This page contains lecture notes from Prof. Kraft for
the following topics : Introduction and Molar Balances, Mass Balances in
Reactors, Reactor Mole Balance Example Problems, Conversion and Reactors in
Series, Reactor Sizing Example Problems, Rate Laws and Stoichiometry, Reactor
Design Recipe and Scaleup, Pressure Drop in Reactors, CSTR Start Up and
Semibatch Reactors, Analysis of Rate Data, Reactor Design for Multiple Rxns,
Selectivity Example Problems, Nonelementary Rxns, Bioreactors, Thermochem
Review, Nonisothermal Reaction Engineering, Basic Catalysis and Mechanisms, CVD
and Catalyst Deactivation, Deducing Mechanisms Example Problems, External
Diffusion, Shrinking Core Model, Internal Diffusion and Catalysis, Internal and
External Diffusion, Nonideal Flow & Reactor Design, Micromixing.
Author(s): Professor Kraft, The University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
This note describes the
following topics: Rate Expression, Ideal reactors, Non-Segregated Model,
Dispersion Model, Catalysts and Catalytic reaction, Characterization of a
catalyst, Non-porous catalyst, Porous Catalyst, Tubular packed bed reactor.
The contents of this PDF are as follows : Basic Reaction Theory,
Reactor Design for Single Reactions, Design of Multiple Reactors for Single
Reactions, Design of Single and Multiple Reactors for Multiple Reactions,
Non-isothermal Reactor Design.
Author(s): School of Bio and Chemical Engineering,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and
Technology