Catalysis Science and Technology Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme (Open Elective-2)

Catalysis Science and Technology detail syllabus for various departments, 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17PC664), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

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Course Objectives:

This course enables students:

1. To understand the concepts of functionality of catalyst and kinetics of catalytic processes.
2. To develop idea of important properties of industrial catalysts, methods of manufacturing catalyst and its characterization.
3. To get acquainted with industrial catalytic reactors, their design and operations.

Module 1
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Module 2

Kinetics of Catalytic Reaction- Rate and Kinetics Models of Catalytic Reactions: Langmuir-Hinshelwood Model, Rideal Model, Identifying limiting step of reaction, Poisoning and Deactivation of Catalysts, Regenerability of Spent Catalyst.

Module 3

Manufacture of Catalysts and their Characterization- Catalyst preparation and manufacturing: Precipitation Method, Impregnation, Special preparative Methods, Catalyst Supports, Promoters, Catalyst Characterization, Surface area, Pore Volume, Pore size Distribution, Mechanical Properties.

Module 4
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Module 5

Industrial Applications in Petrochemical Industry- Manufacture of phthalic anhydride: Reactor configuration, hot spot formation, Ethylene to ethylene oxide, Steam reforming: Catalysts, Reforming process, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Mechanism, Catalysts, Process, Water gas shift reaction: High temperature shift catalyst, Low temperature shift catalyst, Methanol synthesis: High temperature process, Low temperature process, Kinetics, Ammonia synthesis: Reactor configuration.

Course Outcomes:

At the end of the course students are able und catalysts used in industries for the production of products characterization of the catalyst activity. erstand the useful of and also study the

Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):

• Critical Thinking
• Problem solving
• Use of modern tools
• Life – long Learning
• Collaborative and multidisciplinary work

Question paper pattern:

• The question paper will have ten questions.
• Each full Question consisting of 20 marks
• There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
• Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
• The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text Books:

1. Satterfield C. N., Heterogeneous Catalysis in I ndustrial Practice, Second Edition, McGraw Hill, 1993.

Reference Books:

1. Smith J. M., Chemical Engineering Kinetics, Th ird Edition, McGraw Hill, 1984.
2. Froment G. F. and Bischoff, K. B. Chemical Reac tor Analysis and Design, John Wiley & Sons, 1995.

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