This course on Kinetics/Reactor Design: Isothermal Reactor Design aims to teach students the fundamentals of chemical reactor design. By the end of the course, learners will be able to understand and apply concepts such as batch reactors, semibatch reactors, flow reactors, series and parallel reactors, and various other reactor types. The course covers topics like math review for kinetics, solving linear ODEs analytically, reactor scale-up, catalyst activity decay, material balances on tank reactors, and more. The teaching method primarily consists of screencasts with corrected closed captioning available. This course is intended for students and professionals interested in chemical engineering, specifically in the area of reactor design and kinetics.
Overview
Syllabus
Math Review for Kinetics.
Euler Method for ODEs.
Solving Linear ODEs Analytically.
Runge-Kutta Method Introduction.
Introduction to Chemical Reactor Design.
How to Solve Reactor Design Problems.
Batch Reactor Overview.
Batch Reactor Scale-Up.
Batch Reactor with Excess Reactant.
Batch Reactor: Catalytic Activity Decay.
Inert Effect on Equilibrium.
Isothermal Batch Reactor Part 1.
Isothermal Batch Reactor Part 2 (POLYMATH Solution).
Isothermal Semibatch Catalytic Reactor.
Material Balances on Tank Reactors.
Reaction Times for High Conversion.
Semibatch Reactor Overview.
Catalyst Amount in Packed Bed Reactor.
Catalytic Packed Bed Reactor.
Catalytic Packed Bed Reactor (POLYMATH).
Catalytic Reactor: Activity Decay.
Comparing CSTR and PFR Balances.
CSTR Design Example (Using Damkohler Number).
Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor Overview.
Determining Rate Constant in a PBR.
Effect of Ignoring Density Change in PFR.
Effect of Stoichiometry in Gas Phase Reaction.
Equivalence between a PFR and a CSTR.
Explanation of the Ergun Equation.
Gas Reacts to Form Solid Product in PFR.
Half-Life for First-Order Reaction.
Isothermal Plug Flow Reactor: Part 1.
Isothermal Plug Flow Reactor: Part 2.
Levenspiel Plots.
Mole Balance on a Plug Flow Reactor.
PFR Design Example (Using Damkohler Number).
Plug Flow Reactor Overview.
Pressure Drop in a Packed Bed Reactor.
Pressure Drop in a Packed Bed Reactor (POLYMATH).
Reaction in a PFR with Pressure Drop.
Reaction Rate in an Isothermal PFR.
Reactor with Highest Rate of Consumption.
Semibatch Hydrogenation Example.
Variable Density Reaction in a PFR.
Comparing Reactors in Series.
CSTRs in Series.
PFR and CSTR in Series A.
PFR and CSTR in Series B.
Reactor Sequence: CSTR and PFR.
Reactors in Series: First-Order Reaction.
Replacing a CSTR with Two CSTRs in Series.
Sizing CSTRs on Reciprocal Rate Data.
Two CSTRs in Series.
Laminar Flow Reactor: Segregated Flow.
Length of a Porous Wall Tubular Reactor.
Membrane Reactor Introduction.
Membrane Reactor.
Recycle Reactor Example.
Material Balances on Tank Reactors.
Reversible Reaction in an Isothermal CSTR.
Introduction to Chemical Reactor Design.
Taught by
LearnChemE
