ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 1 Expository Class: 36 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 55
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Chemistry Engineering
Areas: Chemical Engineering
Center Higher Technical Engineering School
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
- Understanding of the basic principles of chemical reaction engineering and their application to reactor design.
- Training students in the formulation of kinetic equations in homogeneous systems.
- Developing skills for the calculation and design of ideal isothermal and adiabatic reactors.
- Raising student awareness of the importance of safety and accident prevention in chemical reactors.
• THEORETICAL–PRACTICAL
Topic 1. Introduction to Chemical Reaction Engineering
1.1 Chemical reaction engineering
1.2 Types of reactions
1.3 Types of reactors
1.3.1 Batch, semi-batch, and continuous operation
1.4 Reaction rate
Topic 2. Kinetics of Homogeneous Reactions
2.1 Kinetic equation
2.2 Concentration dependence
2.3 Temperature dependence
Topic 3. Determination of Kinetic Data
3.1 Constant volume batch reactor
3.1.1 Integral method
3.1.2 Differential method
3.2 Variable volume batch reactor
3.2.1 Integral method
3.2.2 Differential method
3.3 Temperature and reaction rate
Topic 4. Ideal Reactors
4.1 Key concepts
4.1.1 Space time and residence time
4.2 Ideal batch reactor
4.3 Continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR)
4.4 Plug flow reactor (PFR)
Topic 5. Design of Ideal Isothermal Reactors: Simple Reactions
5.1 Single reactor
5.1.1 Size comparison
5.2 Multiple reactor systems
5.3 Reactor with recycle
5.4 Autocatalytic reactions
Topic 6. Design of Ideal Isothermal Reactors: Multiple Reactions
6.1 Parallel reactions
6.1.1 Qualitative study
6.1.2 Quantitative study
6.2 Series reactions
6.2.1 Qualitative study
6.2.2 Quantitative study
6.3 Reversible reactions in series or parallel
6.4 Series–parallel reactions
Topic 7. Effect of Temperature on Reactor Design
7.1 Simple reactions
7.1.1 Thermodynamic calculations: reaction enthalpy and equilibrium constant
7.1.2 Rate–conversion–temperature relationship
7.1.3 Design: adiabatic and non-adiabatic reactors
7.1.4 Stability in the continuous stirred-tank reactor with exothermic reaction
7.2 Multiple reactions
Topic 8. Safety in Chemical Reactors
8.1 Risks associated with chemical reactions
8.2 Safety in the chemical reactor
• COMPUTER LAB
Design and simulation of different types of reactors will be carried out using specialized software.
• GROUP TUTORIAL
A case study related to safety in a chemical reactor will be conducted.
Basic:
- Levenspiel, O. Ingeniería de las Reacciones Químicas, 3ª ed. México : Limusa Wiley, 2004. ISBN 968-18-5860-3 (A120 4 G, A120 4 H, A120 4 J, QUT 130, QUT 131, QUT 242); Levenspiel, O. Chemical Reaction Engineering. 3rd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999. ISBN 0-471-25424-X (120 11, A120 4 E, A120 4 F, QUT 218).
Complementary:
- González Velasco, J.R. et al. Cinética Química Aplicada. Madrid: Síntesis, 1999. ISBN84-7738-666-8 (BT 115, A QF 100, 121 10, 121 10 A, A121 8, QUT 260, QUT 261, QUT 262, QUT 263, QUT 264)
- Fogler, H.S. Elementos de Ingeniería de las Reacciones Químicas. 4ª ed. México: Pearson Educación, 2008. ISBN 9789702611981(A120 3 G A120 3 H A120 3 I); Fogler, H.S. Elements of Chemical Reactor Engineering. 4th ed. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2014. ISBN 978-1-292-02616-9 1-292-02616-2 (A120 3 K, A120 3 L)
- Missen, R.W., Mims, C.A. and Saville, B.A. Introduction to chemical reaction engineering and kinetics. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999. ISBN 0-471-16339-2 (A120 1, A120 1 A, A120 1 B, A120 1 C, QUT 235)
- Ravi, R., Vinu, R. and Gummadi S.N. (eds.) Coulson and Richardson's chemical engineering. Volume 3A, Chemical and biochemical reactors and reaction engineering. Fourth Edition. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, 2017. ISBN 978-0-08-101096-9
http://sfx.bugalicia.org/san?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt…
- Santamaría, Jesús M. et al. Ingeniería de Reactores. Madrid: Síntesis, 2002. ISBN 9788477386650 (A122 2 C, A122 2 D, A122 2 E, A122 2 F) ISBN Digital: 9788499581101
https://prelo.usc.es/Record/Xebook1-480
Knowledge or Content
Con17: Knowledge of material and energy balances, biotechnology, mass transfer, separation processes, chemical reaction engineering, reactor design, or valorization and transformation of raw materials and energy resources.
