Educational guide School of Chemical Engineering |
english |
Nanoscience, Materials and Processes: Chemical Technology at the Frontier |
Subjects |
REACTOR ENGINEERING |
Contents |
IDENTIFYING DATA | 2017_18 |
Subject | REACTOR ENGINEERING | Code | 20705223 | |||||
Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
6 | Optional | 2Q |
Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
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. |