A visit was organized for second year students of Chemical Engineering at Harsh Organo Chem (I) Pvt. Ltd., Plot No. 2207, Phase-IV, GIDC-Vatva, Ahmedabad, on 27th Sep, 2019. Harsh Organo Chem (I) Pvt Ltd, established in 1982, has been one of the finest companies for manufacturing different types of dye intermediates with special focus on research to remain customer focused. It is an ISO 9001 : 2000 approved company. The industry is a manufacturer of various types of dyes intermediates and their product includes C-acid, European K-acid, Koch's acid, Violet acid, Amido Epsilon acid, Epsilon acid, Sulfo C-acid, Vinyl Sulphone Ortho Anisidine base (O.A.V.S.) which is used in textile and other industries. 45 students of chemical engineering gained firsthand knowledge of the various unit perations like press, tray drier, spin flash drier etc. and unit process like nitration, sulphonation etc. The unit had various types of reactors and other ancillary units like furnace, boiler, waste water treatment etc. The various tages of effluent treatment were displayed and their operation was explained in detail. Overall, the industry benefited the students providing them practical exposure in the field of dyes intermediate manufacturing with a holistic approach towards environment. Prof. C. G. Bhagchandani coordinated the visit. Prof. P. B. Shukla and Prof. . J. Modi accompanied the students for the visit.
An industrial visit was organized for Vth semester students at Deverson Industries Pvt. Ltd., GIDC - Odhav, hmedabad, Gujarat on 11th July 2019. The industry is a manufacturer of various types of dyes and dyes intermediates which is used in textile and other industries. Around 30 students were exposed to the assortment of dyes with different chemistries to suit highly evolved applications. The unit had various types of reactors and other equipments like filter press, spray drier, rotary drier, furnace, ice plant etc. They have installed a RO system for tertiary treatment of their effluent whose operation was explained in detail. Overall, the industry benefited the students providing them practical exposure in the field of dyes manufacturing. Prof. S. M. Dutta and Prof. R. P. Bhatt along with Harsh Panchal of M.E. final year coordinated the visit.
Yoga Day was celebrated in the department . Faculties as well as students showed active participation.
The project fair – 2019 of Chemical Engineering Department as a part of KAIZEN – 2019 was organized on 11 th& 12th April, 2019. There were 19 groups of B. E. Final Year students and 13 M. E. Final Year students participated in the event. The projects were displayed in the classrooms of Chemical Engineering Department. The projects of the B.E. and M.E. students were displayed in the form of posters supported by the experimental setups, models and laptops. The projects were evaluated by Prof. (Dr.) Jayesh Rupareliya, Professor in Chemical Engineering, Nirma University, Ahmedabad and Shri. Himanshu Sagar, Mott Macdonald, Ahmedabad. Principal Prof. (Dr.) G. P. Vadodaria along with media personnel and other dignitaries visited the project displayed by students. They took great interest in the projects and encouraged the faculties and students to take up more research activity in the department. The students enthusiastically presented their project work to the other dignitaries and students who visited the department throughout the day. The student who visited the event got information about innovation aspects in Chemical engineering field and its importance in today’s context. All the dignitaries and students who were present during the event gave a very positive feedback about the event.
A visit was organized for first year students of Chemical Engineering at Harsh Organo Chem (I) Pvt. Ltd., Plot No. 2207, Phase-IV, GIDC-Vatva, Ahmedabad, on 13th Mar, 2019. Harsh Organo Chem (I) Pvt Ltd manufactures different types of dye intermediates with special focus on research to remain customer focused. This ISO 9001 : 2000 certified company is a manufacturer of various types of dyes intermediates and their product includes C-acid, European K- acid, Koch's acid, Violet acid, Amido Epsilon acid, Epsilon acid, Sulfo C-acid, Vinyl Sulphone which is used in textile and other industries. The students gained firsthand knowledge of the various unit operations like press, tray drier, spin flash drier etc. and unit process like nitration, sulphonation etc. The unit had various types of reactors and other ancillary units like furnace, boiler, waste water treatment etc. The various stages of effluent reatment were displayed and their operation was explained in detail. Overall, the industry benefited the students providing them practical exposure in the field of dyes intermediate manufacturing with a holistic approach towards environment. Prof. S. M. Dutta and Prof. R. P. Bhatt coordinated and accompanied the students for the visit.
A visit was organized for second year students of Chemical Engineering at Facilitation Centre for Industrial Plasma Technologies (FCIPT). FCIPT was setup in 1997 to promote the commercial exploitation of plasma technologies through development, incubation, demonstration, manufacturing and transfer. The centre has process development and instrumentation laboratories, job shop, material characterization and manufacturing facilities. The visit helped the students to understand plasma science and the various applications of plasma technology. One of the interesting area was plasma pyrolysis which is used in biomedical waste disposal, safe disposal of organic wastes like plastic, cotton and paper and energy recovery from disposal of high calorific wastes. The visit gave an insight about the contributions chemical engineers can make in this technology. Prof. S. M. Dutta oordinated the visit. Prof. Ruperi Rupal and Prof. Vandana Gojiya accompanied the students for the visit.
A visit was organized for second year students of Chemical Engineering at Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Bhatt, Gandhinagar. IPR is an autonomous institute under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Govt. of India. It is exclusively devoted to basic research in plasma sciences and development of technological applications. This institute is largely involved in theoretical and experimental studies in plasma science including basic plasma physics, magnetically confined hot plasmas and plasma technologies for industrial application. The major thrust is in magnetic confinement fusion and plasma assisted material processing. The institute owns two operational tokamaks (a machine for controlling thermonuclear fusion) - ADITYA and Steady State Tokamak (SST) - 1. Dr. K. K. Mohandas showed the various facilities in the campus alongwith the working of tokamaks. Prof. S. M. Dutta oordinated the visit. Prof. Ruperi Rupal and Prof. Vandana Gojiya accompanied the students for the visit.
A ISTE approved and GTU sponsored Faculty Development Program was organised by Chemical Engineering Department on "Heat Exchange Process Intensification" during 31st December, 2018 to 5th Janurary, 2019. Various renowned experts in the field delivered lectures on different aspects of Process Intensification and an Industrial Visit was also conducted. The whole FDP was coordinated by Dr. Sachin Parikh, Head of Chemical Dept.
Lecture titled with “Poultry slaughter waste management” was organized by the Chemical Department for 3rd and 5th semester students on 23-10- 2018. Mr Ketan Panchal delivered the lecture to make the students understand about the waste management methods in poultry farms. Mr Ketan elaborated the sources and basic composition of waste and methods to deal with the waste. He also focused on high risk and low risk waste from the farms. He explained the current scenario of waste management and problems faced during the treatment. He explained the disposal and treatment of solid waste. Majority of the methods he explained aimed to produce value-added ellable by-products, like pet, animal or aquaculture feed components, energy generation through biogas and production of agricultural fertilizer. He also talked about energy recovery via Anaerobic digestion. In anaerobic digestion, biological degradation of organic matter into methane under anaerobic conditions takes place.
A student startup project of final year chemical engineering department students lead by Mohit Agrawal and mentored by Prof. T. S. Rajaraman won a cash prize of Rs. 10,000 from Hon Deputy CM of Gujarat Mr. Nitinbhai Patel at the Vibrant Gujarat Startup Summit. The startup titled " Wastewater Treatment through Nanophotocatalysis using solar radiation" was seleceted among the top 25 startups in the Gujarat State in the idea stage. Team Members: Mohit Agrawal, Devanshji Dave, Nishant Patel, Mesvaniya Dhara, Milin Prajapati, Mehta Kartik, Vishvesh Maniar.
