Course: Applied Chemical Kinetics

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Course title Applied Chemical Kinetics
Course code KFCH/C062
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Čapek Libor, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Komersová Alena, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1st topic. Basic concepts (rate of chemical reaction, reaction mechanism ). Temperature dependence of rate constant (Arrhenius theory, collision theory, activated complex theory). 2nd - 3rd topic. Monomolecular, bimolecular and trimolecular reactions. Isolated and simultaneous reactions (subsequent, reversible and side reactions). Quantities for monitoring the course of chemical reaction kinetics. 4th topic. Determination of order and stoichiometry of chemical reaction from differential kinetic equation and from integrated form of kinetic equation. Dependence of chemical reaction rate on temperature. 5th topic. Kinetics of homogeneously catalyzed chemical reactions (general equation, Van´t Hoff and Arrhenius type of intermediate). Autocatalysis. 6th -7th topic. Dissolution kinetics (mathematical models for describing the dissolution profile of a drug). Regression analysis of drug dissolution profile: SW Graph Pad Prism. 8th - 9th topic. Kinetics of chemical reaction in gas - liquid system (film theory, mass transport with chemical reaction, mathematical description, reaction rate, slow reaction, fast reaction, immediate reaction). Liquid - liquid reaction. Industrially significant processes. 10th -11th topic. Kinetics of chemical reaction in gas (liquid) - solid system. Examples of industrially important processes. Mathematical model, kinetics of heterogeneous non-catalytic reactions (external diffusion, internal diffusion), unreacted core model, reactions of porous substances. 12th - 13th topic. Reactors (types, advantages and disadvantages). Ideally stirred batch reactor (principle, mathematical model), the continuous stirred-tank reactor (principle, mathematical model), the plug flow tubular reactor (principle, mathematical model). Solving of complex problems.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is focused on the description of the progress of a chemical reaction. Attention is focused mainly on chemical reactions taking place in the liquid or gas phase, for which the issue of the progress of the chemical reaction in individual types of chemical reactors is also addressed. The attention is also focused on the heterogeneous non-catalytic chemical reactions in the gas-liquid system and in the gas (liquid)-solid system.
After completing the course, the student is able to solve complex problems related to the kinetic of chemical reactions and chemical reactors.
Prerequisites
Theoretical knowledge of Physical Chemistry (subject ZFCh). Practical knowledge of elementary physical-chemical method.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Regular weekly checking of the preparation to the course. Final examination (written test, oral verification).
Recommended literature
  • Fogler, H. Scott. Elements of chemical reaction Engineering. Prentice Hall, 2016.
  • Ilavský J., Valtýni J., Brunovská A. Aplikovaná chemická kinetika a teória chemických reaktorov. Bratislava: SVŠT, 1982.
  • Marin, Guy B.. Kinetics of chemical reactions : decoding complexity. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2011. ISBN 978-3-527-31763-9.
  • Treindl L. Chemická kinetika. SPN Bratislava, 1978.


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