Chemical Reaction Enginering-I (BTCH-23401)

Course Objectives: The course is designed to understand the basic concepts basic Concepts of Kinetics and  Rate  Laws,  Design  and  Rating  of  Ideal  Reactors  including  heat  effects  , Interpretation  of  Rate  data , Design and Rating of Reactors involving multiple reactions including heat effects , Analysis of Non-ideal flow Behavior in Reactors .

1. Kinetics of Homogenous Reactions:   Reactions  and  reaction  rates  Stoichiometry,  extent  of  reactions,  conversion,  Selectivity  Reaction  rate fundamentals - elementary reaction sequences, steady state approximation and rate limiting step theory.  

(10  hrs)

2. Material Balance:    Ideal reactors , generalized material balance, design equations, graphical interpretation .

(6  hrs)

3. Design of reactors:   Sizing and analysis of ideal batch, mixed (CSTR), plug flow and recycle reactors - solving design equations for constant and variable density systems, reactors in series and parallel . 

(10  hrs)

4. Interpretation of data:      Analysis  and  correlation  of  experimental  kinetic  data  -  data  collection  &  plotting,  linearization  of  rate equations, differential and integral method of analysis.   

(9  hrs)

5.Design for Parallel Reactions: Multiple  reactions  -  conversion,  selectivity,  yield,  series,  parallel,  independent  and  mixed  series-parallel reactions.     

(9  hrs)

BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

1. Levenspiel O., Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd Ed., John Willey, 2004.

2. Smith J.M., Chemical Engineering Kinetics, 3rd Ed., McGraw Hill, 1981

3. Peacock D.G., Richardson J.F., Chemical Engineering - Volume 3, 3rd Ed., Butterworth Heinemann,

1994

4. Walas S.M., Reaction Kinetics for Chemical Engg, 3rd Ed., McGraw Hill Book Co, Inc

5. Denbigh K.G. , Turner J.C.R., Chemical Reactor Theory -an Introduction, 3rd Ed., Cambridge Univ. Press London, 1984.

6. Fogler H. S., Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 4th Ed., Prentice Hall, 2006