Curriculum
- 5 Sections
- 43 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
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- Day 1 – Reaction Kinetics & Rate Laws7
- Day 2 – Reactor Types & Behaviour12
- 2.1CSTR
- 2.2Mixing behaviour
- 2.3Steady state operation
- 2.4PFR
- 2.5Plug flow assumptions
- 2.6Residence time distribution
- 2.7Batch Reactors
- 2.8Industrial applications
- 2.9Time dependent behaviour
- 2.10Workshop: Reactor modelling exercises
- 2.11Exercise: Residence time calculations
- 2.12Case Study: Off spec product due to incorrect residence time
- Day 3 – Catalysis & Catalyst Deactivation7
- Day 4 – Heat & Mass Transfer in Reactors11
- 4.1Heat Transfer
- 4.2Exothermic & endothermic reactions
- 4.3Temperature control
- 4.4Hot spot formation
- 4.5Mass Transfer
- 4.6External & internal diffusion
- 4.7Mass transfer limitations
- 4.8Effectiveness factor
- 4.9Workshop: Heat/mass transfer diagnosis
- 4.10Exercise: Identify mass transfer limitations
- 4.11Case Study: Hot spot formation in fixed bed reactors
- Day 5 – Reaction Troubleshooting & Optimisation6