INTRODUCTION

CHEG 520 Advanced chemical Reaction Engineering

Course Outline

This course tackles differential and integral balances for

homogeneous reactive systems. Planning and design of industerial
chemical and biochemical reactors, with particular reference to ideal
reactors (batch/CSTR/PFR). Uniqueness and multiplicity of steady
states, non-ideal reactors and heterogeneous reactions and reactors.
 Text Book(s)

H. Scott Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering,

Prentice Hall, 4th Edition, 2006.
 References

L.D. Schmidt, The Engineering of Chemical Reactions, Oxford

University Press, 2nd edition, 2005.
R. Missen, C. Mims, B. Saville, Introduction to Chemical
Reaction Engineering and Kinetics, John Wiley, 1999.
J.B. Rawlings, J.G. Ekerdt, Chemical Reactor Analysis and
Design Fundamentals, Nob Hill Publishing, 2002.
M.E. Davis and R.J. Davis, Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction
Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 2002.
M.J. Pilling and P.W. Seakins, Reaction Kinetics, Oxford
University Press, 1995.
G.F. Fromment and K.B. Bischoff, Chemical Reactor Analysis
and Design, John Wiley 1994.
 Grading

Quizzes : 5%
Design Project: 15%
Paper Project: 15%
Midterm Exam: 25%
Final Exam: 40%
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Final (covering all the course materials)
Assignments/Exercises will be given
approximately bi-weekly
 Design Project
A design project will be selected or assigned. The purposes of the
project are: (1) Develop critical thinking and analysis skills that go
beyond the class and text book. (2) Hone technical writing skills. (3)
Learn to coordinate as a group to accomplish a task. (4) Explore the
literature related to kinetics and reactor engineering. (5) Be able to
prepare and give effective oral presentations.
The design project will have the following components:
1. Identify a design project of your choice
2. A written report, no longer than six pages, inclusive of graphs, tables, references, 12
point font, single spaced, 1 inch margins. The written report must have the following:
a) Introduction. Review history of the topic, put the topic in context. What is the
impact of this topic on the society at-large?
b) Current status. Identify the state-of-the-art and the current challenges for this
system/technology.
c) Design/Quantitative. Present some design calculations and/or quantitative
analysis of your topic. Examples might include fitting rate data to some model,
performing calculations for a reactor design or sizing a reactor.
d) Conclusions. Tell what you have learned from the research project.
3. Prepare and give a concise technical presentation on your topic. The length must be
no longer than 20 minutes.
 Paper Project
A paper project will be assigned. The purposes of the project
are: (1) Develop critical thinking and analysis skills that go
beyond the class and text book. (2) Hone technical writing
skills. (3) Learn to coordinate as a group to accomplish a
task through discussions. (4) Explore the literature related to
Phase and Chemical Equilibria. (5) Be able to prepare and
give effective oral presentations.

The paper project will have the following components:

1. Identify a topic and at least five journal articles on this topic.
2. Choose one of the journal articles as a your paper project and submit an
abstract.
3. Prepare and give a concise technical presentation on your topic. The
length must be no longer than 20 minutes.
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Chemical reaction engineering is at the heart of
virtually every chemical process. It separates the
chemical engineer from other engineers.

Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) is the field

that studies the rates and mechanisms of chemical
reactions and the design of the reactors in which
they take place.

Industries that Draw Heavily on Chemical Reaction

Engineering (CRE) are:
CPI (Chemical Process Industries)
Pharmaceutical Antivenom, Drug
Delivery
Medicine Tissue Engineering, Drinking
and Driving
Mole Balance Equations (Summary)
The GMBE applied to the four major reactor types
(and the general reaction AB)
Reactor Differential Algebraic Integral
NA NA
dN A
Batch dN A
rAV t rAV
dt N A0
t
CSTR FA 0 FA
V
rA
FA FA
dFA dFA
PFR
dV
rA V
FA 0
drA
V
FA FA
dFA dFA
PBR
dW
rA W rA
FA 0