CL 208

Chemical Reaction Engineering-I

2-1-0-6

 

Syllabus:

Kinetics of homogeneous reactions; Analyses of kinetic data in batch and differential reactors; Design of ideal batch, plug and mixed flow reactors; Design of series and parallel reactions; Temperature and pressure effects: energy balance, optimum temperature progression, adiabatic and heat exchange operations, multiple steady states in mixed flow reactors; Basics of non-ideal flow reactor: residence time distribution, conversion in non-ideal flow reactors, compartment, dispersion and tanks-in-series models; Segregation and maximum mixedness, Taylor-Aris dispersion model; Introduction to biochemical reaction kinetics and advanced reactors.

Text Books:

  1. H. S. Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 5th Ed., Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2016.
  2. O. Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd Ed., Wiley Eastern, 2006.

Reference Books:

  1. J. M. Smith, Chemical Engineering Kinetics, 3rd Ed., McGraw-Hill Education India Pvt. Ltd - New Delhi, 2014.
  2. M. L. Schuler and F. Kargi, Bioprocess Engineering: Basic Concepts, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, International Series, 2002.
  3. S. I. Sandler, Chemical, Biochemical, and Engineering Thermodynamics, 4th Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2006.