Syllabus

Modified

February 24, 2025

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 ())

Besides these books the following books are useful as well.

  • Chemical reaction engineering (Levenspiel ())
  • Chemical reaction engineering and reactor technology (Salmi, Mikkola, and Wärnå ())

Other materials

Course structure

Week Begin Date Lecture Workshop Laboratory Assessment
Orientation 17 February Orientation Week
1 24 February Mole balance Mole balance Portfolio 1 - Introduction
2 3 March Conversion and Reactor sizing Conversion and reactor sizing
3 10 March Rate laws and Stoichiometry Rate laws and Stoichiometry
4 17 March Isothermal reactor design Isothermal reactor design Lab session
5 24 March Collection and Analysis of Rate data Collection and analysis of Rate data Lab session Project released
6 31 March Multiple reactions Multiple reactions Lab session
7 7 April Non-isothermal reactor design Non-isothermal reactor design Lab session
8 14 April Non-isothermal reactor design Non-isothermal reactor design Lab session Portfolio 2 (Thursday 17 April)
9 21 April Tuition Free Week
10 28 April Reaction mechanisms and Catalysis Reaction mechanisms and Catalysis Lab session
11 5 May Distribution of residence time Distribution of residence time
12 12 May External diffusion effects: heterogeneous reactions External diffusion effects on heterogeneous reactions Portfolio 3 (Thursday 15 May)
13 19 May Diffusion effects: heterogeneous reactions Diffusion effects: heterogeneous reactions Project submission
14 26 May Study Week
15 2 June Examinations
16 9 June Examinations

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.