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Chemical Reaction Engineering

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Course Unit Code651-0917/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated10 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Third Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter, Summer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
OBA79prof. Ing. Lucie Obalová, Ph.D.
Summary
The topic of the subject are characteristics of batch and flow reactors.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
- ability to design and simulatethe batch and flow reactors for homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions.
Course Contents
Thermodynamics of chemical reactions. Thermal effect of a chemical reaction. Gibbs energy and thermodynamic feasibility. The equilibrium degree of conversion.
Elementary reactions in ideal isothermal reactors. Compound reaction. Batch reactors with a variable volume and pressure. Plug flow reactors for reactions in the liquid and gaseous phase. Ideally mixed reactors. Semi reactors.
Energy balance, non-isothermal reactors. The optimum working temperature. Adiabatic reactors. Multiple steady states.
Research on the kinetics of chemical reactions. Macrokinetic and microkinetic properties. Principles of design laboratory reactor. Methods of processing kinetic data. Scaling.
Real flow. Methods of diagnosis of hydrodynamics flow in real reactors. Distribution of the delay. Flow model for real tubular reactors - laminar and turbulent flow, axial dispersion cascade of ideal mixers. Macrofluid and microfluid, segregation model.
Heterogeneous catalytic reactors. The kinetic equations for the catalytic reaction. Models of heterogeneous catalytic reactors. Effective factor. Pressure drop in sprinkled bed. Multiphase reactors.
Topics for detailed study will be selected based on the orientation of the dissertation.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
FOGLER, H. S. Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering. New York: Prentice Hall, 1999.
FROMENT, G. F., BISCHOFF, K. B. Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design, Wiley Series in Chemical Engineering, 2010.
LEVENSPIEL, O. The Chemical Reactor Omnibook, Oregon: Corvallis, 1979.
HORÁK, J., PAŠEK, J. Navrhování průmyslových chemických reaktorů z laboratorních dat. Praha: SNTL, 1986.
Recommended Reading:
WESTERTERP, K.R., VAN SWAAIJ, W. P. M., BEENACKERS, A. A. C. M., Chemical Reactor Design and Operation, Enschede: Twente University of Technology, 2000.
NAUMAN, E. B. Chemical Reactor Design, Optimization, and Scale up, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2002.
GIANETTO, A., SILVESTON, P. L. Multiphase Chemical Reactors – Theory, Design, Scale-up. Springer-Verlag, 1986.

LEVENSPIEL, O. Teorie a výpočty chemických reaktorů. Praha: SNTL, 1967.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Seminars, Individual consultations
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
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ExaminationExamination