Study Guide

Objective

After completion of this course the student understands the concepts of chemical reactors and catalysis, and is also able to solve relevant problems in his own professional field, to apply this understanding as a necessary basis in later studies and to utilize it in future professional tasks. One of the major goals is to learn to assess the type and size of the reactor for a given application, as well as how to influence the rate of different reactions by means of catalysis.

Content

1. The most important reactor types and their properties.
2. Assessing the size of ideal reactors.
3. Groups of ideal reactors and assessing their size.
4. Influencing the yield and selectivity of chemical reactions.
5. More complicated reactor types and their applications.
6. The principle of catalysis.
7. Applications of catalysis: cracking, production of polymers etc.
8. The properties of catalysts.

Prerequisites

Engineering Chemistry
Fundamentals of Mathematics and Natural Sciences 3

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is able to define and describe the concepts and phenomena included in the course in a qualitative way and to compute straightforward problems mainly based on inserting a correct quantity into a correct formula.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is able to define or describe the concepts and phenomena in one´s own words; he also knows how to explain the origin and meaning of related equations and to critically evaluate different solutions

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is able to characterize and model phenomena on the basis of reasonable assumptions as well as to analyze, evaluate and modify solutions and the model when needed.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student is able to define and describe the concepts and phenomena included in the course in a qualitative way and to compute straightforward problems mainly based on inserting a correct quantity into a correct formula.