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CHME 6031

Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Engineering

4 credits · Graduate

Winter 2026

Topics

  • Applied chemical kinetics
  • Chemical reactor design and plant operation
  • Homogeneous and heterogeneous kinetics
  • Catalysis
  • Residence-time distributions
  • Dispersed plug-flow reactors
  • Radial heat and mass transfer limitations
  • Heat and mass transfer in catalyst pellets
  • Multiphase reactors
  • Computational simulation of ideal and nonideal reactors
  • Reactor stability and safe operating conditions

Readings

  • G. F. Froment, K. B. Bischoff, and J. De Wilde, Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design, 3rd edition, Wiley, 2010.
    Recommended / optional / reference
  • Instructor lecture notes are posted within the eConcordia course.
    Listed reading
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