Chemical Reaction Engineering - II
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Chemical Reaction Engineering - II Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Chemical Reaction Engineering - II (subject code 2170501) as prescribed for Chemical · Semester 7 divides the course into 7 units, covering 52 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 (2170501)Unit 1 Non-Ideal Flow
- Basics of non-ideal flow
- Residence time distribution
- stimulus response techniques
- The E, F and C Curves
- their interrelationship
- conversion in non-ideal flow reactors
- Dispersion model
- Chemical Reaction and dispersion
- Intensity of fluid mixing
- Tanks in series model
- Deviation from plug flow
- Models for real stirred tanks
- Heterogeneous Non-Catalytic Systems:
Unit 2 Heterogeneous Reactions
- Introduction: Rate steps involved in heterogeneous systems
- Overall rate expression for linear and non linear process
- contacting patterns for two-phase systems
Unit 3 Fluid-Fluid systems
- Rate equation
- rate equation for straight mass transfer
- kinetic regimes of mass transfer and chemical reaction
- rate equation for mass transfer and chemical reactions
- film conversion parameter
- fluid-fluid reactor design
Unit 4 Fluid-Particle systems
- Fluid partial reaction kinetics
- selection of a model
- Shrinking Core Model for unchanging and changing size spherical partials
- Diffusion through gas film and through ash layer controlling
- Chemical reaction controlling
- Shrinking core model
- its limitations
- Determination of rate controlling step
- Solid Catalyzed systems:
Unit 5 Catalysis
- Catalysts‚ Physical properties of catalyst
- surface area
- void volume
- solid density
- pore volume distribution
- Classification and preparation of catalyst
- catalyst promoters
- Catalyst inhibitors
- Catalyst poisons
- Nature and Mechanism of Catalytic reactions
Unit 6 Solid-Catalysed reactions
- Kinetics: Adsorption isotherms and rates of adsorption and desorption
- Kinetic regimes
- rate equations for surface kinetics
- Pore diffusion
- determining rate controlling step
- experimental methods for finding rates
- product distribution in multiple reactions
Unit 7 Introduction to Catalytic Reactors
- Packed bed catalytic reactors
- fluidized bed reactors
- trickle beds
- slurry reactors