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CBEMS

210: REACTION ENGINEERNG, Winter 2015



Instructor: Prof. Hung Nguyen, Tel: 824-6589, Office: ET 644E, Email: hdn@uci.edu
Prerequisite: CBEMS 110

Textbook: Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 4th Ed. by H. Scott Fogler, Prentice Hall, 2006

http://www.umich.edu/~elements/
Supplements:
Chemical Reactions and Chemical Reactors by George W. Roberts, Wiley 2009

Kinetics of Chemical Processes by M. Boudart, Prentice Hall 1968

Physical Chemistry by P. Atkins, 5th Edition, Freeman 1994

Class: Monday and Wednesday, 10:00-11:50am, ET 202
Office hours: Tuesday, Thursday, 2:00-3:00pm, ET 644E and by appointment
Grading:





Homework





Literature critique




Mid-term exam: Monday, Feb 9, in class

Final exam: Monday, Mar 16, 10:30-12:30pm

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Course Outline
Topic






Short review:

Basic chemical engineering kinetics

& Ideal chemical reactors




Collection and analysis of rate data

Kinetics of elementary reactions



Simple collision theory




Potential energy surfaces

Transition state theory
Molecular dynamics
Multiple reactions & homogeneous reaction mechanisms
Steady-state approximation
Unimolecular reactions
Free radical chain reactions
Homogeneous catalysis
Enzymatic catalysis
Bioreactions and reactors
Polymerization




Non-isothermal reactions



Heterogeneous Reactions




Adsorption on solids

Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics
Eley-Rideal kinetics

Catalysis: external & internal diffusion effects
Non-Ideal Chemical Reactors:



Residence time distributions
Reactor analysis


Reading

F: 1-4
F: 5
F: 3 (Prof. Ref. Shelf, CD-Rom)
B: 2, A: 27

F: 6-7

F: 7 (Prof. Ref. Shelf, CD-Rom)


F: 8-9
F: 10-12

F: 13-14

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