Syllabus

Advanced Chemical
Graduate program of
Course Name Engineering Kinetics Class
Chemical Engineering
(CH5203702)

Credit hours 3 (optional) Classroom IB-409-1

Time F2, F3, and F4 Style In class

Wei-Hung Chiang (江偉宏)
Email：whchiang@mail.ntust.edu.tw
Professor
Office：E2-514
Office hour：Wednesday 10:20~12:20 pm
Homework: 30% (25% off for one-day delay)
Midterm: 20%
Grading
Tern paper: 25%
Final presentation: 25%
 H. Scott Fogler, 'Elementals of Chemical Reaction Engineering,' 4th
edition, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 2006.
 J. M. Smith, ` Chemical Engineering Kinetics,` 3rd edition,
McGraw-Hill, 1981, McGraw-Hill Taiwan.
Reference  J. E. House, ` Principles of Chemical Kinetics,` Wm. C. Brown
Publishers, 1997, McGraw-Hill Taiwan.
 R. W. Missen, C. A. Mims and B. A. Saville,` Introduction to
Chemical Reaction Engineering and Kinetics,` John Wiley & Sons,
1999.
Outline
1. Elements of Reaction Kinetics (review)
2. Special Topic 1: Growth kinetics of nanomaterials
3. Steady-state Non-isothermal Reactor Design
4. Catalysis and Catalytic Reactors
5. Diffusion and Reaction
6. Special Topic 2: Catalysis reaction of nanomaterials
7. Distributions of Residence Times for Chemical Reactors
8. Models for Non-ideal Reactors
9. Molecular Dynamics of Chemical Reactions
10. Special Topic 3: Microreator design for nanomaterials production
 Lecture schedule

Date Topic

9/23 Outline

Lecture 1-A
9/30
Elements of Reaction Kinetics (review)

10/7 No class

Lecture 1-B
10/14
Elements of Reaction Kinetics (review)
Midterm
10/21
(on-site paper exam)
Lecture 2
10/28
Growth kinetics of nanomaterials
Lecture 3
11/4
Steady-state Non-isothermal Reactor Design
Lecture 4
11/11
Catalysis and Catalytic Reactors
Lecture 5
Diffusion and Reaction
11/18
Lecture 6
Catalysis reaction of nanomaterials
Midterm
11/25
(on-site presentation)

12/2 No class

Lecture 7
12/9
Distributions of Residence Times for Chemical Reactors
Lecture 8
12/16
Models for Non-ideal Reactors
Lecture 9
12/23
Molecular Dynamics of Chemical Reactions
Lecture 10
12/30
Microreator design for nanomaterials production
Final
1/6
(on-site presentation)
Final
1/13
(on-site presentation)