Undergraduate Catalogue of Courses 2012/2013
ENGINEERING
EG 40HA
CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING
CREDIT POINTS 15
Course Co-ordinator: Dr E J Bain
Pre-requisite(s): EG 3019, EG 3020
Co-requisite(s): N/A.
Reactor Design - General Principles:
- Basic objectives in design of a reactor
- Batch reactors
- Tubular flow reactors
- Continuous stirred-tank reactors
- Comparison of batch, tubular and CSTR reactors for a single reaction
- Comparison of batch, tubular and CSTR for multiple reactions
3 one-hour lectures per week
1 one-hour tutorial per week
2 three-hour laboratory sessions
1st attempt: 1 three-hour written examination (80%); continuous assessment (20%).
Resit: 1 three-hour written examination.

