Pharmaceutical Engineering B.Pharm 3rd Semester Books

Pharmaceutical Engineering – Second Year B.Pharm – Semester 3

Author’s Name	Rageeb Md Usman, Atish A Salunkhe
Editions	Third Edition
Publishers	Nirali Prakashan

A Text Book of Pharmaceutical Engineering, According to PCI regulations For B. Pharm 2nd Year 3rd Semester

Author’s Name	Rehan Uddin, Dr. Jitendra Singh Rajawat
Editions	First Edition
Publishers	IP Innovative Publication Pvt. Ltd.

Pharmaceutical Engineering Book for B.Pharm 3rd Semester

Author’s Name	Dr. M. Senthil Kumar & Dr. Parag A. Kulkarni
Editions	Latest Edition
Publishers	Thakur Publication Pvt Ltd

Pharmaceutical Engineering Topic-wise Summary

• Flow of Fluids:
  
  1. Types of manometers
     
  2. Reynolds number and its significance
     
  3. Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications
     
  4. Energy losses
     
  5. Orifice meter, Venturimeter, Pitot tube, Rotometer
     
• Size Reduction:
  
  1. Objectives, mechanisms & laws governing size reduction
     
  2. Factors affecting size reduction
     
  3. Principles, construction, working, uses, merits, and demerits of:
     
     1. Hammer mill
        
     2. Ball mill
        
     3. Fluid energy mill
        
     4. Edge runner mill
        
     5. End runner mill
        
• Size Separation:
  
  1. Objectives, applications & mechanism of size separation
     
  2. Official standards of powders and sieves
     
  3. Size separation principles, construction, working, uses, merits, and demerits of:
     
     1. Sieve shaker
        
     2. Cyclone separator
        
     3. Air separator
        
     4. Bag filter
        
     5. Elutriation tank
        

• Heat Transfer:
  
  1. Objectives, applications & heat transfer mechanisms
     
  2. Fourier’s law
     
  3. Heat transfer by conduction, convection & radiation
     
  4. Heat interchangers & heat exchangers
     
• Evaporation:
  
  1. Objectives, applications, and factors influencing evaporation
     
  2. Differences between evaporation and other heat processes
     
  3. Principles, construction, working, uses, merits, and demerits of:
     
     1. Steam jacketed kettle
        
     2. Horizontal tube evaporator
        
     3. Climbing film evaporator
        
     4. Forced circulation evaporator
        
     5. Multiple effect evaporator
        
     6. Economy of multiple effect evaporator
        
• Distillation:
  
  1. Basic principles and methodology of:
     
     1. Simple distillation
        
     2. Flash distillation
        
     3. Fractional distillation
        
     4. Distillation under reduced pressure
        
     5. Steam distillation
        
     6. Molecular distillation
        

• Drying:
  
  1. Objectives, applications & mechanism of drying process
     
  2. Measurements & applications of equilibrium moisture content, rate of drying curve
     
  3. Principles, construction, working, uses, merits, and demerits of:
     
     1. Tray dryer
        
     2. Drum dryer
        
     3. Spray dryer
        
     4. Fluidized bed dryer
        
     5. Vacuum dryer
        
     6. Freeze dryer
        
• Mixing:
  
  1. Objectives, applications & factors affecting mixing
     
  2. Differences between solid and liquid mixing
     
  3. Mechanism of solid, liquid, and semisolid mixing
     
  4. Principles, construction, working, uses, merits, and demerits of:
     
     1. Double cone blender
        
     2. Twin shell blender
        
     3. Ribbon blender
        
     4. Sigma blade mixer
        
     5. Planetary mixers
        
     6. Propellers, turbines, paddles
        
     7. Silverson emulsifier
        

• Filtration:
  
  1. Objectives, applications, theories & factors influencing filtration
     
  2. Filter aids and filter media
     
  3. Principles, construction, working, uses, merits, and demerits of:
     
     1. Plate & frame filter
        
     2. Filter leaf
        
     3. Rotary drum filter
        
     4. Meta filter & cartridge filter
        
     5. Membrane filters
        
     6. Seidtz filter
        
• Centrifugation:
  
  1. Objectives, principle & applications
     
  2. Principles, construction, working, uses, merits, and demerits of:
     
     1. Perforated basket centrifuge
        
     2. Non-perforated basket centrifuge
        
     3. Semi-continuous centrifuge
        
     4. Super centrifuge
        
• Materials of Pharmaceutical Plant Construction, Corrosion and Its Prevention:
  
  1. Factors affecting materials selected for pharmaceutical plant construction
     
  2. Theories of corrosion
     
  3. Types of corrosion and their prevention
     
  4. Ferrous and nonferrous metals
     
  5. Inorganic and organic non-metals
     
  6. Basics of material handling systems