AFCoKaRE

CONTENTS

Front Matter

Title Page, Preface and Acknowledgements

About the Author

Status, History, Issues and Updates

Complementary Textbooks

Teaching Notes and Resources

A Note about Numerical Solutions

Course Units

I. Chemical Reactions

1. Stoichiometry and Reaction Progress

2. Reaction Thermochemistry

3. Reaction Equilibrium

II. Chemical Reaction Kinetics

A. Rate Expressions

4. Reaction Rates and Temperature Effects

5. Empirical and Theoretical Rate Expressions

6. Reaction Mechanisms

7. The Steady State Approximation

8. Rate-Determining Step

9. Homogeneous and Enzymatic Catalysis

10. Heterogeneous Catalysis

B. Kinetics Experiments

11. Laboratory Reactors

12. Performing Kinetics Experiments

C. Analysis of Kinetics Data

13. CSTR Data Analysis

14. Differential Data Analysis

15. Integral Data Analysis

16. Numerical Data Analysis

III. Chemical Reaction Engineering

A. Ideal Reactors

17. Reactor Models and Reaction Types

B. Perfectly Mixed Batch Reactors

18. Reaction Engineering of Batch Reactors

19. Analysis of Batch Reactors

20. Optimization of Batch Reactor Processes

C. Continuous Flow Stirred Tank Reactors

21. Reaction Engineering of CSTRs

22. Analysis of Steady State CSTRs

23. Analysis of Transient CSTRs

24. Multiple Steady States in CSTRs

D. Plug Flow Reactors

25. Reaction Engineering of PFRs

26. Analysis of Steady State PFRs

27. Analysis of Transient PFRs

E. Matching Reactors to Reactions

28. Choosing a Reactor Type

29. Multiple Reactor Networks

30. Thermal Back-Mixing in a PFR

31. Back-Mixing in a PFR via Recycle

32. Ideal Semi-Batch Reactors

IV. Non-Ideal Reactions and Reactors

A. Alternatives to the Ideal Reactor Models

33. Axial Dispersion Model

34. 2-D and 3-D Tubular Reactor Models

35. Zoned Reactor Models

36. Segregated Flow Models

37. Overview of Multi-Phase Reactors

B. Coupled Chemical and Physical Kinetics

38. Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions

39. Gas-Liquid Reactions

40. Gas-Solid Reactions

Supplemental Units

S1. Identifying Independent Reactions

S2. Solving Non-differential Equations

S3. Fitting Linear Models to Data

S4. Numerically Fitting Models to Data

S5. Solving Initial Value Differential Equations

S6. Solving Boundary Value Differential Equations

Status, History, Issues and Updates

This “course” began life as the “Kinetics and Reaction Engineering Toolkit for Exceptional Teaching” (KaRE TExT). It had 63 study units, but most were not complete. Some only had informational and illustrational readings, others had both readings and videos. Most also had a pre-class quiz and a set of review slides. Less than half had lesson plans and learning activities for instructors to use in class.

In this version, renamed “A First Course on Kinetics and Reaction Engineering” (AFCoKaRE), the informational content has been re-organized into 40 study units, which falls closer to the number of class meetings in a typical university semester where class meets three times per week. All 40 units have a complete set of readings and videos along with pre-class quiz questions, learning activities, slides for in-class use and a lesson plan. Many units still lack practice problems. These will be added continually for the foreseeable future. By the end of 2016 every unit is expected to have at least one practice problem, with more to be added.

Known Issues

At present, no issues have been identified or reported