Chemical Reaction Engineering deals with systems within which chemical reactions are occurring, concentrating on trying to define the size of reactor required for a specified duty and the desirable flow mixing pattern which should be promoted within the reactor. It does neither concern itself with the materials from which the reactor should be made, nor the thickness of its walls for instance. Reactor design utilizes knowledge of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and chemical kinetics, coupled of courses with an economic assessment of whether the proposed design is financially attractive. This course will enable ChE students to develop a clear understanding of the fundamentals of chemical reaction engineering. The goal will be achieved by presenting a course material that allows the students to solve reaction engineering problems through reasoning rather than through memorization and recall of numerous equations and the restrictions and conditions for reactor design.

Undergraduate Thermodynamics

Grading:
Final exam %
Quiz I & II %
Home works %
Attendance %

All exams will be closed book. Make-up exam will be given only by prior arrangement and only with valid reason. University policy states that anyone giving or receiving information during an exam will be given an immediate failing grade for the course.

Homework assignments will generally be given on biweekly basis. Late homework will not be accepted for any reason. Professional collaboration on homework among students is allowed. However, outright copying is considered cheating and will result in a zero grade.

1. Mole balances and Reactors (2 Lectures)
-Chapter 1
2. Conversion and Reactor sizing (2 Lectures)
-Chapter 2
3 Rate Laws, Reaction mechanism and Stoichiometry (3 Lectures)
-Chapter 3
4. Isothermal Reactor Design (5 Lectures)
-Chapter 4
5. Collection and Analysis of Rate Data (2 Lectures)
-Chapter 5
Review (1 Lecture)
Midterm Exam
6. Multiple Reactions (3 Lectures)
-Chapter 6
7. Steady State Nonisothermal Reactor Design (6 Lectures)
-Chapter 8
8. Unsteady State Nonisothermal Reactor Design (3 Lectures)
-Chapter 9
Review (1 Lecture)
Final Exam

EXTRA CREDIT - No extra credit projects will be accepted to "boost" one's grade.