CHEM E 465 Reactor Design (4 Credits)

Application of principles of chemical kinetics to the design of commercial-scale chemical reactors; characterization of batch and flow reactors in homogeneous and heterogeneous systems.

Prerequisite: CHEM E 326; CHEM E 340.
Offered: A.
See also Instructor Course Description: http://www.washington.edu/students/icd/S/cheng/465dts.html

COURSE HANDOUTS

Syllabus for Autumn 2005

Guide to Matlab (v2.1.1) by Kip Haugh (202k pdf)

Examples of Matlab Code

    PFR/PBR/Batch reactors (Runge-Kutta solution for couple first order ODEs)
odeP6_16.m
P6_16.m

    CSTRs
M-file for nonlinear algebriac equations

Plot of Equilibrium Conversion vs Temperature for a reversible, exothermic, first order reaction in a CSTR and PFR.

READING

Reading through exam 1 includes:
(3rd Ed) Chpt 1, 2, 3, 4.1 - 4.3, 5 - 5.5.1, 6.1 - 6.2
(4th Ed) Chpt 1, 2, 3, 4.1 - 4.4, 5 - 5.5, 6.1 - 6.3

Reading through Exam 2 includes:

(3rd Ed)  §4.4 - 4.6.1, §6.3 - 6.5, §8.1 - 8.6.4, §8.7  (REMEMBER: We ignore conversion and do full ODE solvers).
(4th Ed)  §4.5 - 4.7, §6.4 - 6.6, §8.1 - 8.7.3, §8.8  (REMEMBER: We ignore conversion and do full ODE solvers).

Final Reading: COnnecting Reactor Design to P-Chem via reaction rate mechanisms

(3rd Ed) §7.1, 7.2, 7.4, §10.1-10.5
(4th Ed) §7.1-7.3, §10.1-10.4

EXAMS

Exam 1 Solution

Exam 2 Solution

HOMEWORK

Homework 1 Due Wednesday, October 5

Homework 2 and Solution, Due Wednesday, October 12

Homework 3 and Solution, Due Wednesday, October 19

Homework 4 and Solution, Due Wednesday, October 26

Homework 5 and Solution, Due TUESDAY, November 1  ***Note Due Date is TUESDAY ***

Homework 6 and Solution, Due THURSDAY, November 10

Homework 7 and Solution, Due Wednesday, November 16

Homework 8 and Solution, Due Monday, November 28

Homework 9 and Solution, Due FRIDAY, December 9