Chemical Engineering
 

ChemE 465 - Reactor Design

Course Description

Credits: 4.  Application of chemical kinetics and transport phenomena to the design of chemical reactors; characterization of batch and continuous-flow reactors in homogeneous and heterogeneous systems. Offered:A.

Designation

 Required.

Prerequisites

CHEM E 326 -Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics;
CHEM E 340 - Chemical Engineering Transport Processes II (Heat transfer)

Textbook

H. Scott Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2006 (required).

Course Objectives

Identify the major types of chemical reactors, list their attributes, and determine the best reactor for a given situation; Design reactors for a desired conversion for both isothermal and nonisothermal conditions; Design multiple reactor systems and recycle reactor systems, and determine situations in which these are required; Perform unsteady mass and energy balances; Solve chemical reaction equilibria problems.

Topics Covered
  1. General reactor types and their mole balances
  2. The rate law and stoichiometry
  3. Conversion, reactor sizing and sequencing
  4. Reactors in series or parallel
  5. Other factors affecting reactor design, e.g. pressure drop, volume change on reaction, equilibrium
  6. Obtaining and analyzing rate data
  7. Multiple Reactions and selectivity
  8. Enzyme kinetics and heterogeneous catalysis – Non-elementary reactions, multi-step reactions
  9. Non-isothermal reactor design
  10. Mass transfer effects
  11. Multiple steady states
  12. Residence time distribution – calculation and use
Class schedule:

3 lectures per week (50 minutes each), 1 recitation per week (50 minutes)
Contributions of Course to meeting the Professional Component:
Engineering
Design content
Relationship of Course to Program Outcomes:

(a)   An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering to mass transfer.

(c) The graduate should have an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.

(e)   An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems related to reaction engineering .

(k)   An ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
Prepared by:

N. Lawrence Ricker , Date: May 17, 2007