Chemical Reaction Engineering II

Syllabus

1. Reaction Mechanisms, Pathways, Bioreactions, and Bioreactor (10 hours)
   1. Active intermediates and nonelementary rate laws
   2. Enzymatic reaction fundamentals
   3. Inhibition of enzyme reactions
   4. Bioreactors and biosynthesis
2. Catalysis and Catalytic Reactors (8 hours)
   1. Catalysts
   2. Steps in a catalytic reaction
   3. Synthesizing a rate law, mechanism, and rate-limiting step
   4. Heterogeneous data analysis for reactor design
   5. Catalyst deactivation
3. Steady State Non Isothermal Reactor Design (9 hours)
   1. Steady state energy balance
   2. Adiabatic operation and equilibrium conversion
   3. Tubular reactors with heat exchange
4. Unsteady State Non Isothermal Reactor Design (4 hours)
   1. Unsteady state energy balance
   2. Energy balance on batch reactors
5. Diffusion and Reaction (4 hours)
   1. Diffusion and reaction in catalyst pellets
   2. External resistance to mass transfer
   3. Overall effectiveness factor
6. Residence Time Distribution (10 hours)
   1. Residence time distribution (RTD) function
   2. Measurement and characteristics of the RTD
   3. RTD in ideal reactors (Batch, CSTR, PFR)
   4. Reactor modeling with RTD
   5. Zero parameter models

Practicals

1. Determination of the reaction rate constant in a stirred batch reactor
2. Evaluation of effect of reactant concentration on the reaction rate by using batch reactor
3. Evaluation of reaction rate constant in a continuous stirred tank reactor
4. Determination of the effect of inadequate mixing on the reaction rate using stirred tank reactor
5. Determination of the rate constant using tubular reactor
6. Demonstration of the temperature dependence of the reaction and the rate constant using tubular reactor
7. Characterization of pressure drops through fixed and fluidized bed