ERT 208 REACTION ENGINEERING

MISMISURAYA MEOR AHMAD School of bioprocess engineering

Unimap September 2011

CO1: Ability to solve the rate of reaction and their kinetics CO2: Ability to apply the laws and principles of reactions in order to analyze reactions in chemical and biochemical reactors CO3: Ability to calculate conversion and sizing for reactors and to explain steady-state isothermal reactor CO4: Ability to analyze the catalysis and catalytic reaction mechanisms.

Course outcomes

Teaching plan

Study Week

Course Content Delivery Mode Assessment

1 MOLE BALANCE Rate of reaction, general balance equation, and general mole balance to the three most common types of industrial reactors; mole balances in

terms of conversion. (CO1) (3 hours)

Lecture, Prob. Solving.

2-3 CONVERSION AND REACTOR SIZING Equations to size CSTRs and PFRs; CSTRs and PFRs; and overall conversions

for reactors arranged in series; design equations for CSTRs and PFRs. (CO3) (6 hours)

Lecture, Prob. Solving.

Lab 1: Effect of stirring, flow rate and temperature on conversion in series of CSTR Lab 2: Effect of flow rate and temperature on conversion in tubular reactor

Laboratory experiment

Laboratory report, test

4-5 RATE LAW AND STOICHIOMETRY Rate law in terms of concentration and the Arrhenius temperature dependence; stoichiometric table to write the concentration in terms of

conversion; reaction system. (CO1) (6 hours)

Lecture, Prob. Solving.

Lab 3: Effect of temperature on the reaction in CSTR Lab 4 : Determination of activation energy and Arrhenius constant in a batch reactor

Laboratory experiment

Laboratory report, test

Lecturer: miss mismisuraya bt meor ahmad

Teaching plan Lecturer: dr. MOHD IRFAN HATIM BIN MOHAMED DZAHIR

6-7 COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF RATE DATA Rate law and rate law parameters using graphical and numerical techniques; method required in using non-linear regression and

reactor selection. (CO2) (6 hours)

Lecture, Prob. Solving.

Lab 5: Determination of reaction rate constant and reaction order in batch reactor

Laboratory experiment

Laboratory report, test

9-10 MULTIPLE REACTIONS Different types of multiple reactions (series, series-parallel and Parallel reaction); the reaction system that maximizes the selectivity; yield and selectivity for multiple reactions. Algorithm for solving Reaction Engineering problems with multiple

reactions; Residence Time Distribution (RTD). (CO2) (6 hours)

Lecture, Prob. Solving.

Lab 6: Effect of residence time in CSTR

Laboratory experiment

Laboratory report, test

11 BIOREACTIONS IN BIOREACTORS

Pseudo-steady-state hypothesis (PSSH) in gas-phase reactions; rate laws; reaction mechanism, chain reaction and reaction pathways utilizing biomolecular reaction (yeast fermentation i.e Saccharomyces

cerevisiae) (CO2) (3 hours)

Lecture, Prob. Solving.

Teaching plan Lecturer: MR. Zulfakar mokhtar

12-13 ISOTHERMAL REACTOR DESIGN Pressure drop and effect of system variables such as particle size on the conversion; optimized conversion when the catalyst particle

size is varied. (CO3) (6 hours)

Lecture, Prob. Solving.

14-15 CATALYSIS AND CATALYTIC REACTION MECHANISM Steps in a heterogeneous reaction (adsorption, surface reaction, and desorption) and rate-limiting step; different types of surface reaction (single site, dual site, and Eley-Rideal); rate law for

Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics. (CO4) (6 hours)

Lecture, Prob. Solving.

Lab 7: Catalytic reaction in packed bed reactor Laboratory experiment

Laboratory report, test

1)Lectures: 42 hours (60 %)

2)Labs: 21 hours (30%)

3)Tutorials: 7 hours (10%)

LEARNING APPROACH

1)Examination (70 %)

Mid Term: 20 %

Final Exam: 50 %

2) Course work (30 %)

Assignments/ Quizzes: 10 %

Laboratory: 20 %

Evaluation contribution

text book

RM 78 Main Office, School Of Bioprocess

LAB BRIEFING

• Lab briefing by Mr. Mahfuz Affif Mohd Ruslan

15 September 2011

2.00 pm

LAB (MRD)

Compulsory, attendance will be taken

Type of Reactor

Characteristics

Kinds of Phases Present

Use

Advantanges

Disadvantanges

Batch

CSTR

PFR

PBR

ASSIGNMENT

Comparison of Reactor Types:

Q &A

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