Reaction engineering II
3 points * 20 lectures * 4 tutorials * First semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: CHE3101
Objectives The student is expected to acquire a basic knowledge and understanding of heterogeneous catalysis and its applications, and of the fundamentals of gas-liquid reactions.
Synopsis Fundamentals of heterogeneous catalysis; diffusion and reaction in porous catalysts; tubular catalytic reactors; examples of important catalytic reactors such as steam reforming, ammonia synthesis, methanol synthesis; introduction to gas-liquid reactions.
Assessment Examinations: 90% * Assignments: 10%
Recommended texts
Levenspiel O Chemical reaction engineering Wiley, 1972
Smith J M Chemical engineering kinetics McGraw-Hill, 1970
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