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Nirma Ltd. Mass Transfer Operations

This document summarizes various mass transfer unit operations used at NIRMA ltd., including absorption, extraction, distillation, and moisture removal. Absorption uses NaOH and a scrubber to remove SO2 from evaporate gases. Extraction is used in soap making to separate an extract containing soap from a raffinate residue. Distillation separates palm oil into low quality fatty acids, glycerin, and high quality fatty acids. Moisture removal sprays a detergent slurry through a nozzle to dry it into a powder through heat applied at the bottom of a reactor.

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Nirma Ltd. Mass Transfer Operations

This document summarizes various mass transfer unit operations used at NIRMA ltd., including absorption, extraction, distillation, and moisture removal. Absorption uses NaOH and a scrubber to remove SO2 from evaporate gases. Extraction is used in soap making to separate an extract containing soap from a raffinate residue. Distillation separates palm oil into low quality fatty acids, glycerin, and high quality fatty acids. Moisture removal sprays a detergent slurry through a nozzle to dry it into a powder through heat applied at the bottom of a reactor.

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Mass Transfer

Operations
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Tutorial 4

Brief discussion of unit processes


involved in NIRMA ltd., Mandali
Observed Unit Operations
I. Absorption
II. Extraction
III. Distillation
IV. Moisture removal
Absorption
(DCDA process)
Introduction
• The transfer of material is from a gas phase to
a liquid phase.
• A gas is absorbed by means of liquid in which
the solute gas is more or less soluble from its
mixture with an inert gas as well as more or less
insoluble gas.
• The liquid is essentially immiscible in the gas
phase.
• DCDA process
• For maintain the evaporate gases they used
scrubber.
• NaOH used in scrubber to absorb SO2.
• Residue mainly contains: Na2SO4 & SO2.
Extraction
(Soap making process)
Introduction
• The transfer of material is from a gas phase to a
liquid phase.
• The liquid which is added to the solution to bring
about the extraction is known as the solvent.
• The solution which is to be extracted is called the
feed.
• The solvent-richen product of the operation is
called the extract.
• the residual liquid from which the solute is
separated is called the raffinate.
• Soap making process
• Materials used : silicate oil, salt, water.
• Extract: making the soap
• Residue: forming cake used to other purpose.
Distillation
(Soap making process)
Introduction
• It is an operation whereby a liquid mixture of
miscible and volatile substances is separated
into individual components or into group of
components by partial vaporization.
• Soap making process.
• Material used: Palm oil.
• Splitting tower: low quality fatty acids and
glycerin were separated.
• Distillation column: high quality fatty acids
• Evaporation tower: high concentrated glycerin.
Moisture removal
(Soap making process)
Introduction
• In the manufacturing of SUPER NIRMA detergent
and NIRMA ADVANCE detergent( in Nirma
Limited Mandali) or any other detergent, the
moisture should be removed first from the slurry
• The slurry is made from Raw material + Silicate
oil + caustic soda
• It contains 40% moisture.
• This process is also used to get solid particles from
the liquid slurry.
• They pump the slurry in the reactor which is several
meter high.
• The slurry is sprayed from the top through nozzle or
a small pipe.
• The heat is provided from the bottom of the reactor.
• Due to heat the slurry loses it's moisture and at the
bottom of the reactor we get the Powdered form
detergent.
• Net movement of a component from one location to
another location in the presence of a difference in
concentration( or partial pressure)
• Common example: drying of clothes under the sun.
• MOISTURE DIFFUSE TO AIR
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Created By
18BCH024 Kamani Abhishek
18BCH032 Zaid Mansuri
18BCH033 Sahil Marvaniya
19BCH503 Dhruv Patel

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