Chemical Reaction Engineering Syllabus
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Reaction Kinetics
Law of mass action, rate equation, elementary, non-elementary reactions and their mechanisms, theories of reaction rate and temperature dependency, analysis of experimental reactor data, evaluation of rate equation, integral and differential analysis for constant variable volume system, fitting of data complex reaction mechanism.
Ideal Reactors
Design for homogeneous systems, batch, stirred tank and tubular flow reactor, design of reactors for multiple reactions, combination reactor system, size comparison of reactors.
Choice Of Reactors
Factors affecting choice, optimum yield and conversion, selectivity, reactivity and yield problems, consecutive, parallel and mixed reactions, recycle.
Heat Effects In Reactors
Isothermal and nonisothermal homogeneous reactor systems, adiabatic reactors, rates of heat exchanges for different reactors, design for constant rate heat input and constant heat transfer coefficient,operation, batch and continuous reactors, optimum temperature progression.
Reactor Stability
Criteria for stability of reactors, limit cycles and oscillating reaction, parameter sensitivity.
Reaction Equilibria
Equilibrium in chemically reactive systems, evaluation of reaction equilibrium constant, effect of temperature on equilibrium, application to system involving gaseous components, computation of equilibrium composition.
Chemical Reaction Engineering Text Books
- Levenspiel.O, ” Chemical Reaction Engineering “, John Wiley, Second Edition, 1972.
- Smith.J.M., ” Chemical Engineering Kinetics “, McGraw-Hill Third Edition, 1981.
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