| Educational guide School of Chemical Engineering |
english |
| Chemical Engineering (2013) |
 Subjects |
| REACTOR ENGINEERING |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2013_14 |
| Subject | REACTOR ENGINEERING | Code | 20695104 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 6 | Compulsory | First | Only annual |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Review of fundamental concepts | Kinetics of homogeneous reactions. Thermodynamic equilibria in reacting systems Mass and energy balances for single-phase reacting systems. Models for basic reactors. Isothermal and non-isothermial ideal reactors. |
| Kinetics of heterogeneous reactions | Heterogeneous catalysis. Modeling of surface-catalyzed reactions. Polymerization reactions. Enzymatic reactions. Electrochemical reactions. |
| Influence of the external transport on the reaction rate in multiphasic systems | Influence of external mass and energy transport for a catalyst particle. Internal transport inside a catalyst pellet: simultaneous diffusion and reaction. Internal effectiveness factor and global effectiveness factor. |
| Design of biphasic catalytic reactors (S-G and S-L) | Fixed bed catalytic reactor Fluidized bed reactor Monolith and (micro) catalytic-wall reactors |
| Design of multiphasic catalytic reactors (S-G-L) | Slurry reactors Trickle-bed reactors |
| Process intensification through reactor design | Reactive distillation. Membrane reactors. |
