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Chemical Reaction Engineering

This course focuses on the design and analysis of chemical reactors, including both batch and continuous systems. Students will study reaction kinetics, reactor types, and reaction mechanisms. They will gain practical experience in reactor design and performance evaluation, preparing them to solve complex chemical reaction engineering problems in both lab and industrial settings.


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  • General Mole Balance Equation
  • Batch Reactors and Continous-Flow Reactors
  • Industrial Reactors
  • Reaction Order and Rate Law
  • Reaction Rate Constant
  • Stoichiometry of Batch Systems and Flow Systems
  • Algorithm for Data Analysis
  • Batch Reactor Data: Differential Method of Analysis, Integral Method, and Nonlinear Regression
  • Initial Rates Method
  • Half-Lives Method
  • Differential Reactors
  • Active Intermediates and Nonelementary Rate Laws
  • Enzymatic Reaction Fundamentals
  • Inhibition of Enzyme Reactions
  • Bioreactors
  • Catalysts
  • Catalytic Reaction Steps
  • Synthesizing a Rate Law, Mechanism, and Rate-Limiting Step
  • Heterogeneous Data Analysis for Reactor Design
  • Catalysts Deactivation
  • Fundamentals of Diffusion
  • Binary Diffusion
  • External Resistance to Mass Transfer
  • Parameter Sensitivity
  • The Shrinking Core Model

  • Diffusion and Reaction in Spherical Catalyst Pellets
  • Internal Effectiveness Factor
  • Falsified Kinetics
  • Overall Effectiveness Factor
  • Estimation of Diffusion and Reaction Limited Regimes
  • Mass Transfer and Reaction in a Packed Bed
  • Multiphase Reactors and Fluidized Bed Reactors
  • Definition of Conversion
  • Design Equations for Batch Reactiors
  • Design Equations for Flow Reactiors
  • Reactors in Series
  • Definition of Space Time and Space Velocity
  • Design Structure for Isothermal Reactors
  • Design of Batch Reactors
  • Design of CSTRs
  • Design of Tubular Reactors
  • Pressure Drop in Reactors
  • Mole Balances of Reactors for Liquid Phase and Gas Phase Reactions
  • Microreactors
  • Parallel Reactions
  • Maximizing the Desired Product in Series Reactions
  • Algorithm for Solution of Complex Reactions
  • Multiple Reactions in a PFR or PBR
  • Multiple Reactions in a CSTR
  • Membrane Reactors to Improve Selectivity in Multiple Reactions
  • Complex Reactions of Ammonia Oxidation
  • Energy Balances
  • Adiabatic Operation
  • Steady-state Tubular Reactor with Heat Exchange
  • Equilibrium Conversion
  • CSTR with Heat Effects
  • Multiple Steady States
  • Nonisothermal Multiple Chemical Reactions
  • Radial and Axial Variations in a Tubular Reactor
  • Residence Time Distribution (RTD) Function
  • Measurement and Characteristics of the RTD
  • RTD in Ideal Reactors
  • Reactor Modeling Using the RTD
  • Zero-Parameter Models
  • RTD and Multiple Reactions
  • One-Parameter and Two-Parameter Models
  • Tanks-in-Series (T-I-S) Model
  • Dispersion Model
  • Flow, Reaction, and DIspersion
  • Tanks-in-Series Model vs Dispersion Model

References:

  1. Fogler, H. C. (2016). Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering (5th ed.). Pearson Education.
  2. Levenspiel, O. (1999). Chemical Reaction Engineering (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.