| Educational guide School of Chemical Engineering |
english |
| Chemical Engineering (2011) |
 Subjects |
| CATALYSIS AND ENGINEERING OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2011_12 |
| Subject | CATALYSIS AND ENGINEERING OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS | Code | 20685107 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 3 | Compulsory | First | Only annual |
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| Competences | Learning aims | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Review of some fundamental concepts | Kinetics of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions. Electrochemical reactions. Mass and energy balances for reacting systems. Models for basic reactors. Isothermic and non-isothermic ideal reactors. |
| Influence of the external transport on the reaction rate in multi-phasyc systems | Influence of external mass and energy transport for a catalyst particle. Internal transport inside a catalyst pellet: simultaneous diffusion and reaction. Internal effectiveness factor and global effectiveness factor. |
| Design of biphasic catalytic reactors (S-G and S-L) | Fixed bed catalytic reactor Fluidized bed reactor Monolith and catalytic-wall reactors |
| Design of multi-phasic catalytic reactors (S-G-L) | Slurry reactors Trickle-bed reactors |
