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The engineering of chemical reactions

ChE-340

Lecturer(s) :

Boghossian Ardemis

Language:

English

Summary

This course applies concepts from chemical kinetics and mass and energy balances to address practical chemical engineering problems, with a strong focus on industrial applications. Students develop the ability to analyze and design reactors frequently encountered in industry.

Content

• Derivation of differential, algebraic, and integrative models for batch reactors, continuously stirred reactors (CSTRs), plug flow reactors (PFRs), and packed bed reactors (PBRs), as well a membrane and semibatch reactors.
• Modeling multiple reactors in series.
• Effect of reaction kinetics and fluent phase on reactor performance.
• Multiple and complex reaction systems.

 

Learning Prerequisites

Required courses

Introduction to Chemical Engineering (ChE-201), Introduction to Transport Phenomena (ChE-204), Chemical Thermodynamics (CH-241), Chemical Kinetics (CH-342)

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

• Compute reactor size required for a given conversion.
• Compute reactor space time.
• Compare performance of different reactors.
• Assess / Evaluate effects of temperature and pressure on performance.
• Design reactor configuration for a given process.

Resources

Ressources en bibliothèque

• Elements of chemical reaction engineering / Fogler
• Chemical reaction engineering / Levenspiel

Notes/Handbook

Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, H. Scott Fogler

Chemical Reaction Engineering, O. Levenspiel