B.Tech Chemical Engineering

CL 302     Chemical Reaction Engineering-II     2-1-0-6

Prerequisite: CL 208

Syllabus: Introduction to heterogeneous reactions; Fluid-solid catalytic reactions: mechanism and rate-limiting step, external and internal diffusion effects; Design of packed bed reactor: Staged adiabatic reactors, single and two packed bed systems; Catalyst deactivation: Types and mechanisms, rate and performance equations with various flow arrangements, pore diffusion effects, design principles; Multi-phase reaction kinetics: Performance equations with various flow regimes; Fluid-fluid non-catalytic reaction kinetics and reactor design: Mass transfer with and without reaction, instantaneous reaction and fast reaction; Fluid-solid non-catalytic reaction kinetics and reactor design: Performance equations; Progressive conversion model; Shrinking-core model; Time of operation under various controlling regimes.

Texts:

1. H. S. Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 4^th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2013.

2. O. Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3^rd Edition, Wiley Eastern, 2006.

References:

1. J. M. Smith, Chemical Engineering Kinetics, 3^rd Edition, McGraw-Hill Education India Pvt. Ltd - New Delhi, 2014.