JNTUK B.Tech Catalysis gives you detail information of Catalysis R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.
Learning Objectives: The students will be able to learn
- Basic concepts of catalyst types and their preparation
- Catalyst surface and material characterization techniques
- Reaction mechanism and its dependence on the chemistry of catalyst surfaces and reacting species
- Modeling of catalytic processes and parameter estimation for catalytic reactors
- Significance of catalysis in chemical process industries
UNIT-I: Introduction: Homogeneous Catalysis; Bio Catalysis; Heterogeneous Catalysis; Why is Catalysis Important? The Chemical industry; Catalysis as a multidisciplinary Science. Solid Catalysts: Requirements of a Successful Catalyst; Structure of metals, Oxides and Sulfides and their Surfaces; Characteristics of Small Particles and Porous material; Catalyst Supports; Preparation of Catalyst Supports; Unsupported Catalysts; Zeolites; Catalyst testing.
UNIT-II: Catalyst Chracterization: X – Ray Diffraction (XRD); X – Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS); Extended X – Ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS); Electron Microscopy; Mossbauer Spectroscopy; Ion Spectroscopy: SIMS, LEIS, RBS; Temperature – programmed Reduction, Oxidation and Sulfidation; Infrared Spectroscopy; Surface science techniques.
UNIT-III: Reaction Kinetics I: The Rate Equation and Power Rate Laws; Reactions and Thermodynamic Equilibrium; Temperature Dependence of the Rate; Integrated Rate Equations: Time Dependence of Concentrations in Reactions of Different Orders; Coupled Reactions in Flow Reactors: The Steady – State Approximation; Coupled Reactions in Batch Reactors; Catalytic Reactions;
UNIT-IV: Reaction Kinetics II: Langmuir Adsorption Isotherms; Competitive Adsorption; Reaction Mechanisms; Langmuir – Hinshelwood or Eley – Rideal Mechanisms; Langmuir – Hinshelwood Kinetics; The Complete Solution; The Steady State Approximation; The Quasi – equilibrium Approximation; Steps with Similar Rates; Irreversible Step Approximation; Steps with Similar Rates; Irreversible Step Approximation; Nearly Empty Surface; Reaction Order; Apparent Activation Energy; Entropy, Entropy Production, Auto Catalysis and Oscillating Reactions; Kinetics of Enzyme – catalyzed Reactions.
UNIT-V: Reaction Rate Theory:Introduction; The Boltzmann Distribution and the Partition Function; Partition Functions of Atoms and Molecules; Maxwell – Boltzmann Distribution of Velocities; Total Partition Function of System; Translational Partition Function; Vibrational Partition Function; Molecules in Equilibrium; Collision Theory; Activation of Reacting Molecules by Collisions: The Lindemann Theory; Transition State Theory; Thermodynamic Form of the Rate Transition State Expression; Transition State Theory of Surface Reactions.
UNIT-VI: Heterogeneous Catalysis in Industrial Practice: Steam Reforming Process; Reactions of Synthesis Gas; Water Gas Shift Reaction; Synthesis of Ammonia; Crude Oil; Hydro treating; Gasoline Production; Petrochemistry: Reactions of Small Olefins; Automotive Exhaust Catalysis.
Outcomes
The students proficient in catalysis must
- Know various techniques for catalyst preparation including zeolites, monoliths etc.,
- Know various characterization properties a catalyst must possess for its functionality
- Know various catalyst surface and materials characterization techniques and analysis of associated results
- Be able to identify pertinent adsorption based kinetic models for existing laboratory data
- Be able to apply various reaction rate theories for industrial catalysis problems
- Have a sound knowledge with respect to the catalysis practiced in chemical industry for hydrogenation/dehydrogenation reactions, petroleum refinery processes, petrochemical processes and environmental processes.
Text Books
- Chorkendorff I., Niemantsverdriet J. W., (2005). Concepts of modern catalysis and kinetics, Wiley-VCH, Weinhem.
- Viswanathan B., Sivasanker S., Ramaswamy A. V., (2002). Catalysis: Principles and Applications, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi.
- Julian R. H. Ross (2011). Heterogeneous Catalysis: Fundamentals and Applications, Elseveir.
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