CHE 624 - Applied Reaction Kinetics & Catalysis

3 Credit(s)

Topics include reaction-rate theory; kinetics of complex homogeneous reactions; effects of temperature and residence-time distribution; characterization of porous catalysts; kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic gas-solid reactions; external and internal coupled transport processes in porous catalysts; design of fixed-and fluidized-bed catalytic reactors; kinetics of fluid-fluid reactions with applications to reactor design; and laboratory reactors, analysis of experimental data, and scale-up.