CHBE390   Kinetic and Reactor Design

 Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Rice University

                                                                  MWF 9:00 - 9:50 at DH1075                                                        Fall 2007

                        Professor          Michael S. Wong               Room AL-B241                                  mswong@rice.edu
  

                        TA                    Nikos Soultanidis               Room AL-B156                                        ns2@rice.edu
                                                 Chloe Liu                         Room AL-B239                                          tl4@rice.edu

   TEXTBOOK       GRADING       LECTURE TOPICS      GUEST LECTURER       OTHER LINKS
 
OVERVIEW
                                 General areas that are covered in this course are (1) principles of chemical kinetics;
(2) analysis of reaction rate data; (3) heterogeneous catalysis; (4) ideal reactor design
                                 and sizing; and (5) heat effects in reactor design. 
 
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TEXTBOOK

F. S. Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 4th Ed. (2005)


OPTIONAL READING
                                         M. E. Davis and R. J. Davis, Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering (2002)
                                         C. G. Hill, Jr., An Introduction to Chemical Engineering Kinetics and Reactor Design (1977)
                                         O. Levenspiel, The Chemical Reactor Omnibook (1993)
                                         O. Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd Ed. (1999)
                                         L. D. Schmidt, The Engineering of Chemical Reactions (1998)
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GRADING
        Problem sets      (20%)        8 assignments will be handed out throughout the semester, typically due ~7-10 days later.
                                                  The TA's will grade the assignments. The homework should follow a particular format.
                                                  Extra credit will be offered for extra effort on problem sets.

        Examinations
            Midterm #1    (20%)       Take-home, pledged 2-hr exam. Open book (Fogler) + open notes.
                                                 Tentative date for handing out: September 28, 2007 (Fri).

            Midterm #2    (20%)       In-class. 2-hr exam. Open book (Fogler) + open notes.
                                                 Tentative date and time: Oct. 18, 2007, 7-9 pm (Thurs.)

             Final exam     (25%)      Take-home, pledged 3-hr exam during final exam period.
                                                 Assigned on ~Dec. 10, 2007, and due no later than Dec. 19, 2007.

        Laboratory Experiment     Integration of kinetics, catalysis, and reactor design concepts.
                                  (25%)      Coordinated by Professor Joe W. Hightower (labwork and lectures to occur during week
                                                 of ~Nov 5). Experiment ~3-hr period. Teams of 3. Formal lab report due on ~Dec 7.

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LECTURE TOPICS
          ● Mole balances                                                                              ● Conversion and reactor sizing
          ● Rate law and stoichiometry                                                            ● Reaction with phase change                       
          ● Isothermal reactor design equations                                                ● Analysis of rate data  
          ● Complex reactions                                                                        ● Heterogeneous catalysis                          
          ● Internal and external diffusion in catalyzed reactoins                        ● Non-isothermal reactors and energy balance   
          ● Unsteady state operation
                                   
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GUEST LECTURER
(week of Nov 5, 2007)
 Professor          Joe W. Hightower

● Cumene dealkylation       ● Hydrogen-deuterium       ● BET surface area measurements
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OTHER LINKS
  1. Rice University :  http://www.rice.edu
  2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Eng. :  http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~che/index.html
  3. Professor Wong's page :  http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~che/people/faculty/wong/wong.html
  4. Professor Hightower's page :  http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~che/people/faculty/hightower/hightower.html
  5. Catalysis and Nanomaterials Laboratory :  http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~wonglab/index.html
For more information about the Department of Chemical Engineeringcontact chbe@rice.edu
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Updated: 09/13/2007