Syllabus
Topics covered
We will cover a broad range of topics including:
- Mole balance
- Conversion and Reactor sizing
- Rate laws and Stoichiometry
- Isothermal reactor design
- Collection and Analysis of Rate data
- Multiple reactions
- Non isothermal reactor design
- Reaction mechanisms and Catalysis
- External diffusion effects: heterogeneous reactions
- Diffusion effects: heterogeneous reactions
- Distribution of residence time
Course materials
Books
The books listed in the course reading list will be very userful reference material for topics covered in the course.
The content is mainly based on Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering (Fogler (2016))
Besides these books the following books are useful as well.
Other materials
- Chemical Reaction Engineering 1 (Homogeneous Reactors) by Prof K. Krishnaiah,Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras.
- Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering Lectures series by Dr. Sheila Samsatli
- Reaction Engineering videos by Raili Taylor
- Chemical Reaction Engineering course by Prof.Jayant Modak,Department of Chemical Engineering, IISc Bangalore.
Course structure
Course policies
Please refer to the unit outline posted on blackboard for assessment policies, assessments, grades, and pass requirements.
References
Fogler, H. Scott. 2016. Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering. Fifth edition. Boston: Prentice Hall.
Levenspiel, Octave. 1999. Chemical Reaction Engineering. 3rd ed. New York: Wiley.
Salmi, Tapio, Jyri-Pekka Mikkola, and Johan P. Wärnå. 2019. Chemical Reaction Engineering and Reactor Technology. Second edition. Chemical Industries. Boca Raton London New York: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.