INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING

ChE 125 Chemical Reaction Engineering I 2nd Semester AY 2013-2014

ChE 125 Chemical Reaction Engineering I Engr. Kristian July R. Yap
nd Semester University of 2 the Philippines Diliman AY 2013-2014

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Every industrial chemical process is designed to produce economically a desired product from a variety of starting materials through a succession of treatment steps as shown below:

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EXAMPLE:
Biodiesel Production

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EXAMPLE:
Biodiesel Production (Lab Scale)

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EXAMPLE:
Biodiesel Production (Lab Scale)

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EXAMPLE:
Biodiesel Production (Lab Scale)

Biodiesel

*How about large-scale production???

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EXAMPLE:

Oil Purification Filtration

To remove solid impurities

Transesterification Agitator
To mix the reactants

Biodiesel Purification Distillation

To separate biodiesel from glycerol

Evaporation
To remove excess water

Extraction
To separate biodiesel from other components

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What is Chemical Reaction Engg (CRE)?
Chemical reaction engineering (CRE) is that engineering activity concerned with the exploitation of chemical reactions on a commercial scale. Its goal is the successful design and operation of chemical reactors, and probably more than any other activity, it sets chemical engineering apart as a distinct branch of the engineering profession. - O. Levenspiel (2004)
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Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) is the synthesis of a variety of fields:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Thermodynamics Chemical Kinetics Fluid Mechanics Heat Transfer Mass Transfer Economics

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ChE 125 Chemical Reaction Engineering I

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What you know so far Mass balance and stoichiometry
-- c/o Chem 16, Chem 28, ChE 101

Thermodynamics and energy balance

-- c/o Chem 17, Phys 73, ChE 101, ChE 122

Chemical kinetics
-- c/o Chem 17

Computational methods
-- c/o Phys 71.1, Chem 28, Chem 28.1, ChE 26, ChE 106

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What you know so far Transport phenomena (mostly for ChE 126)
-- c/o ChE 131

Reaction equilibrium
-- c/o ChE 123 (introduced in Chem 17)

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REACTORS

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REACTORS

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REACTOR DESIGN PRELIMINARIES:
1. Chemical Data
Kinetics -- reaction rates -- mechanism of reaction -- catalyst stability Thermodynamics -- heats of reaction -- equilibrium conversion

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REACTOR DESIGN PRELIMINARIES:
2. Physical Data
Mass, heat, and momentum transfer rates Heat capacity (Cp), density

3. Material Data
Strength of materials

4. Economics
Costs Efficiency of system
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CLASSIFICATION OF REACTIONS:
1. Number of phases

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CLASSIFICATION OF REACTIONS:
2. Elementary vs. Non-elementary

3. Single vs. Multiple

Single

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CLASSIFICATION OF REACTIONS:
3. Single vs. Multiple
Multiple -- Series Reactions

-- Parallel Reactions

-- Mixed Reactions
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CHEMICAL REACTORS:
a) Mode of operation
Batch Steady-state flow Unsteady-state flow or semibatch

b) Geometric configuration
Stirred tank Tubular

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CHEMICAL REACTORS:
c) Heat transfer operation conditions
Isothermal Adiabatic Non-isothermal

d) Contacting patterns between phases

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Reactor Design Methodology

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In ChE 125:

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ChE 125 Chemical Reaction Engineering I Engr. Kristian July R. Yap
nd Semester University of 2 the Philippines Diliman AY 2013-2014