Reactor Engineering (CHEN30001)

AIMS

This subject introduces students to aspects of reactor system design. Chemical reactors are at the heart of any major chemical process design. Chemical reaction engineering is concerned with the exploitation of chemical reactions on a commercial scale. Chemical reaction engineering aims at studying and optimizing chemical reactions in order to define the best reactor design. Hence, the interactions of flow phenomena, mass transfer, heat transfer, and reaction kinetics are of prime importance in order to relate reactor performance to feed composition and operating conditions.

This subject is one of the key parts of the chemical and biochemical engineering curriculum upon which a lot of later year material is built.

INDICATIVE CONTENT

1. Kinetics of homogeneous reactions
2. Design of single ideal reactors
3. Multiple reactor systems
4. Other design reactors (recycle reactors and temperature effects)
5. Basics of non-ideal flow
6. Models for reactors
7. Mixed flow in model reactors.