This course is a continuation of the Chemical Reaction Engineering course and is designed to provide a deeper understanding of reaction kinetics and chemical reactor design. The course also includes discussions on recent developments in chemical reaction engineering and challenges in its application in industry. Students are expected to develop strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, as well as skills in using reactor simulation software.

• Analyze the phenomenon of chemical kinetics.
• Determine the mechanistic reaction rate equation from reaction kinetics data.
• Design and analyze the performance of non-ideal homogeneous and multiphase chemical reactors.

• Thermodynamics of the reaction.
• Definitions and basic concepts: the rate of reaction, the reaction rate equation, the Arrhenius equation.
• Reaction modeling and data analysis for the determination of reaction rate equations.
• Introduction to gas-solid heterogeneous catalysts: reduction in reaction rate equations and data of heterogeneous catalytic reactions of solid-gas.
• Effects of diffusion and heat transfer in the catalytic reaction data interpretation.
• Design of batch reactors and CSTR (isothermal, non-isothermal).
• Design of PFR and PBR (isothermal, non-isothermal).
• Design of sphere and membrane reactors.
• Design of solid heterogeneous catalytic reactors with interstage gas cooler/heater.
• Design of reactors for multiple reactions and MSS (multiple steady-state).
• Design of non-ideal reactors (residence time distribution).

1. Fogler, H.S., Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Prentice-Hall, 4th Ed., 2006.
2. Smith, J.M., Chemical Engineering Kinetics, 3rd ed., 1981, McGraw-Hill.
3. Thomas, J.M., and Thomas, W.J., Principles and Practice of Heterogeneous Catalysis, VCH Weinheim, 1997.