| Educational guide School of Chemical Engineering |
english |
| Chemical Engineering (2013) |
 Subjects |
| REACTOR ENGINEERING |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2019_20 |
| Subject | REACTOR ENGINEERING | Code | 20695104 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 6 | Compulsory | First | ||||||
| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Fundamentals: the equations of change of mass, energy and momentum | Review of the fundamental microscopic balances of mass, energy and momentum, and their application to reactor design. Numerical solution of the microscopic balances: introduction to COMSOL multiphisics |
| Homogeneous systems | Homogeneous tubular reactors: Laminar flow and turbulent flow reactors. Homogeneous mixed reactors: continuous stirred tank and batch reactors. |
| Two-phase catalytic reactors | Mass and energy transfer in a single particle of catalyst. Packed-bed catalytic reactors (2D and 1D heterogeneous models). Fluidized bed reactors. Catalyst monolith reactors. Membrane reactors. |
| Three-phase catalytic reactors | Overview of three-phase reactors. Three-phase tubular reactors (Trickle-bed, and slurry bubble column). Three-phase mixed reactors (stirred tank slurry reactor). Catalyst monoliths as three-phase reactors. Reactive distillation. |
