ECET FDH Entrance Exam engineering syllabus

Chemical Engineering : ( Includes leather, Sugar, Textile Technology, CHPC, CHPP, and CHOT ) 1. Material technology : Mechanical properties of metals and Testing of
materials - thermal equilibrium diagram - Production of Iron - plain carbon
steels, alloy steels - Miscellaneous materials - Glass, carbon, graphite,
rubber, elastomers, fiberglass and FRP etc. - Corrosion - causes, types,
methods of prevention. 2. Chemical process principles : Determination of molarity, molality &
normality, analysis of solids, liquids and gases on dry and wet basis,
Daltons law, ideal gas equation of state, vapor pressure boiling point and
freezing point, elevation of boiling point and depression of freezing point
- uses, Bypassing,Recycling & purge streams - uses, limiting component,
excess reactant, percentage conversion & yield and degree of completion,
Material balances with and without chemical reactions, law of conservation
of energy, heat of reaction, heat of formation, and heat of combustion -
related problems, gross and net calorific values, theoretical air and
excess air calculations. 3. Organic Chemical Technology : Coal chemicals, coking of coal, and coal
tar distillation, petroleum refiningatmospheric distillation and vacuum
distillation, fluid catalytic cracking, catalytic reforming, petrochemicals
from methane and ethylene, pulp and paper industry, oils, fats and
soaps,sugar & fermentation, rubber industries.
4. Inorganic Chemical Technology : Water - sources, impurities - treatment
- dissolved solids - ion exchange process and Reverse Osmosis ( RO )
process, manufacture of chemicals like, soda ash, ammonia, nitric acid,
sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid and industrial Gases,paints, pigments and
varnishes, graphite and silicon carbide and cement.
5. Fluid mechanics : A flow of incompressible fluids, Newtonian and non -
Newtonian fluids, viscosity, Bernoulli's theorem, friction losses, flow
meters, different types of pumps for transportation of fluids, fluidization
- packed bed and fluidized bed. 6. Heat transfer : Conduction - mechanisms of heat flow - Fourier's law,
thermal conductivity, steady state conductioncompound resistances in
series, heat flow through a cylinder - related problems. Convection - heat
flow in fluidsrate of heat transfer, average temperature of fluid stream -
Overall heat transfer coefficient - LMTD - Fouling factors - Heat transfer
to fluids with and without phase change. Radiation - fundamentals, emission
of radiation, black body radiation, laws of black body radiation -
radiation between surfaces. - Heat Exchange Equipment - types of heat
exchange equipment, counter current and parallel current flows. -
Evaporation - liquid characteristics and important properties, types of
evaporators, condensers, ejectors - evaporator economy - single and
multiple effect -related problems. 7. Mechanical unit operations : Size reduction methods, laws of size
reduction - crushers and grinders. different types of equipments for mixing
dry powders, differential and cumulative screen analysis, average particle
size, froth floatation, electrostatic precipitator,scrubber, cyclone
separators, filtration, sedimentation. 8. Thermodynamics and Reaction Engineering : 1st law of Thermodynamics, PVT
relationships for gases, 2nd law of Thermodynamics, refrigeration and
liquefaction, determination of equilibrium constant and conversion,
Temperature and Pressure effects on reactions - Arhenius equation. Basic
equations for batch, tubular and stirred tank reactors, catalysis. 9. Mass Transfer : Principles of diffusion, inter phase mass transfer,
distillation, absorption and adsorption, humidification, membrane
separation, extraction and leaching, drying, crystallization. 10. Instrumentation process control : Static and dynamic characteristics of
an instrument - step input, linear input, sinusoidal inputs, measurement of
temperature, pressure, vacuum, liquid levels and composition. process
instrumentation and process control, different types of controllers,
concepts of DCS and PLC. 11. Energy Technology : Classification of energy sources - Solid, Liquid,
and Gaseous fuels - Testing of Fuelsproperties, testing and manufacturing
of refractories, Furnaces - Blast Furnace, LD Converter - Nuclear Energy,
Solar Energy, Wind Energy and Bio - Energy - Energy Conservation. 12. Environmental Pollution Control and Plant Operation : Air and Water
Pollution - Pollution Control in Sugar, Fertilizer and Petroleum
Industries, Plant Preventive maintenance - Industrial Hazards and
Prevention - Safety and first Aid. Civil Engineering : Strength of Materials : Unit : 1 Simple stresses and strains - curves for
ductile materials - Mechanical properties of materials - Hooke's lawlateral
strain - Poisson's ratio - Elastic constants and the relation between them
- Composite sections - Resilience - Strain energy - Gradual and sudden
loading - Shear force and Bending Moment Diagrams for cantilever, Simply
supported, fixed, continuous and overhanging beams subjected to Point loads
and UDL Unit :2 Theory of simple bending - assumptions - bending equation - bending
stresses - Section Modulus - Shear stress distribution across various
sections like rectangular, circular and I - sections - Torsion - solid and
hollow circular shafts Theory of Structures : Unit : 3 Deflection of cantilevers and simply
supported beams - Double Integration and Macaulay's methods - Mohr's
theorems for slope and deflections - calculation for propped cantilevers
subjected to simple loading - Analysis of Fixed and Continuous beams of
uniform section for simple loading without sinking of supports. Columns and
struts - typesslenderness ratio - Euler's and Rankine's formulae for axial
loading. Determination of forces in members of statically determinate,
plane and pin - jointed trusses for dead loads only. Dams and retaining
walls - conditions for stabilitymiddle third rule - Rankine's formula for
active earth pressure. R C C. Unit : 4 Grades of concrete, characteristic strength, Modulus of
Elasticity - I.S. 456 - 2000 - Philosophy of Limit state design. Limit
state of Strength and Serviceability, partial safety factor - design
strength of materials and design loadsassumptions. Analysis and Limit state
design of rectangular beams - Singly, Doubly reinforced and T - beams.
