| Instructor: | Professor H. Scott Fogler |
| Office Hours: | Tu and Th, 3:30 - 4:30 and as needed |
| TA's: | Dieter Andrew Schweiss and Aleksander Franz |
| TA Office Hours: | M and W, 3 - 5:30, 3158 Dow (Podbielniak Lounge) |
| F, 2:30-4:00, 3158 Dow (Podbielniak Lounge) | |
| Text: | Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering ( 3rd ed.), Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ (1998). |
| Recommended: | Strunk and White, The Elements of Style. |
| Lecture | Date | Topic | Finish Reading | Hand In |
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| 1 | Th Jan 8 |
Introduction POLYMATH Mole Balances |
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| 2 | Tu Jan 13 |
Design Equations Rate vs. X Plots Learning Resources for Chapter 1 |
Chapter 1 Appendix A |
1-1, 1-2 (a,b), 1-3, 1-8(a,b), 1-17, 1-18 |
| 3 | Th Jan 15 |
Reactor Staging Learning Resources for Chapter 2 |
Chapter 2 |
ICM: Kinetics Challenge I ICM: Staging 2-2, 2-6, 2-7 |
| 4 | Tu Jan 20 |
Rate Laws Stoichiometry Learning Resources for Chapter 3 |
Chapter 3 | 3-1(a,b), 3-6, 3-9, 1-20 |
| 5 | Th Jan 22 |
Expressing CA as a Function of X or of (FA / FT) |
Chapter 3 |
ICM: Kinetics Challenge II 3-2(a), 3-10, 3-13, 3-21 |
| 6 | Tu Jan 27 |
Isothermal Reactor Design Irreversible Reactions Learning Resources for Chapter 4 |
Chapter 4 |
ICM: Mystery Theater 4-6, 4-7 |
| 7 | Th Jan 29 |
Reversible Reactions Pressure Drop |
Chapter 4 Appendix C |
4-2(e), 4-12, 4-13
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| 8 | Tu Feb 3 |
Spherical Reactors Membrane Reactors |
Chapter 4 |
ICM: Tic Tac 4-2(c,d), 4-23 |
| 9 | Th Feb 5 |
Semibatch Reactors |
Chapter 4 Integrating Factor handout |
Start 4-1 |
| 10 | Tu Feb 10 |
Analysis of Rate Data Learning Resources for Chapter 5 |
Chapter 5 Appendix A.3 |
4-1, 4-2(f,j), 4-26 |
| 11 | Th Feb 12 |
Multiple Reactions Learning Resources for Chapter 6 |
Chapter 6 |
5-4(a,b), 5-5, 5-19 |
| 12 | Tu Feb 17 |
Multiple Reactions |
Chapter 6 | 6-2(d), 6-8 |
| 13 | Th Feb 19 |
Multiple Reactions OEP Discussion |
Chapter 6 | 6-12(a,b) |
| M Feb 23 | Hand in Extra Problems by 5:30 PM at the TA Office Hours | 6-12(c) | ||
| 14 | Tu Feb 24 |
Heat Effects Energy Balance Learning Resources for Chapter 8 |
Chapter 8 | 6-12(c), 6-17 |
| Tu Feb 24 |
Mid Term Exam I (Closed Book) Media Union |
Chapters 1-6 Crib Sheet |
Group 1: 5:30-8:00PM Group 2: 8:15-10:45PM |
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| 15 | Th Feb 26 |
Heat Effects PFR and CSTR Algorithm |
Chapter 8 | 8-2(b-d) |
| F Feb 27 |
Hand in OEP Interim Report at 3168 H.H. Dow Bldg by 3PM |
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| Sat February 28 | ***SPRING BREAK*** | Sun March 8 | ||
| 16 | Tu Mar 10 |
Heat Effects |
Chapter 8 | 8-5(a,b,c,d,f,g) |
| 17 | Th Mar 12 |
Heat Effects Multiple Steady States |
Chapter 8 |
ICM: Heat FX 1 8-9 |
| 18 | Tu Mar 17 |
Unsteady State Learning Resources for Chapter 9 |
Chapter 9 |
ICM: Heat FX 2 8-20 |
| 19 | Th Mar 19 |
Heat Effects in Multiple Reactions |
Chapter 9 | 9-2(a), 9-5 |
| 20 | Tu Mar 24 |
Octane Ratings Learning Resources for Chapter 10 |
Chapter 10 | 8-30 (to be worked individually), Triple Point Value |
| 21 | Th Mar 26 |
Catalysis |
Chapter 10 |
ICM: Heterogeneous Catalysis 10-3(a,c) |
| 22 | Tu Mar 31 |
Catalysis CVD |
Chapter 10 | 10-8, 10-10 (Hint: use regression on 10-10) |
| 23 | Th Apr 2 |
Catalyst Decay |
Chapter 10 | 10-14 |
| 24 | Tu Apr 7 |
Moving Bed Reactors |
Chapter 10 | 10-19(b), 10-21 |
| 25 | Th Apr 9 |
Bioreactors Learning Resources for Chapter 7 |
Chapter 7.5 | |
| Th Apr 9 |
Mid Term Exam II (Open Book) Media Union |
Chapter 8, 9, 10 |
Group 1: 8:15-10:45PM Group 2: 5:30-8:00PM |
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| Tu Apr 21 | OEP Judging | Last Day of Classes |
East Room Pierpont Commons 2-5:30PM |
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| M Apr 28 11:30AM-6:00PM |
Final Exam 3rd Floor, Media Union |
Chapters 1-6, 7.5, 8-10 |
Group 1: 12 Noon-2:30 PM Group 2: 3:00-5:30PM |