CHEMICAL KINETICS AND REACTOR DESIGN

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: CBE 311 and 320 Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze kinetic data and determine rate laws Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply ideal reactor models to solve mass and energy balances for chemical reactors Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the performance of reactors in which multiple reactions are occurring Audience: Undergraduate 4. Analyze non-ideal flow conditions in reactors and utilize simple models to characterize the performance of such reactors Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze data for heterogeneous catalytic reactions and employ the results of such analyses in designing simple reactors Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze kinetic data and determine rate laws Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply ideal reactor models to solve mass and energy balances for chemical reactors Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the performance of reactors in which multiple reactions are occurring Audience: Undergraduate 4. Analyze non-ideal flow conditions in reactors and utilize simple models to characterize the performance of such reactors Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze data for heterogeneous catalytic reactions and employ the results of such analyses in designing simple reactors Audience: Undergraduate