School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering

ChE 6723 Advanced Kinetics

Fall 2013

No Classes (as of 8/30/13) August 22; September 5; November 5,

Classes will be made up by two Wednesday evening tests, (and as needed later in the semester).

12:00-1:15 TR, Room SEC E111
Instructor (Web link)Dr. R. G. Mallinson, Office  Room T322 EC, Ph 325-4378
Email  mallinson@ou.edu
Office Hours As available and by appointment
Text Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering by H. Scott Fogler, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2004 (note that if you use an old copy, problems may not match up and software may not be available) POLYMATH PROGRAM (updated 08/21/2014)
Supplemental	Chemical Reactor Design for Process Plants, Vol 1 & 2 by H. F. Rase, J. Wiley and Sons, NY, 1977 (Out of Print)
	Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design, 2 ed. G. Froment and K. Bischoff J. Wiley and Sons, NY, 1990
	Handbook of Commercial Catalysts : Heterogeneous Catalysts;            Howard F. Rase; CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2000.
Grading  Two Exams 20% + 20% or 40%
	Reactor Design Project * 30% (Pt. 1= 5, Pt. 2 = 5, Pt. 3 = 20)
	In Class Participation/Quizzes and Class Notes** 10%
	Homework 20%
* Reactor Design Project is a complete design solution of a heterogeneous catalytic reactor problem carried out by individual students. **Class notes may be required to be turned in at the end of the semester for review by the instructor

Exams will be scheduled Wednesday Evenings

The projects may be individual or groups, to be determined later.

TOPICS:

Exemplary case studies and examples distributed as appropriate

Intro, complex kinetics, multiple steps, cracking, polymerization, steady state assumption, rate determining steps, BIO-KINETICS

Homework 1

HOMEWORK 2

Chpt 7 and Mallinson Butane Pyrolysis paper

101 Styrene Polymerization: with polymerization lectures. viscosity and auto acceleration

102 Cracking ; Different detail of complex kinetics

103 Quench Cooler; heat transfer controlled system

104 Toluene Dealkylation; homogenous free radical plug flow reactor

(nomenclatue for Rase case studies)

Fogler Example 7-7

Catalysis, catalytic sequences, kinetics of adsorption, desorption, surface reactions, rate limiting step, LaNgmuir- Hinshelwood/Hougen-Watson rate models, practical basis

Chpt 10 and Yang and Hougen paper

(Probable Exam Point)

Mass and heat transport as part of catalytic sequence, interfacial transport, estimation, physico-chemico picture of porous catalysts, pore diffusion, generalized modulus, criteria for limitations, non-isothermal, combined external and internal effects

Chpt 11 and 12 and Kehoe and Butt paper

109 Ammonia Oxidation. mass transfer limited reactor design

107 SO₂ Oxidation. complex kinetics. intra- and inter-particle gradients. algorithm

Deactivation, Poisoning, coking, kinetics, practical implications, decoking

Chpt 12

(Possible exam point)

Reactor overview, mass, and energy balances, multiphase reactors

Fixed bed reactors, pressure drop, gradient inclusion, hot spots and runaway, 2D models

Chpt 10, some of 8 and Froment paper

105 Shift Converter: equilibrium limit, multiple reactors v. Cost

106 Ammonia Synthesis: equilibrium design. multiple beds, pressure drop v. cost

111 Methane Steam Reforming: multiple equilibrium

108 Petroleum Catalytic Reforming : lumping. performance indices. reaction severity

110 Phthalic Anhydride Production: 2D v. 1D models