transfer and Evaporation9 Hours
  • Heat transfer: conduction (Fourier's law), convection, radiation; overall heat transfer coefficient; heat exchangers — types and pharmaceutical applications
  • Evaporation: theory; factors affecting evaporation; equipment — open pan, climbing film, falling film, forced circulation evaporators; multiple-effect evaporation
  • Distillation: simple, flash, steam, fractional, vacuum distillation; pharmaceutical applications; azeotropic mixtures
4
Drying5 Hours
  • Theory of drying: moisture content, drying rate curves (constant and falling rate periods); psychrometry
  • Types of dryers: tray dryer, spray dryer, fluidized bed dryer, freeze dryer, rotary dryer, drum dryer — working principles, construction, merits, demerits
  • Selection of drying equipment for pharmaceutical products; energy efficiency; GMP considerations
5
Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Corrosion10 Hours
  • Refrigeration: principles; coefficient of performance; refrigerants; pharmaceutical cold chain applications; cold storage requirements
  • Air conditioning: definition; components; HVAC systems in pharmaceutical manufacturing; clean room classification (ISO 5-8); HEPA filters
  • Corrosion: types (galvanic, crevice, pitting, stress corrosion); prevention methods; choice of materials for pharmaceutical equipment; GMP implications

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