Shear in RCC beams, lintels and sunshades - Development length. Slabs -
analysis and limit state design of one - way and two - way slabs as per
IS.456 - 2000. Torsion reinforcement. Design of continuous slabs and beams
- Deflection check for Slabs and beams. Detailing of reinforcement in
Singly reinforced and doubly reinforced simply supported beams of
rectangular sections and lintels, one way and two way slabs. Unit : 5 Columns : Codal provisions of I.S 456 - 2000 - short and long
columns - different shapes - design of short columns by limit state method
- long columns - concept, effective length for different end conditions.
Footings - Isolated column footings - one way shear and two way shear.
Stairs - types, loads on stairs. Working stress method of design : Basic principles, neutral axis, lever arm
- Design and analysis of Singly reinforced simply supported rectangular
beams. Comparison of Limit state and Working stress methods. Surveying : Unit : 6 Chain surveying - purpose and principle - errors and
corrections - different operations in chain surveying - obstacles - methods
of calculation of area. Compass Surveying - purpose and principle -
bearings - traversing using prismatic compass - local attraction - errors.
Levelling - definitions - component parts - errors - classification of
levelling - contouringcharacteristics and methods. Theodolite - principles
and component parts - fundamental lines and relationship among them -
adjustments of theodolite - measurement of horizontal and vertical angles -
errors - traverse computations - bowditch and transit rule. Tacheometry -
principle - stadia tacheometry - tangential tacheometry. Hydraulics : Unit : 7 Fluid properties - specific weight -mass density -
specific gravity - surface tension - capillarity - viscosity. Atmospheric
pressure, gauge pressure and absolute pressure. Fluid pressure on plane
surfaces - Centre of pressure, measurement of fluid pressure using
piezometer and manometers. Types of flows - uniform, non uniform, steady,
un steady, laminar and turbulent flows. Energies of liquid in motion -
continuity equation. Bernoulli's theorem - Pitot tube - Venturimeter. Flow
thorough small and large orifices, free orifices, submerged orifices, co -
efficients of orifices - Cc, Cv and Cd. Flow through internal, external,
convergent and divergent mouthpieces. Types of Notches - rectangular and
triangular, flow over notches. Types of Weirs - sharp crested and broad
crested - mathematical formulae for discharge - Franci's and Bazin's. Unit : 8 Flow through pipes - major and minor losses - Chezy's and Darcy's
formulae for loss of head due to friction - HGL & TEL - flow through siphon
pipes. Reynold's number for laminar and turbulent flows. Flow through open
channelsrectangular and trapezoidal - chezy's formula for discharge -
Kutter's and Manning's equation for Chezy's constants - Most economical
sections. Centrifugal pumps without problems. Classification of Turbines -
Kaplan, Franci's and Pelton wheel without problems - use of Draft tube.
Hydro - electrical installations - components and uses. Irrigation Engineering : Unit : 9 Principal crops - kharif and rabi seasons
- Duty, delta and base period. Methods of Irrigation - check flooding,
basin flooding, contour bunding, furrow, sprinkler and drip Irrigations.
Hydrology - types of catchments - rainfall and runoff. Measurement of
velocity of flow in streams - Ryve's and Dicken's formulae for computing
maximum flood discharge. Classifications of Head works - component parts of
diversion head works. Weirs and Barrages. Perculation and uplift
pressures.Types of Reservoirs - dead storage, l