44402 - Catalytic Reaction Engineering Modulübersicht

Module Number: 44402 - module is no longer offered from WS 2014/15
Module Title:Catalytic Reaction Engineering
  Auslegung von Gas-Solid Reaktoren
Department: Faculty 4 - Environmental Sciences and Process Engineering
Responsible Staff Member:
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Schnitzlein, Klaus
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every winter semester
Credits: 6
Learning Outcome:Design and operation of gas-solid reactors
Contents:Introduction, Characterization of Porous Solids, Reactions on Solid Surfaces, Mass Transfer, Heat Transfer, Catalytic Reactions, Experimental Determination of Parameters, Noncatalytic Reactions, Fixed Bed Reactors, Fluidized Bed Reactors
Recommended Prerequisites:
  • Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Fundamentals of Chemical Reac-tion Engineering
Mandatory Prerequisites:None
Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Lecture / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Exercise / 1 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Practical training / 1 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Self organised studies / 120 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:
  • Smith J.M., Chemical Engineering Kinetics, McGraw Hill 1970
  • Levenspiel, O., Chemical Reaction Engineering, Wiley, 2nd edition 1972.
  • Thomas J.M. and Thomas W.J., Principles and Practice of Heterogeneous Catalysis, VCH Weinheim, 1997
  • Satterfield C.N., Heterogeneous Catalysis in Practice, McGraw Hill 1980
  • Satterfield C.N., Mass Transfer in Heterogeneous Catalysts, MIT Press 1977
  • Bowker M., The Basis and Applications of Heterogeneous Catalysis, Oxford Science Publications 1998
  • Ullmann's Encyclopedia of industrial chemistry, 5th edition, VCH Weinheim 1992
  • Kunii D. and Levenspiel O., Fluidization Engineering, Butterworth-Heinemann 1991
  • Higman C. and van der Burgt M., Gasification, Elsevier Amsterdam 2003
Module Examination:Unspecified - Specification from winter semester 2016/17 required!
Assessment Mode for Module Examination:
  • Short tests
  • Lab reports
  • Written examination (120 min) 
Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:None
Part of the Study Programme:
  • no assignment
Remarks:No offer in WS 2013-14!
Module Components:
Components to be offered in the Current Semester:
  • no assignment