Chemical Reaction Engineering – CH EN 3553-001

Syllabus

Objective: To enable undergraduate students to analyze and design chemical reactors.

General Syllabus

· Mole balances, stoichiometry, equilibrium

· Reaction rate, reactor design

· Batch, CSTR, PFR, recycle, semi-batch reactors

· Steady state and unsteady state reactor analysis with and without pressure drop

· Multiple reactions

· Biological reactions

· Nonisothermal reactor analysis - Energy balances

· Multiple steady states

· Catalysis - synthesis of a rate equation

· Design/analysis of catalytic reactors

· Heterogeneous reactors; diffusion and mass transfer

· Residence time distributions

Text

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

Computational Platform

MATLAB, Polymath or any other convenient platform

Grading (Tentative)

Homeworks: 15%

One or two team projects: 10%

Midterms (3): 45%

Final: 30%

Homework

Assigned Fridays and are due the following Friday. Late homework will be graded for 50% of the credit. If the homework is more than two class periods late, no credit will be given.

Team Projects

The objective of the team exercise is to be able to function in teams while learning fundaments of reaction engineering. Rules concerning team projects will be provided.

Examinations

All examinations will be open-book, open-notes. The midterm examinations will be during the class period. Final examination will be on the university designated date.

Holidays

January 16^th

February 20^th

March 13-17 (Spring Break)

Tentative Examination Schedule

Midterm 1: February 11^th

Midterm 2: March 12^th

Midterm 3: April 14^th

Final Examination – Thursday May 4^th 1:00 – 3:00 PM