CHEM-E7150

Reaction engineering
Course info fall 2018
After the course the student
• knows the principles of heterogeneous catalysis
• knows the types of homogeneous catalysis and is able to derive rate
equations for homogeneous reactions
• recognizes the steps in heterogeneously catalyzed reactions and can
derive rate equations based on these steps
• knows the different forms of deactivation of catalysts and can derive
reaction rate including deactivation
• is able to evaluate existence of internal and external diffusion limitations
in heterogeneously catalyzed reactions
• can calculate size of reactor in the presence of deactivation and mass-
transfer limitations
Course timetable
Date/time Place Topic Lecturers
Thu 1 Nov 14-16 IT class 1 (Chem) Ex0: Freshing up prerequisites Reetta Karinen, Tiia Viinikainen
Tue 6 Nov 10-12 U7 (Otakaari 1) Lecture 1: Practicalities. Principles of catalysis. Yongdan Li
Wed 7 Nov 12-14 U5 (Otakaari 1) Lecture 2: Adsorption and desorption Yongdan Li
Thu 8 Nov 14-16 IT class 1 (Chem) Ex1: Catalytic reactors, adsorption Tiia Viinikainen, Reetta Karinen
Fri 9 Nov 10-12 Ke4 (Chem) Lecture 3: Homogeneous catalysis Yongdan Li
Tue 13 Nov 10-12 L1 (Puu) Lecture 4: Reaction mechanisms Yongdan Li
Wed 14 Nov 12-14 L1 (Puu) Lecture 5: Deactivation Yongdan Li
Thu 15 Nov 14-16 IT class 1 (Chem) Ex2: Reaction mechanisms Tiia Viinikainen, Reetta Karinen
Fri 16 Nov 10-12 Ke4 (Chem) Lecture 6: External diffusion Yongdan Li
Tue 20 Nov 10-12 L1 (Puu) Lecture 7: Internal diffusion Yongdan Li
Thu 22 Nov 14-16 IT class 1 (Chem) Ex3: Deactivation Tiia Viinikainen, Reetta Karinen
Fri 23 Nov 10-12 Ke4 (Chem) Lecture 8: Overall diffusion Yongdan Li
Tue 27 Nov 10-12 L1 (Puu) Lecture 9: Mechanical strength Yongdan Li
Thu 29 Nov 14-16 IT class 1 (Chem) Ex4: External diffusion Reetta Karinen, Tiia Viinikainen
Fri 30 Nov 10-12 Ke4 (Chem) Lecture 10: Preparing for exam Reetta Karinen, Tiia Viinikainen
Wed 5 Dec 8:30-10 IT class 1 (Chem) Ex5: Internal diffusion Reetta Karinen, Tiia Viinikainen
Course structure
L10: Preparing for the exam
Catalysis L1 Ex0
Ideal reactors
A Homogeneous catalysis L3
Adsorption L2 Ex1

Reaction mechanisms L4 Ex2

.. . . .
.. . Deactivation L5 Ex3

External diffusion L6 Ex4

A, B

Mechanical strength L9 Internal diffusion L7

Ex5
Overall diffusion L8
Contact information
• Professor Yongdan Li
Office E404, yongdan.li@aalto.fi

• University lecturer Reetta Karinen

Office E409, reetta.karinen@aalto.fi

• University teacher Tiia Viinikainen

Office E409, tiia.viinikainen@aalto.fi
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Course material

Lectures and exercises

Course book: Fogler, H.S., Elements of chemical reaction engineering,
5th ed., (2016) chapters 10, 14-15, lectures according to this edition
Also valid:
• Fogler, H.S., Elements of chemical reaction engineering, 4th ed., (2006), chapters 10-12,
approximately the same topics as in the 5th edition
• Fogler, H.S., Elements of chemical reaction engineering, 3rd ed., (1999), chapters 10-12,
approximately the same topics as in the 4th and 5th edition
Check list of errors and their corrections from the book’s web page
http://umich.edu/~elements/byconcept/updates/frames.htm
Exercises

Exercises have been divided into three category:

A. Pre-exercises
B. Exercises
C. Applied excrcises

A. To be calculated before the exercises using the given hints

B. To be calculated in the exercises using the given hints and with the
help of teachers
C. To be calculated using the given hints and the model solutions after
the exercises
Extra points to exam

To encourage learning of calculation skills, extra points to exam

will be given on completed exercises
Completed exercises are marked by teachers at the end of each
exercise on Thursdays
Total number of exercises this year is 22
A. Pre-exercises: 5
Additional points Number of exercises to be
B. Exercises: 10 completed
C. Applied exercises: 7 0.25 p 7

0.5 p 10

1p 13
Assignments
Topic Assistant Published First Accepted DL
submission DL
Reaction Pan Zhengze Nov 15 Nov 21 Nov 28
mechanisms (zhengze.pan@aalto.fi)
Deactivation Tiia Viinikainen Nov 22 Nov 28 Dec 5
(tiia.viinikainen@aalto.fi)
External Reetta Karinen Nov 29 Dec 5 Dec 11
diffusion (reetta.karinen@aalto.fi)

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Exam
– 4-5 questions in the exam
– Only material allowed in the exam is handwritten collection of equations
• A4 sheet, on both sides
• Equations with their limitations, symbols with their explanations and
units
• Collection of equations needs to be returned in the exam
• Collection of equations may be worth of one additional point (copied
collections of equations are not worth the point)

Exams:
December 11 at 13-18
February 20 at 9-14
Old collection of equations

Useful
integrals
are given
in the
exam
Student workload

Teaching 32 h Independent studying 98 h

• Lectures 10 x 2 h = 20 h • Assignments 3 x 16 h = 48 h
• Exercises 6 x 2 h = 12 h • Preparing for the exam 18 h
Exam 5 h • Other independent studying 32 h