Chemical Reaction Engineering detailed syllabus for Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering (BBE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the BBE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit BBE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of chemical reaction engineering is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
HOMOGENEOUS REACTIONS IN IDEAL REACTORS 9
Overview of Chemical Reaction Engineering; Homogeneous Reactions, The Rate Equation, The reaction rate and reaction mechanisms, Temperature-Dependent and concentration dependent Term of a Rate Equation.
Unit II
REACTION MECHANISM 9
Searching for a Mechanism- reaction mechanisms and rate laws, reactive intermediate and steady state approximation in reaction mechanisms, rate limiting step.
Unit III
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Unit IV
PERFORMANCE OF REACTORS 9
Broad outline of chemical reactors, Performance equations for single batch reactor, ideal CSTR, ideal PFRApplication to design, Industrial scale reactors.Single reactions and multiple reactor systems
Unit V
NON IDEAL FLOW REACTORS 9
The residence time distribution, State of aggregation of the flowing stream, Earliness of mixing, Experimental methods (Nonchemical) for finding E, conversion in non-ideal flow reactions, reactor performance with non-ideal flow, Tank in series model
Course Outcomes:
The students will be able to
- Understand the kinetics of reactions
- Remember the design equations and the performance of ideal reactors
- Create various models for describing non- ideal behaviour of reactors
- Analyse performance of reactors
- Explain adsorption and desorption phenomena in heterogeneous systems.
- Design of various fermenter / bioreactors
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Anton Moser, “Bioprocess Technology, Kinetics and Reactors”, , Springer Verlag.
- James E. Bailey & David F. Ollis, Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals, McGraw Hill.
- James M. Lee, Biochemical Engineering, PHI, USA.
- Atkinson, Handbook of Bioreactors,Harvey W. Blanch, Douglas S. Clark, Biochemical Engineering, Marcel Decker Inc.
- Harvey W. Blanch, Douglas S. Clark, Biochemical Engineering, Marcel Dekker, Inc
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