Rate of chemical reactions, variable affecting the reaction rate, order of reaction, rate constant, elementary and non-elementary reaction mechanism. Temperature dependency from thermodynamics, Arrhenius collision and activated complex theories.
Integral and differential methods for analyzing kinetic data, Interpretation of constant volume batch reactor data for zero, first, second and third order reactions, Half life period, Irreversible reaction in parallel and series, Autocatalytic reaction.
Interpretation of reactor data in variable volume batch reactions, Design equations forbatch, plug flow, back mix flow and semi batch reactors for is o thermal, adiabatic homogeneous reaction.
Space velocity and residence time in flow reactors, Design of batch, plug flow and mixed flow reactors for first and second order single reactions, Size comparison of single reactorslikebatch,plugflowandCSTRforfirstandsecondordersinglereactions.Multiplereactor systems, Plug flow reactions in series and for parallel equal sized CSTR’s in series. Best arrangement of different type of reactors.
Temperatureandpressureeffectsforsinglereaction,Optimaltemperatureprogressionforfirstorder reactions.IntroductiontoNon-Idealflow,Residencetimedistributionoffluidin vessels, E ,F and C curves &their relation. TOTAL
After completion of the course student will be able to:
This subject is on page 4, 5 of the original AKTU PDF.
