ChE 344: CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING

at the University of Michigan (4 Credit Hours)

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
1 Th Jan 8 Introduction
POLYMATH
Mole Balances
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
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
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
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
Tu Apr 21 OEP Judging Last Day of Classes East Room
Pierpont Commons
2-5:30PM
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

 
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