Course: Theoretical Principles of Inorganic Productions I

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Course title Theoretical Principles of Inorganic Productions I
Course code KANT/C585
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bulánek Roman, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Honcová Pavla, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1st week Physical processes limiting technological processes. Difussion, 1. Fick's law. 2nd week Noyes-Nernst's and Hixon-Crowel's equation, character of control process. 3rd week Difussion in unsteady conditions, 2. Fick's law. 4th week Difussion in solid materials. 5th week New phase formation by crystallization of a solution or melt, growth of a new phase, Tamman's curves. 6th week Adsorption and desorption, adsorption izotherms, influence of temperature. Capillary condensation, porosity. 7th week Kinetics of homogeneous simultaneous chemical reactions. Principle of steady state. 8th week Theory of rate constant, temperature dependence of rate constant, order of chemical reaction. 9th week Kinetics of heterogeneous noncatalysed reactions. 10th week Kinetics of heterogeneous catalysed reactions, formal and model kinetic equations. 11th week Difussion mass transfer at heterogeneous catalysed reactions, internal and external difussion. 12th week Catalysts, their properties, preparation and mechanism of effect. 13th week Bases of calculations of reactors. Batch and flow ideally stirred reactors. Flow reactor with a piston-type flow. Nonizotermal mode of reactors.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Skills training
Learning outcomes
An extension of knowledge in the field of reaction kinetics by parts indispensable for students of Inorganic technology, such as physical processes limiting kinetics of technological chemical processes, kinetics of heterogeneous reactions and principles of reactor calculations.
Graduate of the subject is equipped with knowledge of technical physical chemistry, especially applied reaction kinetics, required at various working positions in chemical industry, research & development, education and other fields of national economy.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of physical chemistry, chemical engineering and mathematics on bachelor level.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

Three calculation tests are written during the term, the course is closed by written test and oral exam. To admit to oral exam it is necessary to succeed in all tests and in written part of exam.
Recommended literature
  • Atkins P., Paula J. Fyzikální chemie, 9. vydání. Praha: VŠCHT, 2013.
  • Cussler E. L. Diffusion, Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  • Ilavský a kol. Aplikovaná chemická kinetika a teória reaktorov I. Bratislava: Alfa, 1990.
  • Šolc Z., Velich V. Aplikovaná reakční kinetika. Pardubice: VŠCHT, 1989.
  • Thomas J. M., Thomas W. J. Principles and Practice of Heterogeneous Catalysis. VCH: Weinheim, 1997.
  • Van Santen R. A. (Ed.). Catalysis: An Integrated Approach. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1999.
  • West A.R. Basic Solid State Chemistry. John Wiley: Chichester, 1999.
  • Wilkinson D.S. Mass Transport in Solids and Fluids. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.


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