CHEM ENG 7051 - Kinetic & Reactor Design

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2016

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This course aims to establish fundamental knowledge for the students in chemical engineering and pharmaceutical engineering. At the end of this course, students should be able to: (i) interpret and analyse chemical and biochemical reaction kinetics data; (ii) apply reaction kinetics principles in chemical and biochemical reaction engineering; (iii) identify and formulate problems in chemical and biochemical reaction engineering and find appropriate solutions; (iv) specify and size the most common industrial chemical and biochemical reactors to achieve production goals for processes involving homogeneous or heterogenous reaction systems.

  • General Course Information
    Course Details
    Course Code CHEM ENG 7051
    Course Kinetic & Reactor Design
    Coordinating Unit School of Chemical Eng and Advanced Materials(Ina)
    Term Semester 1
    Level Postgraduate Coursework
    Location/s North Terrace Campus
    Units 3
    Contact Up to 4 hours per week
    Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y
    Incompatible CHEM 2510 or CHEM 2530
    Course Description This course aims to establish fundamental knowledge for the students in chemical engineering and pharmaceutical engineering. At the end of this course, students should be able to: (i) interpret and analyse chemical and biochemical reaction kinetics data; (ii) apply reaction kinetics principles in chemical and biochemical reaction engineering; (iii) identify and formulate problems in chemical and biochemical reaction engineering and find appropriate solutions; (iv) specify and size the most common industrial chemical and biochemical reactors to achieve production goals for processes involving homogeneous or heterogenous reaction systems.
    Course Staff

    Course Coordinator: Professor Bo Jin

    Course Timetable

    The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

  • Learning Outcomes
    Course Learning Outcomes
    At the completion of this course, students should be able to:
    1 Interpret and analyse chemical and biochemical reaction kinetics data;
    2 Apply reaction kinetics principles in chemical and biochemical reaction engineering;
    3 Identify and formulate problems in chemical and biochemical reaction engineering and
    find appropriate solutions; and
    4 Specify and size the most common industrial chemical and biochemical reactors to achieve production goals for processes involving homogeneous or heterogenous
    reaction systems.
    University Graduate Attributes

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  • Learning Resources
    Recommended Resources
    Textbook

    Fogler, HS, 2005, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall

    Reference Book

    Schuler, ML & Kargi, F, 2002, Bioprocess Engineering, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall.

    Online Learning
    A range of online resources will be provided via MyUni.

  • Learning & Teaching Activities
    Learning & Teaching Modes
    This course uses a number of different teaching and learning approaches including lectures, problem
    solving tutorials, a Design project (course Master student only) and a mid-semester test and final examination.


    Workload

    The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

    Activity Contact Hours Workload Hours
    Lectures 22 44
    Tutorials 16 32
    In-class test 2 10
    Design Project 15 30
    TOTAL 55 120
    Learning Activities Summary
    Topic 1: Introduction and Design Fundamentals
    ·          Process design of reactors: relationship between laboratory data,  pilot-plant data and commercial plant.  Classification of reactors: method of operation, shape, and phases in the reaction mixture. 
    Examples of industrial chemical and biochemical reactors. Terminology: rate, order, molecularity, conversion, yield, and selectivity.  Mole balances, rate laws and stoichiometry.

    Topic 2: Isothermal Batch Reactor
    ·           Derivation of the design equation.  Calculation of reactor size for known kinetics and specified production rate.

    Topic 3: Isothermal tubular plug-flow reactor (PFR)
    ·           Derivation of the design equation for steady-state plug flow.  Comparison with batch reactors.  Space velocity, space time, mean residence time.   Operation of multiple reactors.

    Topic 4: Isothermal continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR)
    ·          Derivation of the design equation for steady-state well-mixed flow. 
    Operation of multiple reactors.  Comparison of PFR and CSTR.

    Topic 5: Reactor design for multiple reaction systems
    ·          Parallel, series, and reversible reactions, and combinations thereof.  Elimination of time as an independent variable. Optimisation of product distribution via control of concentration and contacting patterns.

    Topic 6: Bioreactions and Bioreactors
    ·         Reaction mechanisms, pathways and rate laws; details of enzyme reactions; pharmacokinetics.  Bioreactor fundamentals and design equations.

    Topic 7: Non-isothermal Reactor Design
    ·          Influence of temperature on kinetics.  Factors affecting choice of
    reactor operating temperature land range.  Means of keeping a reaction mixture at designed temperature levels.  Adiabatic and non-adiabatic reactors.  The non-isothermal CSTR: heat generation and heat removal for different reaction types; autothermal operation – “ignition” and “extinction”; relationship between conversion and temperature; energy-balance and mass-balance combination. The non-isothermal batch reactor: calculation of conversion by graphical and integration methods. The non-isothermal PFR: conversion as a function of temperature and reactor length for simple and complex reactions.  Runaway reactions.

    Topic 8: Catalysis and Catalytic Reactors
    ·      Catalysts, catalysis and catalytic reaction steps.  Rate law, mechanism and rate-limiting step for catalytic reactions.  Heterogeneous data  analysis for reactor design. Porous and nonporous catalysts: internal  and external diffusion effects on heterogeneous reactions. Heterogeneous
    reactor design: packed bed and fluidized bed reactors.  Pressure drop. Catalyst poisoning.
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    Assessment Summary

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    Assessment Detail

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    Submission

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    Course Grading

    Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

    M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
    Grade Mark Description
    FNS   Fail No Submission
    F 1-49 Fail
    P 50-64 Pass
    C 65-74 Credit
    D 75-84 Distinction
    HD 85-100 High Distinction
    CN   Continuing
    NFE   No Formal Examination
    RP   Result Pending

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