Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

Fundamental Chemical Engineering and Thermodynamics, General Chemistry, Inorganic and organic chemistry

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Students who have passed the module should be able to

• Explain fundamental concepts of chemical reaction engineering
• Account for ideal and non-ideal chemical reactors and reactor systems
• Describe the development of kinetic models on the basis of chemical reaction mechanisms
• Explain how reactor design and process conditions can be used to optimize yield and product distribution
• Explain the principles for catalysis and catalytic reactions
• Describe the reaction systems for major chemical and biotechnological products

Skills

• Analyze kinetic data from ideal reactors
• Set up rate equations for chemical and biochemical reactions based on knowledge of reaction mechanisms
• Set up and test rate equations from kinetic data
• Set up and solve equations for analysis and design of ideal reactors or reactor systems operating isothermally or adiabatically
• Optimize yield and selectivity of multiple reactions
• Model and analyze reactors for chemical or biochemical industrial reactions

Competences

• Apply the knowledge of kinetics and reactor design to the modelling systems for e.g. natural processes

Type of instruction

• Lectures and theoretical exercises

Extent and expected workload

150 hours

Exam

Exams

Name of exam	Chemical Reaction Engineering
Type of exam	Written or oral exam
ECTS	5
Assessment	7-point grading scale
Type of grading	Internal examination
Criteria of assessment	As stated in the Joint Programme Regulations