Undergraduate Course: Chemical Reaction Engineering 4 (CHEE10008)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Engineering |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Chemical |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
The course will cover 4 topics:
1) G/L reactions i.e. Absorption with reaction: kinetics and mass transfer, resistances and location of reaction, overall rate quantification, reactor choice, balance equations, reactor design. Extension for 3 phase reactions.
2) Nonideal flow in reactors. Residence time distributions for reactors, diagnosing nonideal flow from experimental RTD, quantifying conversion in nonideal reactors, dispersion.
3) Fluid-solid reactions: Uniform conversion, shrinking core, shrinking particle models and consideration of reaction and mass transfer and controlling mechanism. Time for complete conversion calculations. Reactor design implications, including fluidised bed (FB) reactors.
4) Catalytic fluid-solid reactions: catalyst types, kinetics and LHHW models. Catalytic reactors esp packed bed, but also CSTR and FB. Intrapellet and external heat and mass transfer. Thiele and Weisz moduli and effectiveness factors (incl nonisothermal). Reactor design, esp of single or staged packed bed reactors and interstage heat transfer; optimum temperature profiles, reactor choices and operating choices.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | 10:00 - 10:50 | | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | 09:00 - 09:50 | | | | King's Buildings | Tutorial | | 1-11 | | | | 10:00 - 10:50 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Monday, 10:00 - 10:50, Zone: King's Buildings. Classroom 4, Hudson Beare Building |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
Stationery Requirements |
Comments |
| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | 16 sides / 2 x graph | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | 16 sides / 2 x graph | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to:
1) Describe the mass& heat transfer and reaction phenomena occurring in heterogeneous reactions and model these.
2) Make informed choices of reactor types for heterogeneous reactions
3) Write and simplify appropriately the overall rate and balance equations for multiphase reactions
4) Design reactors for heterogeneous reactions and optimise operating conditions
5) Use RTD methods to diagnose nonideal flows in reactors and calculate conversions in nonideal reactors.
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Assessment Information
Two hour written examination at the end of the academic year.
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Gail Duursma
Tel: (0131 6)50 4868
Email: Gail.Duursma@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Kim Orsi
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: Kim.Orsi@ed.ac.uk |
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