Advanced chemical reaction engineering is intended as a first-year graduate course in "Chemical Science & Engineering". This course covers the basic theories and industrial applications in these fields in addition to latest topics.
In catalytic chemical reaction engineering, first, petro-refinery and petro-chemical processes are first overviewed. In petro-chemical processes, heterogeneous reaction system is generally used, so that the non-uniform fluid flow is taught in the reactor. Then, evaluation of diffusion and reaction rate within pore of catalyst is explained in gas-solid reaction. The catalyst deactivation phenomena and its analysis method are also introduced. The gas-solid reaction, which is related to coal gasification to produce syngas, is also explained.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) overview of petro-fefinary and petro-chemical processes
2) Non-uniform fluind flow inside reactor
3) Mass-balance within solid catalyst and catalyst deactivation
4) Reactor design
Chemical reaction engineering, Petrochemical, Soid catalyst, Reactor design
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Required learning should be completed outside of the classroom for preparation and review purpose.
In every class, a summary of the previous lecture is given.
Towards the end of each class, students are required to solve exercise problems related to the material covered in the class.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Petro-refinary and petro-chemical | Understand overview of petro-refinary and chemical processes |
Class 2 | Non-uniform fluid flow inside reactor | Understand the non-uniform fluid flow inside reactor and design the continuous-type reactor |
Class 3 | Gas-solid catalytic reaction | Understand the mass-balance within the pore of catalyst and its kinetics mechanism |
Class 4 | Gas-solid catalytic reaction | Understand effectiveness factor and catalyst deactivation |
Class 5 | Gas-solid catalytic reaction | Understand the catalytic reaction process |
Class 6 | Gas-solid reaction | Understand the coal gasification and syngas production processes |
Class 7 | Catalytic process and reactor design | Understand catalytic reaction, mechanism and reactor design |
Course materials are provided during class
Kenji Hashimoto. Hannou Kougaku. Tokyo: Baifukan. ISBN-10: 4563045187.
Octave Levenspiel. Chemical Reaction Engineering. Wiley, ISBN 9780471254249.
Exercise problems (50%), Reports (50%)
None