{"ModuleCode":"CN6020","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Reaction Engineering","Department":"Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering","ModuleDescription":"The primary aim of the module is to provide graduate students with a strong foundation in the engineering of chemical reactions and reactors. The module will cover a variety of topics, including molecular basis of chemical phenomena, theories to estimate kinetic rate coefficients, complex gas phase kinetics, heterogeneous catalysis, analysis of reactors for single and multi-phase chemical reactions, and multi-scale coupling of transport phenomena with chemical reactions. A semester-long multi-scale reactor design project will help consolidate and reinforce the material taught in classes. Strong links to current research in several fields will be established, with an emphasis on the generality of the underlying conceptual foundation and its utility in the research pursued by the enrolled students.","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-7","ExamOpenBook":true,"ExamDuration":"P2H30M","ExamVenue":"E1-06-03/04","AcadYear":"2014/2015","History":[{"Semester":1,"ExamDate":"2014-11-27T17:00+0800","Timetable":[{"ClassNo":"1","LessonType":"Lecture","WeekText":"Every Week","DayText":"Thursday","StartTime":"1800","EndTime":"2100","Venue":"E5-03-22"}],"IVLE":[{"Announcements":null,"Forums":[],"Workbins":[],"Webcasts":[],"Gradebooks":[],"Polls":[],"Multimedia":[],"LessonPlan":[],"ID":"0824f2e6-8caf-4c5a-9f14-f86d0bef986c","CourseLevel":"1","CourseCode":"CN6020","CourseName":"ADVANCED REACTION ENGINEERING","CourseDepartment":"","CourseSemester":"Semester 1","CourseAcadYear":"2014/2015","CourseOpenDate":"/Date(1406822400000+0800)/","CourseOpenDate_js":"2014-08-01T00:00:00","CourseCloseDate":"/Date(1417881540000+0800)/","CourseCloseDate_js":"2014-12-06T23:59:00","CourseMC":"0","isActive":"N","Permission":"S","Creator":{"UserID":null,"Name":"Saif A Khan","Email":null,"Title":null,"UserGuid":"7cbd0872-6f27-48da-a747-fd2e9b254600","AccountType":null},"hasGradebookItems":false,"hasTimetableItems":true,"hasGroupsItems":false,"hasClassGroupsForSignUp":false,"hasGuestRosterItems":false,"hasClassRosterItems":false,"hasWeblinkItems":false,"hasLecturerItems":true,"hasDescriptionItems":true,"hasReadingItems":false,"hasAnnouncementItems":false,"hasProjectGroupItems":false,"hasProjectGroupsForSignUp":false,"hasConsultationItems":false,"hasConsultationSlotsForSignUp":false,"hasLessonPlanItems":false,"Badge":0,"BadgeAnnouncement":0,"WebLinks":[],"Lecturers":[{"ID":"837a0958-66aa-4493-a11f-23b311e13ad7","User":{"UserID":null,"Name":"Saif A Khan","Email":null,"Title":null,"UserGuid":"7cbd0872-6f27-48da-a747-fd2e9b254600","AccountType":null},"Role":"Lecturer ","Order":1,"ConsultHrs":null}],"Descriptions":[{"ID":"1e5f053b-8835-4692-be49-41f07234cfff","Title":"Learning Outcomes","Description":"The primary aim of the module is to provide graduate students with a strong foundation in the engineering of chemical reactions and reactors. The module will cover a variety of topics, including the molecular basis of chemical phenomena, theories to estimate kinetic rate coefficients, complex gas phase kinetics, heterogeneous catalysis, the analysis of reactors for single and multi-phase chemical reactions, and the multi-scale coupling of transport phenomena with chemical reactions. Strong links to current research in several fields will be established, with an emphasis on the generality of the underlying conceptual foundation and its utility in the research pursued by the enrolled graduate students.
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\nStudents are expected to acquire the following key learning outcomes:
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\n1. To analyse the kinetics of chemical reactions, and to be able to make quantitative estimates from first-principles methods.
\n2. To analyse and offer mechanistic explanations for certain classes of chemical reactions, such as in heterogeneous catalysis.
\n3. To accomplish multi-scale design and analysis of a wide range of chemical reactors – homogeneous, heterogeneous, single and multi-phase.
\n4. To conduct detailed analysis on chemical reactor dynamics.
\n5. To extend disciplinary knowledge into new research areas involving chemical reacting systems.
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\nWeek 2-3: ‘Idealized’ chemical reactors for homogeneous chemical reactions – Batch versus Continuous reactors (CSTR, PFR), modeling via mass and energy balances, chemical reactor analysis – steady states, stability and multiplicity. (Homework 1)
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\nWeek 4-5: ‘How do you estimate a reaction rate?’ – estimating rate constants from theory, summary of basic concepts from mechanics, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, collision theory and transition state theory. (Homework 2)
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\nWeek 6: Complex gas-phase kinetics – free radical reactions, chain reactions, mechanisms, quasi-steady state approximation (QSSA).
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\nWeek 7-8: Kinetics of heterogeneous catalysis – surfaces and chemical reactions, adsorption on surfaces - Langmuir isotherms, Langmuir-Hinshelwood-Hougen-Watson (LHHW) kinetic formulations, comparing theory with experiment. (Homework 3)
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\nWeek 9-11: Multiphase chemical reactor design and analysis – interaction of physical and chemical rate processes, solid-catalysed reactions, CVD reactors, multiphase microreactors (Homework 4)
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\nWeek 12-13: Special topics – microfluidic chemical systems, process intensification, continuous manufacturing in the pharmaceutical industry.
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