9350-3016/02 – Reactor engineering (RI)
| Gurantor department | Institute of Environmental Technology | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Lucie Obalová, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Lucie Obalová, Ph.D. |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2018/2019 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FS, USP, FMT | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of the course is to master the procedures for the design and simulation of batch and flow reactors for homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions.
Teaching methods
Individual consultations
Summary
The aim of the course is to master the procedures for the design and simulation of batch and flow reactors for homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions.
Compulsory literature:
FOGLER, H. S. Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering. New York: Prentice Hall, 1999.
FROMENT, G. F., BISCHOFF, K. B. Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design, Wiley Series in
Chemical Engineering, 2010.
LEVENSPIEL, O. The Chemical Reactor Omnibook, Oregon: Corvallis, 1979.
Recommended literature:
WESTERTERP, K.R., VAN SWAAIJ, W. P. M., BEENACKERS, A. A. C. M., Chemical
Reactor Design and Operation, Enschede: Twente University of Technology, 2000.
NAUMAN, E. B. Chemical Reactor Design, Optimization, and Scale up, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2002.
GIANETTO, A., SILVESTON, P. L. Multiphase Chemical Reactors – Theory, Design, Scaleup. Springer-Verlag, 1986.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Oral exam
E-learning
Other requirements
V rámci předmětu studenti vypracují zadané příklady.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
• Thermodynamics of chemical reactions. The thermal effect of a chemical reaction. Gibbs energy a
• thermodynamic feasibility. Equilibrium conversion.
• Elementary reactions in ideal isothermal reactors. Compound reactions. Batch reactors with variable volume and pressure. Plug flow reactors for liquid and gaseous reactions.
• Ideally stirred reactors.
• Energy balance, non-isothermal reactors. Optimum working temperature. Adiabatic reactors.
• Multiple steady states.
• Research into the kinetics of chemical reactions. Macrokinetic and microkinetic properties. Principles
• of laboratory reactor design. Kinetic data processing methods. Scale up.
• Real flow. Methods of diagnosing flow hydrodynamics in real reactors. Residence time distribution. Flow models for real tubular reactors - laminar and turbulent flow, axial dispersion, cascade of ideal mixers. Macrofluid and microfluid, segregation model.
• Heterogeneous catalytic reactors. Kinetic equations for catalytic reactions. Models of heterogeneous catalytic reactors. Effectiveness factor. Pressure drop in a packed bed.
• Multiphase reactors.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
Předmět neobsahuje žádné hodnocení.