CHE5881 - Advanced reaction engineering

Overview

The unit will develop a higher level understanding of reaction kinetics, catalysis and reactor design, including: isothermal and non-isothermal reactor design - steady and unsteady states runaway reactions, reactor safety and reactive hazards heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis and biocatalysis diffusion effects in catalytic reactions residence time distribution non-ideal reactor design and … For more content click the Read More button below. density functional theory in catalysis reactor design strategy for different industries including CO2 utilization advanced reactor concepts for graphene production use of metal organic frameworks in energy applications including catalysis use of Gold as catalyst

The unit will develop a higher level understanding of reaction kinetics, catalysis and reactor design, including:

isothermal and non-isothermal reactor design - steady and unsteady states
runaway reactions, reactor safety and reactive hazards
heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis and biocatalysis
diffusion effects in catalytic reactions
residence time distribution
non-ideal reactor design and operation
density functional theory in catalysis
reactor design strategy for different industries including CO2 utilization
advanced reactor concepts for graphene production
use of metal organic frameworks in energy applications including catalysis
use of Gold as catalyst

Offerings

S1-01-CLAYTON-BLENDED

S1-01-OS-CHI-SEU-ON-CAMPUS

Rules

Enrolment Rule

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Professor Sankar Bhattacharya

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Zhikao Li

Professor Sankar Bhattacharya

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:

Analyse and apply isothermal and non-isothermal kinetics

Analyse the importance of catalysis in heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis and biocatalysis systems

Design and analyse reactor systems using numerical methods and commercial software Aspen Plus

Synthesise advanced reactor designs for selective industrial applications

Critiquing contemporary journal articles in conventional industrial catalysis and emerging catalysis

Teaching approach

Peer assisted learning

Assessment summary

Continuous assessment: 50%

Final assessment: 50%

This unit contains threshold hurdle requirements that you must achieve to be able to pass the unit. You are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final assessment component. The consequence of not achieving a hurdle requirement is a fail grade (NH) and a maximum mark of 45 for the unit.

Assessment

1 - Assignment 1

2 - Assignment 2

3 - Final assessment

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Lectures

Practical activities

Workload requirements

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-9 hours of independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.

Learning resources

Required resources

Technology resources

Other unit costs

The following items are mandatory for practical aspects of the unit and should be purchased at your own cost as you will be reusing them throughout your course.

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Protective clothing and equipment:
- Laboratory coat (Approximately AUD35 to AUD55)
- Safety glasses (Approximately AUD8)
- Laboratory-appropriate enclosed footwear (Non-porous material, equipped with non-absorbent, slip-resistant soles)

Costs are indicative only.

Availability in areas of study

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