Chemical Reaction Engineering II

By Prof. Ganesh Viswanathan | IIT Bombay

Learners enrolled: 484

Multiphase catalytic and non-catalytic reactors are ubiquitously found in chemical, biochemical and petrochemical industries for manufacturing variety of useful products. Effective design of such reactors for improved productivity requires detailed understanding of the underlying principles that govern their functioning. This second level course on chemical reaction engineering will extensively cover design of fluid-solid catalytic and non- catalytic reactors. Moreover, residence time distribution is an important aspect that is often used for various fault- diagnosis purposes. This course also covers various aspects of RTD and its applicability in designing non-ideal reactors. The material covered in this course will build on the basic topics of the first level chemical reaction engineering course.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Chemical Engineering, Energy Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Petrochemical engineering, Biotechnology

PREREQUISITES : Linear algebra, First course in reaction engineering, Heat and mass transfer

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Reliance, HPCL, BPCL, RCF, Other chemical, pharmaceutical and petrochemical companies

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Chemical Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	18 Jan 2021
End Date :	09 Apr 2021
Enrollment Ends :	01 Feb 2021
Exam Date :	24 Apr 2021 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1  : Introduction, Introduction to catalysis and catalytic processes, Catalyst properties and classification, Steps in catalysis, Adsorption isotherm
Week 2  : Surface reaction, Rate controlling steps and Rate law, Rate law: Pseudo-steady state hypothesis, Heterogeneous data analysis for reactor design
Week 3  : Design of reactors: PBR and CSTR, Case study: Chemical Vapor Deposition, Catalyst deactivation
Week 4  : Catalyst deactivation: Reactor design, Diffusional effects: Introduction, Internal diffusion effects: Model development, Thiele modulus, Concentration profile
Week 5  : Internal effectiveness factor, Falsification of kinetics, External mass transport limitations
Week 6  : Mass transfer coefficient, Mass transfer to a single particle with reaction. Packed-bed reactor design, Mass transfer coefficient in Packed-beds, Example problems

Week 7 : Overall effectiveness factor, Identification of internal diffusion- and reaction-limited regimes, Packed-bed reactor design, Generalized criterion

Week 8  : Network of first order reactions, Use of experimental data, Packed-bed reactor design with external and internal mass transfer limitations, Fluidized bed reactor design
Week 9  : Fluidized bed reactor design, Fluid-solid non-catalytic reactions
Week 10  : Fluid-solid non-catalytic reactions, Residence time distribution (RTD): Introduction, Non-ideal reactors
Week 11  : Measurement of RTD, RTD function, Properties of RTD function, Reactor diagnostics and troubleshooting
Week 12  : Reactor diagnostics and troubleshooting, Modeling non-ideal reactors, Zero parameter models

Teaching Assistants

1. Sudip Das

2. Haseen Siddiqui

Books and references

Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 4 th Edition, H. Scott Fogler (main text) Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design, 2 nd Edition, G. F. Froment and Bischoff

Instructor bio

Prof. Ganesh Viswanathan

IIT Bombay

Ganesh Viswanathan is an Associate Professor in Department of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai. He completed his Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from University of Houston, Houston and Postdoctoral Fellowship at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York. He conducts research in systems biology of signaling networks and nonlinear dynamics of reactors. Further information about his research and teaching activities is available at http://www.che.iitb.ac.in/faculty/ganesh/

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 24 April 2021 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
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CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

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