Chemical Reaction Engineering

Course Code: CHE 331

Course Cr. Hrs.: 4(3,1)
Course Instructor:
Dr. Muhammad Haris Hamayun
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus.
Contact Email: mhhamayun@cuilahore.edu.pk
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 Course Contents

Kinetics of homogeneous reactions: rate of reaction, variables affecting the rate of

reaction, order of reaction, rate constant; searching for a mechanism of reaction,
activation energy and temperature dependency. Interpretation of batch reactor data for
single and multiple reactions. Integral method and differential method of analysis for
constant volume and variable volume batch reactors, search for a rate equation. Design
of homogeneous reactors, Batch, Mixed flow, Plug flow reactors, Comparison of single
reactor, multiple reactor systems in parallel/series. Temperature and pressure effects.
Adiabatic and non-adiabatic operations. Surface phenomenon and catalysis,
Heterogeneous reaction systems, rate equations for heterogeneous reactions, fluid
particle reactions, determination of rate controlling steps. Catalysis desorption
isotherms, kinetics of solid catalyzed reactions. Catalyst deactivation and regeneration.
Design of fluid-solid catalytic reactors.

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 Recommended Books

1) H. Scott Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 5th edition, Prentice

Hall, 2016.

2) Octave Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd edition, Wiley India Pvt.
Limited, 2006.

3) Elsie Perkins, Chemical Reaction Engineering, WILLFORD Press, 2022.

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 CLOs and Mapping with PLOs

Understand • Describe the fundamentals of chemical reaction

(C2, PLO1) engineering.

Apply • Apply the fundamentals of chemical reaction

(C3, PLO1) engineering.

Analysis • Analyze the kinetic data using different methods of

(C4, PLO2) data analysis.

Design • Design isothermal and nonisothermal reactors (e.g.,

(C6, PLO3) Batch, CSTR, PFR, PBR etc.)

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 OBE in a Nutshell

◼ What do you want the students to have or able

to do? ◼ Knowledge, Skill, Affective

◼ How can you best help students achieve it?

◼ Student Centred Delivery

◼ How will you know what they have achieved it?

◼ Assessment

◼ How do you close the loop

◼ Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA)
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 Lecture # 19 (CLO # 2, 3 and 4)

• Chapter # 6: Isothermal Design – Moles and Molar Flowrates

❖ Algorithm for Design

❖ Example # 6.1

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 Design
Algorithm

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Mole Balance – Liquid Phase Reactions

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 Design
Algorithm
for Gas
Phase
Reactions

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 Design
Algorithm
for Gas
Phase
Reactions

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Example # 6.1

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 Solution

1) Mole Balance on species A, B and C:

dFA dFB dFC

= rA = rB = rC
dV dV dV

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 Solution
2) Rates:
a) Rate Law: −rA = kCA2

b) Relative Rates: rA rB rC
= =
−1 1 1/2

rB = −rA

1
rC = − rA
2

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 Solution
3) Stoichiometry:

For gas-phase, having no pressure drop (P0 = P) and isothermal operation (T = T0):

P0 T FT FT
𝑣 = 𝑣0 𝑣 = 𝑣0
P T0 FT0 FT0
Fj P T0
Cj = CT0
FT P0 T

FA FB FC
CA = CT0 CB = CT0 CC = CT0
FT FT FT

FT = FA + FB + FC 14
 Solution
4) Combine:
2
2 FA
−rA = kCT0
FT

2 2 2 2
dFA 2 FA dFB 2 FA dFC k FA
= −kCT0 = kCT0 = CT0
dV FT dV FT dV 2 FT

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 Solution
5) Evaluate:

P0 (1641) mol mmol

CT0 = = = 0.286 3
= 0.286
RT0 (8.314)(698) dm cm3

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Solution

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