Chemical Reaction Engineering - I
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Chemical Reaction Engineering - I Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Chemical Reaction Engineering - I (subject code 2160506) as prescribed for Chemical · Semester 6 divides the course into 4 units, covering 24 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2160506)Unit 1 Introduction to Reaction Engineering
- Classification of reactions
- definitions of reactions rate
- variables affecting reaction rate
- speed of chemical reactions
Unit 2 Kinetics of homogenous reactions
- Simple reactor types
- the rate equation
- concentration dependent term of rate equation
- Molecularity and order of reaction
- Rate constant k, representation of an elementary and nonelementary reaction
- Kinetic models for nonelementary reactions
- Testing kinetic models
- Temperature dependant term of rate equations from Arrhenius theory and comparison with collision and transition state theory
- Activation energy and temperature dependency
- Predictability of reaction rate from theory
Unit 3 Interpretation of Batch reactor data
- Constant volume batch reactor
- analysis of total pressure data
- Integral and differential methods of analysis of data for constant volume and variable volume cases
- Temperature and reaction rate
- search for a rate equation
Unit 4 Introduction to reactor design & Ideal reactors for single reaction
- Mass and energy balances around a volume element
- Ideal batch reactor
- steady-state mixed flow reactor
- steady-state plug-flow reactor
- holding and