{"ModuleCode":"CN5020","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Reaction Engineering","Department":"Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to train the students in the fundamentals of reaction engineering and their application to the design and analysis of reactor. The concepts and theory in reaction kinetics are applied to reactor design of single phase reaction system. These are extended to multiphase reaction systems, incorporating the effects of physical rate processes and the interfacial equilibrium leading to the formulation of procedure for the design performance and stability analysis of reactors. This postgraduate module is targeted at students with interests in reaction systems. Background in chemical kinetics and transport phenomena will be beneficial.","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","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":"37249ffe-c3f1-4ce1-b099-f90b215f7bbb","CourseLevel":"1","CourseCode":"CN5020","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":true,"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":"00485467-a7d8-4f44-b3bb-acd97082727e","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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