Chemical Reaction Engineering
- Introduction - Definition of chemical reaction engineering and the role of chemical reactors in different industries
- General mole balance Derivation of general mole balance for ideal reactors (batch, CSTR, PFR,PBR)
- Conversion and reactor design (1)
General mole balance in terms of conversion for ideal reactors (batch,CSTR,PFR,PBR)
- Conversion and reactor design (2)
General mole balance in terms of conversion for ideal reactors in series
- Rate equations and stoichiometry Rate laws and stoichiometry for batch and continuous systems
- Isotherm reactor design (1) General mole balance in terms of conversion for batch, CSTR and PFR reactors
- Isotherm reactor design Pressure drop in reactors and presentation of other reactor types
- Data collection and analysis Empirical methods for kinetic data gathering and mathematical analysis methods
- Multiple reactions (1) Definition of reaction types and the selectivity concept
- Multiple reactions (2) Algorithms for reactor design in the case of multiple reactions
- Bio and conventional reaction mechanisms (1) Reaction mechanisms, intermediates and methods for the derivation of rate law based on reaction mechanism
- Bio and conventional reaction mechanisms (2) Design of bioreactors
- Nonisothermal steady-state reactor design Energy balance, Adiabatic operations, non-adiabatic operations for continuous flow and multiple steady states
- Catalytic reactions and design of catalytic reactors Effect of mass transfer on the operation of heterogeneous catalysts and design of fixed bed catalytic reactors
- Introduction to non ideal hydrodynamic behavior of fluids and its effect on the operation of different types of reactors Definition of the residence time distribution concept, different methods for its measurement and its application in the prediction of the behavior of non ideal reactors