Undergraduate - UnitCHE3164 - Reaction engineering

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Engineering
Organisational Unit	Department of Chemical Engineering
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2015 (Day) Malaysia Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Professor Sankar Bhattacharya (Clayton); Dr Chai Siang Piao (Malaysia)

Synopsis

This unit aims to develop a fundamental understanding of chemical reaction kinetics and reactor design, including:

fundamentals of design of ideal reactors
rate laws, collection and analysis of rate data, stoichiometry
isothermal reactor design
multiple reactions, reaction mechanisms and pathways
an introduction to bio-reaction engineering
non-isothermal reactor design
catalysis and catalytic reactors.

Outcomes

The student is expected to:

understand the importance of chemical kinetics and reactor design in chemical industry
understand the fundamentals of chemical kinetics for complicated reactions
understand the fundamentals of kinetics of catalytic reactions, including some biochemical reactions
understand the fundamentals of reactor design
apply advanced mathematics to complicated problems of reactor design
analyse the behaviour of complicated reactors
apply the fundamental principles of reaction engineering to a wide range of problems, eg in traditional petrochemical and chemical industry, in pharmaceutical industry, in energy industry, in environmental protection
appreciate the roles of chemical engineers in society
be confident in identifying new reaction engineering problems and formulating original solutions.

Assessment

Assignments/Tests/Laboratory: 30%
Examination: 70%
Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

Workload requirements

3 hours of lectures, 2 hours of tutorials and 6 hours of private study per week, plus two 4-hour laboratory experiments and associated reporting during the semester.

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Karen Hapgood

Prerequisites

CHE2163, CHE2164

Prohibitions

CHE3101, CHE4102