Chemical reactors

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Course objectives

Students will be acquainted with the basic knowledge in the field of chemical reaction engineering and different types of chemical reactors as well as basic knowledge of software Mathcad and kinetic of homogenous and heterogeneous reaction in reactors.

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

After completing the course, the student will become familiarized with:
- definition of reactor
- definition of the rate of reaction, the reaction order, the reaction rate constant
- the differences between kinetics in homogenous and heterogeneous systems, definition of the slowest step in the process
- characteristics of the basic types of the reactors
- types of multiphase reactors
- application and types of experimental catalytic reactors

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

1st week: introduction, reactor as a processing unit in a technological process
2nd week: classification and characteristics of main types of reactors
3rd and 4th week: kinetics of chemical reactions in homogenous systems, the reaction order, the reaction rate constant
5th week: classification of chemical reactions, forward and reverse reaction
6th week: kinetics of chemical reactions in heterogeneous systems
7th week: ideal reactors, heat and mass balance for the basic types of chemical reactors
8th week: ideal batch reactor
9th week: partial knowledge test
10th week: ideal tubular reactor
11th week: ideal continuous-stirred tank reactor; CTSRs in series
12th week: catalysis and experimental catalytic reactors
13th week :multiphase reactors
14th week: reactors evaluation and ratings
15th week: microreactors
partial knowledge test
Exercises: Mathcad basic - toolbars, calculator, graph, formatting, units, functions, method of least squares. Kinetics of homogenous reaction. Kinetics of heterogeneous reactions: influence of agitation speed on rate-controlling step, influence of particle size on rate-controlling step.

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Student responsibilities

Regular attendance and active participation at lectures and exercises.