University of the Philippines – Diliman

Department of Chemical Engineering

Introduction
ChE 125
Chemical Reaction Engineering I
AY 2015 – 2016
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January 20, 2015
Chemical Reaction Engineering
In Chemistry
A + B → Products
In Chemical Engineering

REACTOR

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Chemical Reaction Engineering
Ø  What is Chemical Reaction Engineering?

Chemical reaction engineering (CRE) is that engineering

activity concerned with the exploitation of chemical
reactions on a commercial scale. Its goal is the successful
design and operation of chemical reactors, and probably
more than any other activity, it sets Chemical Engineering
apart as a distinct branch of the engineering profession.

Octave Levenspiel (2004)

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 Chemical Reaction Engineering
Ø  Every industrial chemical process is designed to
economically produce a desired product from a variety of
starting materials through a succession of treatment steps

Physical Chemical Physical

Raw
treatment treatment treatment Products
Materials
steps steps steps

Recycle

Example:
Biodiesel Production

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 Biodiesel Production

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Biodiesel Production
Ø  For Large Scale Production
Physical Chemical Physical
treatment treatment treatment
steps steps steps

Chemical Biodiesel
Oil Purification
Reaction Purification

Ø  Filtration Ø  Agitation Ø  Distillation

Ø  Evaporation Ø  Extraction

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Chemical Reaction Engineering
Ø  Thermodynamics and Ø  Chemical Kinetics
Equilibria

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Chemical Reaction Engineering
Ø  Fluid Mechanics Ø  Heat Transfer

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Chemical Reaction Engineering
Ø  Mass Transfer Ø  Economics

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Foundations of CRE

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Foundations of CRE
What you know so far
Ø  Mass Balance and Stoichiometry
–  c/o Chem 16, Chem 28, ChE 101
Ø  Thermodynamics and Energy Balance
–  c/o Chem 17, Physics 73, ChE 101, ChE 122
Ø  Chemical Kinetics
–  c/o Chem 17
Ø  Computational Methods
–  c/o Math series, ChE 26, ChE 106

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Foundations of CRE
What you will need in the future
Ø  Transport Phenomena (for heterogenous reactions)
–  c/o ChE 131
Ø  Reaction equilibrium
–  c/o ChE 123, introduced in Chem 17

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Reactor Design
Ø  Lab Scale vs Industrial Scale

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Reactor Design

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Reactor Design Preliminaries
Chemical Data
Ø  Kinetics
–  Reaction rates
–  Reaction mechanism
–  Catalyst stability

Ø  Thermodynamics
–  Heats of reaction and Energy Balance
–  Equilibrium conversion

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Reactor Design Preliminaries
Physical Data
–  Mass, heat and momentum transfer rates
–  Heat capacities, density, viscosity etc

Material Data
–  Strength of Materials

Economics
–  Costs
–  Efficiency of system

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Classification of Reactions
Ø  Number of phases

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Classification of Reactions
Elementary vs Non Elementary

aA + bB → cC r=k[A] m [B] n

Single vs Multiple
Ø  Single
A → B
Ø  Series
A → B→C
Ø  Parallel
A → B
A → C
Ø  Mixed
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Chemical Reactors
Ø  Mode of Operation
–  Batch
–  Continuous
–  Semibatch

Ø  Geometric Configuration

–  Stirred Tank
–  Tubular

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Chemical Reactors
Ø  Heat Transfer Operation
–  Isothermal
–  Adiabatic
–  Non-Isothermal

Ø  Contacting Patterns between phases

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Reactor Design Methodology
In ChE 125

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QUESTIONS?
Homework!
3x5 index card

Last Name, First Name, MI 1x1 ID pic

Student Number
Email address
Contact number(s) Nickname
PTCICOE (relation to PTCICOE)
Contact number of PTCICOE

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