The aim of the course is to enable the student to apply the basic concepts of chemical engineering (mass balances, kinetic laws, stoichiometry, energy balances, etc.) to the sizing of homogeneous chemical reactors.
Attendance and active participation in the proposed training activities will allow the student to:
Write the mass balance equations for an ideal reactor
Correctly sizing an ideal reactor note the kinetic law
Determine the kinetic law of a chemical reaction from the analysis of laboratory tests
Calculate the selectivity for the case of multiple reactions in ideal reactors
Set up the energy balance equation in chemical reactors
Although no preparatory qualifications are formally required, it is strongly recommended to follow the course only after passing the mathematical analysis exams.
The teaching includes frontal lessons in the classroom. 35 hours will be dedicated to the presentations of theoretical contents while 25 hours will be dedicated to the execution of exercises and numerical exercises. Transversal skills will be acquired through the execution of numerical exercises to be carried out in groups using commercial software packages.
Students with certified DSA, disabilities or other special educational needs are advised to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree on teaching and examination methods which, in compliance with the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning methods and provide suitable compensatory tools.
Material balances. Definition of the reaction rate, the material balance for a chemical reactor. Definition of conversion degree, sizing of ideal chemical reactors. (15 hours)
The kinetic laws. Stoichiometric tables for the various types of reactors. (10 hours)
Chemical reactors in non-stationary regime. (5 hours)
Determination of the kinetic law from laboratory data: integral, differential, initial velocity methods. (10 hours)
Multiple reactions in chemical reactors (5 h)
Non-isothermal reactors in stationary and dynamic regimes. (10 hours)
Distribution of residence times in chemical reactors. Models for non-ideal chemical reactors. (5 hours)
Scott Fogler "Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering" Prentice Hall internation Series
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The final exam consists of an oral exam, generally consisting of three questions, on the topics developed during the course. Students who have successfully passed the numerical tests proposed during the semester of the course will be exempt from the final assessment test.
Tests and the final exam aim to ascertain the student's knowledge regarding the sizing of an ideal chemical reactor. Both the correct formulation of the problem and the correctness of the numerical calculations will be evaluated.
