Course: Reactor Engineering

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Course title Reactor Engineering
Course code UECHI/C133
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 9
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)
  • Šiška Bedřich, Ing. CSc.
Course content
Stoichiometry, basic terms. The use of specialized software Scilab, Maxima and spreadsheets at solving of reactor engineering problems. Thermodynamic of systems with chemical reaction. Reaction kinetics - homogeneous systems, heterogeneous systems, micro- and macro-kinetic effects. Reaction on solid catalysts, adsorption, desorption, surface reaction, rate equation, effect of inner and outer diffusion, catalysts. Non-catalysed reactions in solid-liquid systems. Reaction in gas-liquid systems, kinetics, equilibrium at phase interface, film model Ideal reactors - batch reactor, through-flow reactor with plunger flow, through-flow reactor with ideal stirring, mass balances. Energy balances. Systems of reactors with plunger flow, cascade of ideally stirred reactors, combinations of reactors. Reactors with non-ideal flow, calculation of degree of transformation, combined and dispersion models.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
The aim of subject is application of knowledges in chemical kinetics, thermodynamics and hydrodynamics, heat and mass transmission to the process of designing and calculation of chemical reactors.
Student after graduation of subject is able to determine basic characteristics of reactive system, to design suitable conditions of exercise and parameters of reactors.
Prerequisites
Physical chemistry, chemical engineering, mathematics.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

The examination is composed of written and oral part. Primary form of exam is the debate about selected themes. Level of acquired knowledge, conceptions and application acquirements is examined. Knowledge is examined by test during semester and its result is included into total classification.
Recommended literature
  • Ditl P. Chemické reaktory. ČVUT, Praha, 2000.
  • Froment F., Bischoff K.B. Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design. J.Wiley, 1990.
  • Horák J., Pašek J. Návrh průmyslových chemických reaktorů z laboratorních dat. SNTL, Praha, 1980.
  • Ilavský J., Valtýni J., Brunovská A. Aplikovaná chemická kinetika a teória chemických reaktorov. SVŠT, Bratislava, 1982.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Chemical Engineering (2013) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Chemical Engineering (2016) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Chemical Engineering (2015) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter