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TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE CODE CHE 308

COURSE NAME CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING
CREDITS 4 units (3 units lecture, 1 unit laboratory)
CONTACT HOURS 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory
INSTRUCTOR
Faculty Member, Chemical Engineering Department
TEXTBOOK Li, S., Li, L. and Xin, F. ( 2017). Reaction engineering. Kidlington,
Oxford; Cambridge, MA Butterworth-Heinemann.
Other Supplemental Ancheyta, J. (2017). Chemical reaction kinetics : concepts, methods and
Materials case studies. Hoboken, NJ John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Henriksen, N. E. (2019). Theories of molecular reaction dynamics : the
microscopic foundation of chemical kinetics. Oxford, United
Kingdom: Oxford University Press
Ross, J. R .H. ( 2019).Contemporary catalysis : fundamentals and current
applications. Cambridge, MA: Elsevier.
Yi , C., Fei, W., and Yong, J. (2017). Multiphase reactor engineering for
engineering for clean and low-carbon energy applications. Hoboken,
New Jersey :John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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SPECIFIC COURSE INFORMATION
a. Course Description
Chemical Reaction Engineering is a study of chemical reactions, reaction kinetics and its application
in the design of chemical reactors. The course also includes determination of rate laws, reaction
mechanisms, design of continuously stirred tank reactors and tubular reactors, heterogeneous and
homogeneous systems and an introduction to heterogeneous catalytic reactors and catalyzed bed
reactors. Students are expected to learn how to design reactors according to the reaction kinetics of
the system.

b. Prerequisites CHE 306 HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

CHM 006 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY FOR ENGINEERS 2
MATH 024B ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATH IN
Co-requisites CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

c. Course Classification Required

(Required/elective/ selected
elective)
SPECIFIC GOALS FOR THE COURSE
a. Course Objective
The students are expected to initiate reaction process improvement through knowledge of reaction
kinetics/process, data collection and analysis in the design of batch and flow reactors.

a. Course Outcomes
By the end of the course, the students will be able to:
1) Explain the fundamental principles and concepts related to chemical reaction engineering;
2) Derive the rate equation for reversible and irreversible type of reactions;
3) Determine the rate laws of a chemical reaction through integral and differential methods of
analysis given reactor data;
4) Design flow and batch reactors in series or parallel set-up according to specific parameters;
5) Evaluate a catalytic reaction system through its conversion efficiency; and
6) Reflect on personal transformations along the TIP Graduates Attributes.
c. Student Outcomes Addressed by the Course

b. identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems;

e. use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice in
complex engineering activities.

COURSE TOPICS

Prelim Period (Weeks 1–6)

I. Introduction; TIP Vision and Mission; TIP Graduate Attributes/ Institutional Intended Learning
Outcomes; Program Educational Objectives/Student Outcomes; Course Objectives/Course Intended
Learning Outcomes; Course Policies
II. Fundamentals of Chemical Kinetics; Definition of Chemical Kinetics; Classification of
Chemical Reactions; Factors Affecting Rate of Reaction; Definition of Reaction Rate
III. Kinetics of Homogeneous Reactions; Concentration Dependent Term of a Rate Equation;
Elementary and Non-elementary Reactions; Single and Multiple Reactions; Molecularity and Order
of Reaction; Rate Constant; Representation of a Reaction Rate; Kinetic Models for Non-elementary
Reactions; Testing Kinetic Models; Search for Reaction Mechanism; Temperature Dependent Term
of a Rate Equation; Arrhenius Law; Collision Theory; Transition Theory
III. Interpretation of Batch Reactor Data; Constant Volume Batch Reactor; Analysis of Total
Pressure Data in a Constant Volume System; Single Irreversible Reactions; Zero Order Reactions;
Irreversible Unimolecular, Variable Volume Reactor; First Order Reactions; Irreversible
Bimolecular, 2ndReactions; Irreversible Tri molecular, 3 rd Reactions; Rate Equation for nth Order;
Overall Order from Half-Life;

Midterm Period (Weeks 7–12)

Multiple Reactions; Irreversible Reaction in Parallel; Homogeneous Catalyzed Reactions;
Autocatalytic Reactions; Irreversible Reaction in Series; Reversible Reactions; Reactions of Shifting
Order; Reactions of Shifting Order
IV. Reactor Design; General Discussion; Space Time and Space Velocity; Ideal Reactors for Single
Reactions; Ideal Batch Reactor; Steady State Mixed Flow Reactor; Steady State Plug flow Reactor;
Holding Time and Space Time for Flow Reactors; Design for Single Reactions; Size Comparison of
Single Reactors; Mixed vs. Plug flow, First & Second Order Reactions; Variation of Reactant Ratio
 for Second Order; Multiple Reactor System; Plug flow Reactors in Series and/or in Parallel; Equal
Sized Mixed Flow Reactors; Mixed Flow Reactors of Different Sizes in Series; Reactors of Different
Types in Series

Final Period (Weeks 13–18)

IV. Reactor Design (cont.); Recycle Reactor; Autocatalytic Reactions; Design for Multiple
Reactions; Parallel Reactions; Reactions in Series; Reversible Reactions; Irreversible Series-Parallel
Reactions; The Denbigh Reactions; Batch or Plug flow Reactors; Mixed Flow Reactors;
Temperature and Pressure Effects; Single Reactions; Multiple Reactions
V. Heterogeneous Reactions; Introduction; Solid Catalyzed Reactions; Rate Equation for Surface
Kinetics; Pore Diffusion Resistance Combined with Surface Kinetics; Porous Catalyst Particles;

Prepared by: Noted by: Approved to take effect on ___ Sem ________SY:
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Faculty Member’s Printed Name and LORRAINE A. CARRILLO ENGR. F. MAGNAYE / DR. R. VALDEPEŇAS
Signature Department Chair Dean/VPAA
Date: Date: Date: