617-0962/01 – Chemical Reaction Engineering (RI)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of ChemistryCredits10
Subject guarantorprof. Ing. Lucie Obalová, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorprof. Ing. Lucie Obalová, Ph.D.
Study levelpostgraduateRequirementChoice-compulsory
YearSemesterwinter + summer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2010/2011Year of cancellation2015/2016
Intended for the facultiesFMT, FSIntended for study typesDoctoral
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
OBA79 prof. Ing. Lucie Obalová, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
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Full-time Examination 0+0
Part-time Examination 0+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The aim of subject is to acquire procedures of design and simulation of batch and flow reactors for homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions with examples for metallurgical applications.

Teaching methods

Individual consultations
Project work

Summary

The subject Chemical Reaction Engineering deals with kinetic of homogeneous and heterogeneous chemical reactions, methods of measurements and processing of kinetic data, models of ideal reactors in isothermal and non-isothermal regime and with design, simulation and optimization of chemical reactors.

Compulsory literature:

1) Fogler, H. S. Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering. Prentice Hall NY, 1999. 2) Westerterp, K.R., van Swaaij, W.P.M., Beenackers, A.A.C.M, Chemical Reactor Design and Operation, Twente University of Technology, Enschede, 2000. 3) Froment, G.F., Bischoff, K.B. Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design, Wiley Series in Chemical Engineering, 2010. 4) Nauman, E.B. Chemical Reactor Design, Optimization, and Scaleup, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2002.

Recommended literature:

1) Gupta, Ch.K., Chemical Metallurgy: Principles and Practice. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim, 2003. 2) Pehlke, R.D. Unit Processes of Extractive Metallurgy. American Elsevier Publishing New York, 1973.

Additional study materials

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

They will be specified according to the thesis topic.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

Thermodynamic of chemical reactions. Heat effects of chemical reactions. Gibbs energy and thermodynamic feasibility. Equilibrium conversion. Elemental reactions in ideal isothermal reactors. Simultaneous reactions. Batch reactors with variable volume and pressure. Plug flow reactors for reactions in liquid and gas phase. Stirred tank reactor with ideal mixing. Semibatch reactors. Energy balance, non-isothermal reactors. Optimal operating temperature. Adiabatic reactors. Multiple steady states. Research of kinetic of chemical reactions. Macrokinetic and microkinetic properties. Principles of laboratory reactor design. Methods for kinetic data processing. Increasing of reactor scale. Non-ideal flow. Methods for diagnostic of hydrodynamic in real reactors. Residence time distribution. Models of flow 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 packed-bed reactors. Multiphase reactors. Topics for detail study will be chosen according to the aim of dissertation thesis.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2013/2014 Winter semester, validity until: 2015/2016 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Examination Examination   3
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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2014/2015 (P2114) Metallurgy (2807V003) Chemical Metallurgy K Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory study plan
2014/2015 (P2114) Metallurgy (2807V003) Chemical Metallurgy P Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory study plan
2014/2015 (P2106) Metallurgy (2807V003) Chemical Metallurgy P Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory study plan
2014/2015 (P2106) Metallurgy (2807V003) Chemical Metallurgy K Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory study plan
2014/2015 (P2346) Mechanical Engineering (2302V006) Energy Engineering P Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory study plan
2014/2015 (P2346) Mechanical Engineering (2302V006) Energy Engineering K Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (P2114) Metallurgy (2807V003) Chemical Metallurgy P Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (P2114) Metallurgy (2807V003) Chemical Metallurgy K Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (P2346) Mechanical Engineering (2302V006) Energy Engineering P Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (P2346) Mechanical Engineering (2302V006) Energy Engineering K Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (P2106) Metallurgy (2807V003) Chemical Metallurgy P Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (P2106) Metallurgy (2807V003) Chemical Metallurgy K Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory study plan
2012/2013 (P2106) Metallurgy (2807V003) Chemical Metallurgy P Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory study plan
2012/2013 (P2106) Metallurgy (2807V003) Chemical Metallurgy K Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory study plan

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