Chemical Reaction Engineering II

COURSE LAYOUT

Week 1: Introduction, Introduction to catalysis and catalytic processes, Catalyst properties and classification, Steps in catalysis, Adsorption isotherm
Week 2: Surface reaction, Rate controlling steps and Rate law, Rate law: Pseudo-steady state hypothesis, Heterogeneous data analysis for reactor design
Week 3:Design of reactors: PBR and CSTR, Case study: Chemical Vapor Deposition, Catalyst deactivation
Week 4: Catalyst deactivation: Reactor design, Diffusional effects: Introduction, Internal diffusion effects: Model development, Thiele modulus, Concentration profile
Week 5: Internal effectiveness factor, Falsification of kinetics, External mass transport limitations
Week 6: Mass transfer coefficient, Mass transfer to a single particle with reaction. Packed-bed reactor design, Mass transfer coefficient in Packed-beds, Example problemsWeek 7: Overall effectiveness factor, Identification of internal diffusion- and reaction-limited regimes, Packed-bed reactor design, Generalized criterion
Week 8: Network of first order reactions, Use of experimental data, Packed-bed reactor design with external and internal mass transfer limitations, Fluidized bed reactor design
Week 9: Fluidized bed reactor design, Fluid-solid non-catalytic reactions
Week 10: Fluid-solid non-catalytic reactions, Residence time distribution (RTD): Introduction, Non-ideal reactors
Week 11: Measurement of RTD, RTD function, Properties of RTD function, Reactor diagnostics and troubleshooting
Week 12: Reactor diagnostics and troubleshooting, Modeling non-ideal reactors, Zero parameter models

Teaching Assistants

1. Mr. Sudip Das