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Learning outcomes

1.

Apply design equations on the three types of reactors.

2.

Carry out an energy and mass balance on a reaction system for steady-state and un-steady state systems.

3.

Grasp the importance of using catalysts in chemical industries.

4.

Perform chemical engineering design on a chemical manufacturing process.

5.

Be able to critically interpret experimental results from CSTR and PFR and batch reactors and to produce technical reports on chemical reactions.

6.

To demonstrate capability in using numerical modelling in solving design equations of chemical reactors.

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Unit content:

1. Kinetics of homogeneous reactions 2. Chemical reaction equilibrium. 3. Design of single ideal reactors 4. Multiple reactor systems 5. Derivation of kinetic rate constants from experimental data. 6. Other design reactors (recycle reactors and temperature effects) 7. Pressure-drops in reactions. 8. Non-steady state operations.