Skills or Abilities
H/D05: Ability to apply knowledge in practice.
H/D09: Computer skills.
Competencies
Comp06: Ability to design and manage applied experimentation procedures, particularly for: the determination of thermodynamic and transport properties, and modeling of phenomena and systems within the scope of chemical engineering or systems involving fluid flow, heat transfer, mass transfer operations, or reaction kinetics and reactors.
• Lectures
Lectures will be dedicated to the presentation of the theoretical content of the subject, always encouraging active student participation and supported by audiovisual tools. Problem-solving sessions will also be conducted to help consolidate theoretical knowledge.
Competencies: Con17, H/D05, Comp06
• Seminars
Eight seminars will focus on solving specific aspects/problems that students will work on in advance. The other four seminars will be assessable tests. These will take place at the end of Topics 3, 5, 6, and 7, after completing the corresponding problem sets. They will consist of the individual resolution of a problem similar in content to the completed problem set.
Competencies: Con17, H/D05, Comp06
• Computer Lab (compulsory activity)
Interactive seminars in the computer lab will be carried out individually. A simulator (Aspen Hysys) will be used to conduct studies on different chemical reactions and types of reactors.
Task:
Two weeks after the completion of the practical sessions, each student must individually submit a simulation exercise of a chemical reactor.
Competencies: H/D09
• Group Tutorial
Using computer tools, students in small groups (2–3 people) will search for information on an accident related to a chemical reaction or a chemical reactor and prepare a short presentation on it in class.
Task:
The prepared presentation will be submitted at the end of the seminar.
Competencies: H/D09
• Technical Visit
If possible, a visit will be made to a company related to the theoretical content of the course. Its objective is to connect the subject matter with industrial reality. Depending on the availability of the company, it is planned for the months of March or April.
Competencies: H/D05
The Virtual Campus will be used as a teaching support tool.
Students may also ask questions during individual tutoring sessions at the times established for this purpose.
Assessment of Activities and Competencies
Assessable seminars: Con17, H/D05, Comp06
Computer lab: H/D09
Group tutorial: H/D09
Final exam: Con17, H/D05, Comp06
Grading System
Final exam at the end of the semester: 70% of the final grade (80% Problems, 20% Theory)
Assessable seminars: 20% of the final grade
Computer lab: 5%
Group tutorial: 5%
Mandatory activities: Exam and practical work in the computer lab.
Minimum grade for the exam: 4 out of 10. Minimum grade for the practicals: 4 out of 10. If either is not passed, the final grade for the course will be a fail. The final grade recorded will be that of the component which causes the failure.
Grades for the various activities will be communicated to students within the deadlines established by university regulations.
If the course is not passed in the first examination session, the grade obtained in the continuous assessment activities will be retained for the second session. No grades will be carried over between academic years.
In cases of fraudulent completion of exercises or tests, the provisions set out in the regulations on the assessment of academic performance and the review of grades will apply.
Activity — Contact Hours — Student Work Hours — ECTS
Lectures: 36 contact hours, 39 hours of student work, 3.0 ECTS
Interactive seminar classes: 12 contact hours, 25 hours of student work, 1.5 ECTS
Interactive computer lab classes: 6 contact hours, 6 hours of student work, 0.5 ECTS
Group tutorial: 1 contact hour, 1 hour of student work, 0.1 ECTS
Exam and review: 4 contact hours, 20 hours of student work, 0.9 ECTS
TOTAL: 59 contact hours, 91 hours of student work, 6 ECTS
It is recommended that students have previously completed the courses Differential Equations, Fundamentals of Chemical Processes, and Analysis of Chemical Processes.
Regular use of individual tutoring sessions is also recommended.
Classes will be taught in Spanish.
Ana Maria Soto Campos
Coordinador/a- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816760
- ana.soto [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
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