Educational guide 2016_17 School of Chemical Engineering

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Review of fundamental concepts	Kinetics of homogeneous reactions. Heterogeneous catalysis. Kinetic modeling of surface-catalyzed reactions. Kinetics of polymerization reactions and enzymatic reactions. Thermodynamic equilibria in reacting systems Macroscopic mass and energy balances for single-phase reacting systems: isothermal and non-isothermial ideal reactors.
The equations of change of mass, energy and momentum	Review of the fundamental microscopic balances of mass and energy, and their application to reactor design. Numerical solution of the microscopic balances: introduction to COMOSL multiphisics
Influence of heat and mass transfer on the reaction rates in multiphasic reacting systems	Analysis of interfacial mass and energy transport in a catalyst particle. Internal transport inside a catalyst pellet: simultaneous diffusion and reaction. Internal effectiveness factors and global effectiveness factors in simple situations. Numerical solution of generalized systems with multiple simultaneous reactions.
Design of biphasic catalytic reactors (S-G and S-L)	Packed bed catalytic reactor Fluidized bed reactor Monoliths and catalytic-wall reactors
Design of multiphasic catalytic reactors (GLS)	A generalized model for GLS catalytic reactors. Bubble column slurry reactors Stirred tank slurry reactors Trickle-bed reactors
Introduction to process intensification through reactor design	Reactive distillation. Membrane reactors.