Course Synopsis
This course is an advanced course on kinetics and chemical reaction engineering with emphasis on quantitative treatment of chemical reaction engineering. Beginning with basic kinetics for homogeneous reactor design and analysis, students will eventually solve problems on heterogeneous systems. Kinetics of heterogeneous reaction and transport limitation on reaction rates will be covered. Effectiveness factor for different pore geometry for first-order and general order kinetics are derived. Similarly, iso-thermal and non-isothermal cases for external and internal diffusional limited cases will be covered. Students will also be exposed to many problems requiring numerical solution and software packages such as PolyMath and MATLAB through homeworks, projects and case studies.
Learning Outcomes :
- Integrate reactor design and reaction kinetics for homogeneous reactions
- Develop rate of reactions for heterogeneous reactions without diffusional effects
- Consider transport limitation effects for gas-solid catalytic reactions
- Analyze effectiveness factor for slab, cylindrical and spherical geometries and its influence on different reaction rates
