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Being one of the oldest institute, L.I.T has well furnished
infrastructure.Though we have meagre financial support from govt., it has
upto date labs and library.It has well equipped organic,inorganic,physical
and Chem Engg. labs of Heat transfer,Mass transfer,Process control,Unit
operations,Chem Engg. research laboratory etc.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY:
Chemical engg. is one
of the oldest branches in L.I.T .It has as many as 8 laboratories and 4
research labs.These labs are well equipped and well maintained with all
the modern instruments and machines.
Various types of equipments are available with the department
for the experimentation.Some of them are Hammer mills, Roll crusher,Pulveriser,Jaw
crusher, squirrel cage Disintegrater,Vibrating screens(Double Decker),Standard
Screens,Rotary drum drier,Tray drier,Evaporators,Reactors.The testing facilities
are also available for the analysis of coal,liquid and gaseous fuels.
Research labs contain upto date modern equipment like Storage
oscilloscope ,High pressure reactors, Fluidised bed reactor, Foam bed reactor,
3 phase magneto fluidisation reactor, Bubble column reactor,Compact Reactor,Air
Lift Reactor,Packed column ,Turbulent bed reactor,Stirred tank reactor,Plate
column .
OIL FATS AND SURFACTANT TECHNOLOGY:
This Department is one of the largest in this
college only next to Chemical Engineering.It consists of six laboratories
including four research labs and two for conducting practicals for BTech
students.This department is highly equipped with modern instruments like
Gas Liquid Chromatograph,portable spectrophotometer,small scale pilot plant
of capacity of about 100kgs. for producing all types of paints,ball mill,
triple roll mill, atritar mill,all equipments necessary for the manufacture
of paints.
It also provides facilities for modern methods
for testing and analysis of Oils, Paints and Inks.
PAPER
AND PULP LABORATORY:
The dept. has a number of spacious and
well equipped laboratories such as Paper tech lab, Paper and Pulp making
equipments and Paper testing lab.They are equipped with modern instruments
such as high precision balances, ovens, furnaces etc.The dept. has its
own Pilot Plant consisting of all pulp making machines starting from Chopper,
Grinder, Digester, Beaters, Refiners to paper making and finishing units
including Sheet cutters, File bending and Punching machines.It has facilities
for complete analysis of raw materials and paper testing labs. The testing
lab includes all the modern equipment required for complete testing of
paper such as Bursting, Tearing , Tensile strength tester,Cobb sizing ,GSM,
Brightness, Porosity, Freeness tester etc.
PETROLEUM REFINING AND PETROCHEMICAL
LABORATORY:
The department has facilities for testing
of petrochemical products for various empirical tests.Some of them are
Stability tests, Flamability tests, Volatility tests, Viscosity measurement
tests,Liquification and Solidification tests.Various chemical and physical
analysis and calculation of Diesel Index, Cetane Index and estimation of
net heat of combustion.
PLASTICS AND POLYMERS TECHNOLOGY:
Plastics
and Polymer Dept. was started in the year 1995. So the laboratories are
still in its early stages but it has some of the modern testing machines
like Hardness tester, Tensile testing machine,Electronic viscometer,Blow
moulding machine etc. Practicals are performed mainly in polymer preparation
and polymer analysis.Most of the rare organic chemicals can be found in
the polymer lab.Even analysis work for the near by industries is undertaken
in these labs.
FOOD TECHNOLOGY:
Food Technology laboratory is quite spacious
and is provided with HPLC , Spectrophotometer,fermenter, electrophorosis,
freeze drier,extruder, spray drier,Liquid liquid extractor,Fluidised drier,
Muffle furnace, BOD incubator,SSF plant ,food processor,Moisturometer etc.The
department has the facilities for analysis of raw material and processed
products.
Consultancy services are available from
the staff of this department as follows:
Preparation of specific commodity report,
literature survey,export data,market survey, etc.
. Feasibility report to guide the prospective
entreprenuer regarding market survey,availability of raw material, technology
profile.
Detailed project report involves stepwise establishment
of process on turnkey basis including the pretreatment and storage of raw
material ,eqiupment design and selection,detailed costing, material and
energy balance,etc.
Product development:Concept of consultancy
services for product development in the area of food technology is comparitively
recent but has great potential.This involves optimisation of organoleptic
characters process parameters, convenience and shelf life.Several low cost
nutritional food products from the indigineous raw material have been developed
in this department.The field trials for supplementary feeding programme
in urban slums have been highly succesful.
Undertaking specific sponsored R&D projects
in collaboration with industry.
LIBRARY:
The library of Laxminarayan Institute Of Technology is one
of the finest in the Central India.The library started with about 200 books
in 1945, now has above 25,000 books,15,000 issues of journals and about
1,408 pamphlet(ISI Specifications etc).It is provided with a sperate building,and
spacious reading rooms for the students .It also has a separate spacious
room which house the Chemical Abstracts(From 1904 onwards)which is boon
not only to the technologists but also to all students of Nagpur University
from different disciplines like ,chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology,
home science, physics, mathematics, geology, etc.The scientists from laboratories
like NEERI, AGMARK, INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA,COTTON
RESEARCH INSTITUTE,CITRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE also use it as per needs.In
the resent years facility to get the references/ papers also xeroxed at
nominal cost for the students has been started.
Presently library contains journals about Food,Paper,Petrochemicals
and plastics but it is facing acute fund shortage and because of this,
many ambitious projects are under wrap.
COMPUTER LABORATORY:
The Computer Laboratory was started in the
year 1992 with a foresight to develop chemical engineers with computational
ability.It consists of about 20 high performance computers with internet
facility free for the students.There are number
of design softwares such as DESIGN-II and ASPEN PLUS for student use. The
other useful apparatus for use are a pc plotter ,a scanner, inkjet printers.
HOSTELS:
This institute has got two hostels each accomadating
100 students.The hostel facilities include the mess,
library,common TV room,recreational and sports facilities such as soccer,cricket,badminton
and other common sports.The Hostel Day is
celebrated on the 26th of January.
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