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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Engineering : Chemical Engineering

411-206 Reactor Engineering 1

Credit Points:

7.1

Coordinator:

Professor David Boger and Ms Joan Gravina

Prerequisite/s:

Successful completion of 618-171 Mathematics 1P and 618-172 Mathematics 1Q or equivalent, and Chemistry 610-141 and 610-142 or equivalent. 411-102 CPA1 and 411-103 CPA2 are either prerequisites or corequisites.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

The total contact hours are 39, 3 hours per week including 13 one hour tutorial periods

Objectives:

Students satisfactorily completing this unit will be:

  • able to understand the application of chemical thermodynamics and kinetics to reactor design;

  • aware of the major types of reactors used in the chemical industry with particular attention to their performance characteristics;

  • able to apply the different types of ideal reactor models to the design of homogeneous reaction systems;

  • familiar with a strategy for the design of reaction systems.

Content:

Application of thermodynamics to processing. Thermodynamics of reaction equilibria, equilibrium constants and compositions. Chemical kinetics as a basis for reactor design. Types of reactors. Isothermal, adiabatic and non-isothermal, non-adiabatic systems consisting of a single homogeneous reaction in a single reactor. Models for single reaction systems. Temperature and pressure effects. Flow characteristics of real reactors and effect of departure from ideal models. Conversion in real, homogeneous reaction systems. Homogeneous multiple reaction systems. Optimisation. Application of reactor design principles to processes.

Assessment:

One 2-hour examination at the end of semester.
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