Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:05
The MSc in Advanced Chemical Engineering is developed for undergraduate degree holders in chemical or related engineering to equip them with advanced technical skills and knowledge in chemical engineering. Catalyst and Reactor Design is a core course of the program. It aims to provide the students with sufficient breadth and depth of catalysis and its application for catalyst design and theory and practice of reactor engineering.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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The course is divided between two parts. The available teaching and learning time may be spent equally between these parts:
Catalyst Design and Characterization:
Catalyst function; catalyst structure and surface chemistry; catalyst development, materials and preparation methods; catalyst testing, characterization and kinetics; catalyst deactivation and regeneration.
Reactor Design:
Review of fundaments of reaction engineering, reaction kinetics and ideal reactors; transport processes in heterogeneous reactions catalysed by solids; gas-liquid and gas-solid reactions without catalysts; reaction and reactor modelling; non-ideal reactors; reactor scale-up and optimization.
Suggested References:
Richardson, James T. Principles of catalyst development. Springer, 1989.
Nauman, E. Bruce. Chemical reactor design, optimization, and scale-up. Wiley, 2002.
Froment, Gilbert F., Kenneth B. Bischoff, Juray De Wilde, Chemical reactor analysis and design, 3rd Ed, 2011.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
Alternative Assessment
(i) Assignment (30%)
(ii) Timed online test (30%)
(iii) Timed open book exam (40%)
Resit
Re-sit of only the failed assessment component(s)
There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Analyse | Select, analyse and size real reactors including those for heterogeneous systems. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Select, design, characterise and evaluate the performance of catalysts for different products and processes. |
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