Reaction Engineering and Chemical Kinetics

Catalog description

Introduction to chemical reaction engineering and reactor design. Fundamentals of chemical kinetics for homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, both catalyzed and uncatalyzed. Steady-state approximation. Methods of kinetic data collection, analysis and interpretation. Transport effects in solid and slurry-phase reactions. Batch and flow reactors including operations under non-ideal and non-isothermal conditions. Reactor design including bioreactors.