DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND AGRO-INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAOS
College, Laguna, Philippines
Course Information

ChE 145

Course code:
Descriptive title:

Chemical Reaction Engineering

Prerequisites:

Chem 112, ChE 31, ES 21

Credit:

3 units
COURSE OUTLINE

1.

INTRODUCTION

2.

KINETICS OF HOMOGENEOUS REACTIONS

2.1

Concentration dependent term of a rate equation

2.2

Temperature dependent term of a rate equation

2.3

Kinetic models
FIRST LONG EXAMINATION

3.

INTERPRETATION OF BATCH REACTOR DATA

3.1

Constant volume batch reactor

3.2

Integral method of analysis

3.3

Differential Method of Analysis

SECOND LONG EXAMINATION

3.4 Complex reactions

3.4.1

Irreversible reactions in parallel

3.4.2

Irreversible reactions in series

3.4.3

Homogeneous catalyzed reactions

3.4.4

Autocatalytic reactions

3.4.5

Reversible reactions

3.5 Variable volume batch reactor

3.5.1

Zero order reaction

3.5.2

First order reaction

3.5.3

Second order reaction

THIRD LONG EXAMINATION

REACTOR DESIGN
4.1 Batch reactor
4.2 Plug flow reactor
4.3 Continouous stirred tank reactor (CSTR)
FOURTH LONG EXAMINATION

REFERENCES: Chemical Reaction Engineering by O. Levenspiel,

Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering by H.S. Fogler

GENERAL CLASS POLICIES

1.

Minimum requirements for the course: (a) 4 long exams, (b) Seatwork, assignments, recitations,
quizzes (SARQ), (c) Final exam (with exemption option).

2.

Attendance:
a) The University policy for attendance to be followed (7 Unexcused Absences = Automatic Drop)
b) A student may officially drop from the course on or before the last day of dropping.

A student

is considered to have officially dropped the course upon submission of the instructor s copy of
the dropping slip to the instructor.
c) A student whose class standing is failing and who does not take the final exam will be given a
grade of 5.0 if he/she does not officially drop the course on or before the last day of dropping.
3.

Criteria for computation of grades:

a) Pre-final Grade = Average of Long Exams and SARQ
b) Final Grade

= 70% Pre-final Grade + 30% Final Exam

Grading Scale:

Percentage score

Equivalent grade

Percentage score

Equivalent grade

96.0-100

1.00

70.0-73.9

2.50

90.0-95.9

1.25

66.0-69.9

2.75

86.0-89.9

1.50

60.0-65.9

3.00

82.0-85.9

1.75

55.0-59.9

4.00

78.0-81.9

2.00

Below 55

5.00

74.0-77.9

2.25

Exemption from the final exam: The cut-off percentage score for exemption is 70%, without a
score below 50% in any of the long exams.
A student who obtains the cut off percentage score (or better) will have the option to take or not to
take the final exam.

Policy on exams and quizzes

a) students who missed a long exam must present an official excuse slip from the college
secretary within one week after his/her return to class in order to have a make-up exam.
b) questions regarding the checking of exam papers will be entertained only within one week
after the return of corrected exam papers.
c) All exams and quizzes are HONOR SYSTEM exams.

Students caught cheating will have

their exams invalidated and will be reported to the Student Discplinary Committee.