Advanced Program in Chemical Engineering, Fall, 2015
ECH 146, Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Engineering
Syllabus and Course Information
Instructor: Le Dinh Chien (email: chien.dinh.le@bath.edu)
Teaching assistant: Nguyen Anh Dung (nguyenanhdung@humg.edu.vn). Office hours: 3 hours/week.
Textbook: H. Scott Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2006. Other editions of the book are equally appropriate. Material in textbook to be covered in course: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (in part) 8 (in part), 9 (in part).

Basis for grading and examinatioms schedule (except for the final the other dates are tentative):
Quizes (10-20 min duration pop quize(s) will be given in class): 10%
Midterm exam (~50 min): 20%
Final exam (120 min, before TET Holiday): 60%
Homework (~6 sets, about 1 per week): 10%
Midterm and final examinations may be open note, pop quizzes will be closed book. Not all the assigned reading will be covered in lectures and not all the lecture material appears in the textbook.

Helps: Any questions, please see TAs at the office hours, or Instructor at class time, or send Instructor or TAs e-mails.

PROBLEM SETS:
Problem sets will be posted on the course’s page (smartsite). The due date will be stated on the problem set and is also stated on the course schedule. There will be about 6 problem sets assigned during the quarter.
Problem sets will be due at the beginning of class on the stated due date (or submitted on the course’s page)

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES OF THE CLASS:
We will discuss the fundamental principles of reactor analysis and design and reaction kinetics. Development of problem solving skills through analysis based on fundamental principles, including analysis of experimental results. Topics covered include mole balances, ideal reactors, non-ideal reactors, rate equations and the foundations for their development on the basis of assumptions of a rate-determining step or the quasi- steady-state approximation, and application of principles of kinetics, heat, and mass transfer to the analysis and design of chemical reaction systems.
Fundamental understanding:
Mole Balance
Conversion & Reactor Sizing
Rate Laws & Stoichiometry
Isothermal Reactor Design
Collection and analysis of rate data
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Multiple Reaction
Steady State Heat Effect
Unsteady State Heat Effect