Chemical Reactor Engineering
| Type of study | Follow-up Master |
|---|---|
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Code | 651-3024/01 |
| Abbreviation | RI |
| Course title | Chemical Reactor Engineering |
| Credits | 7 |
| Coordinating department | Department of Chemistry and Physico-Chemical Processes |
| Course coordinator | Ing. Petr Stavárek, Ph.D. |
Subject syllabus
1. Thermodynamics of chemical reactions. Thermal effect of a chemical
reaction. Gibbs energy of a thermodynamic feasibility. Chemical
equilibrium. Equations of reaction isotherm and isobar . The equilibrium
degree of conversion.
2. Homogeneous reactions. Elementary reactions, simple and simultaneous
reactions. Reaction rate. Arrhenius equation. Selectivity. Yield.
3. General material and energy balance of chemical reactor. Stoichiometry.
4. Ideally mixed batch reactor. Description and examples of use. Material and
enthalpy balance. Reactor with a variable volume and pressure. The design
and control of the reactor.
5. Continuous stirred tank reactor. Description and examples of use. Material
and enthalpy balance. Space time, space velocity. The design and control of
the reactor. Stability of the continuous stirred tank reactor. Multiple
steady states. Starting of operation. Cascade of mixed flow reactors.
6. Plug flow reactors. Description and examples of use. Fabric and enthalpy
balance. The design and control of the reactor. Comparison of the stirred
tank and tubular reactors.
7. Isothermal, adiabatic and non-isothermal reactors. The optimum working
temperature. Design solutions.
8. Research on the kinetics of chemical reactions. Macrokinetic and
microkinetic properties. Principles of design of laboratory reactor. The
principle of data transfer. Scale up.
9. Methods of processing of kinetic data. Linear regression, nonlinear
regression.
10. Real flow. Methods of diagnosis of hydrodynamics flow in real reactors.
Residence time distribution. Flow model for real reactors, axial
dispersion, cascade of ideal mixers, dead space, segregation model.
11. Kinetics of heterogeneous reactions. Examples of multiphase reactors:
reactors for liquid – gas reactions, reactors for gas - liquid - solid
phase.
12. Heterogeneous catalytic reactors. Catalyst and events occurring in the
catalyst particle. The kinetic equations for the catalytic reactions.
Models of heterogeneous catalytic reactors. Thiele modulus. Effectiveness
factor. Pressure drop in fixed bed.
13. Excursion to the chemical company.
reaction. Gibbs energy of a thermodynamic feasibility. Chemical
equilibrium. Equations of reaction isotherm and isobar . The equilibrium
degree of conversion.
2. Homogeneous reactions. Elementary reactions, simple and simultaneous
reactions. Reaction rate. Arrhenius equation. Selectivity. Yield.
3. General material and energy balance of chemical reactor. Stoichiometry.
4. Ideally mixed batch reactor. Description and examples of use. Material and
enthalpy balance. Reactor with a variable volume and pressure. The design
and control of the reactor.
5. Continuous stirred tank reactor. Description and examples of use. Material
and enthalpy balance. Space time, space velocity. The design and control of
the reactor. Stability of the continuous stirred tank reactor. Multiple
steady states. Starting of operation. Cascade of mixed flow reactors.
6. Plug flow reactors. Description and examples of use. Fabric and enthalpy
balance. The design and control of the reactor. Comparison of the stirred
tank and tubular reactors.
7. Isothermal, adiabatic and non-isothermal reactors. The optimum working
temperature. Design solutions.
8. Research on the kinetics of chemical reactions. Macrokinetic and
microkinetic properties. Principles of design of laboratory reactor. The
principle of data transfer. Scale up.
9. Methods of processing of kinetic data. Linear regression, nonlinear
regression.
10. Real flow. Methods of diagnosis of hydrodynamics flow in real reactors.
Residence time distribution. Flow model for real reactors, axial
dispersion, cascade of ideal mixers, dead space, segregation model.
11. Kinetics of heterogeneous reactions. Examples of multiphase reactors:
reactors for liquid – gas reactions, reactors for gas - liquid - solid
phase.
12. Heterogeneous catalytic reactors. Catalyst and events occurring in the
catalyst particle. The kinetic equations for the catalytic reactions.
Models of heterogeneous catalytic reactors. Thiele modulus. Effectiveness
factor. Pressure drop in fixed bed.
13. Excursion to the chemical company.
E-learning
Literature
FOGLER, H. Scott. Elements of chemical reaction engineering [CD-ROM]. 4th ed., Pearson new international ed. Harlow: Pearson, c2014. ISBN 978-1-292-02616-9.
Advised literature
FROMENT, Gilbert F., Kenneth B BISCHOFF a Juray DE WILDE. Chemical reactor analysis and design. 3rd ed. Hoboken: Wiley, c2011. ISBN 978-0-470-56541-4.
LEVENSPIEL, O. The Chemical Reactor Omnibook. Oregon: Corvallis, 1979.
NAUMAN, Bruce E. Chemical Reactor Design, Optimization and Scale up. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2002.
LEVENSPIEL, O. The Chemical Reactor Omnibook. Oregon: Corvallis, 1979.
NAUMAN, Bruce E. Chemical Reactor Design, Optimization and Scale up. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2002.