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    Chemical

    Engineering
    Department

    CEB2043
    REACTION ENGINEERING I

    Chapter 1:

    Introduction & Mol Balances

    (Part 1)
    Chapter to CLO to PO Mapping

    Chapter 1: Introduction & Mol Balances

    CLO#1: Apply the principles of chemical reaction engineering to solve reaction


    engineering problems involving multiple reactions and non-isothermal
    processes for homogeneous system

    PO#3: Design solutions for complex chemical engineering problems and design
    systems, components or processes that meet specified needs with appropriate
    consideration for public health and safety, cultural, societal, and environmental
    considerations.
    Learning Outcomes

    At the end of this chapter, students should be able to:

    1. Explain the importance of Reaction Engineering knowledge

    2. Explain the different types of chemical reactors and their


    importance

    3. Define general mole balance equation in relation to type of


    reactors

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    Why study Reaction Engineering??

    How are we going to increase


    Lab Scale the production from lab to Commercial Scale
    commercial scale?

    Repeat the process


    100,000,000
    1 g of times 100,000 ton/yr
    product/batch in one year?

    Can we make bigger “flask”


    and repeat the same • How fast is the reaction take
    process? place? Chemical
    • How big is the reactor needed? Reaction
    • Which design is ‘suitable’ for
    We could, but its not as the process? Engineering
    simple as just
    multiplication
    What is Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE)?

    From Levenspiel (2004, page iii):

    CRE is 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.

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    Malaysian Refining Company Sdn Bhd
    (formerly knows as Petronas Penapisan Melaka Sdn Bhd)
    Basic reactor types

    Batch reactor Continuous stirred tank


    reactor (CSTR)

    Plug flow reactor (PFR) Packed bed reactor (PBR)

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    Batch reactor

    • small-scale
    operation

    The manual labour


    • testing new
    cost for this reactor
    processes
    may go high since
    everything is done
    manually. • manufacturing
    expensive
    products

    • Slow reaction,
    need long hours
    to complete
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    Continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR)

    • Normally used for


    ▪ Produce lowest
    liquid phase
    conversion per unit reaction
    volume. • Perfect mixing

    ▪ Usually designed
    • Steady state
    specifically for a
    desired reaction
    operation
    process, difficult to
    use for other
    reaction.

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    Plug flow reactor (PFR)

    • Steady state
    operation

    • Perfect mixing (No spatial variation in the radial


    direction, but in the axial direction)

    10
    Packed bed reactor (PBR)
    • The amount of catalyst used

    • Steady state
    operation

    • Perfect mixing (No spatial variation in the radial


    direction, but in the axial direction)

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    Summary of Chapter 1 (part 1)

    EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENT TYPES


    REACTION ENGINEERING OF CHEMICAL REACTORS AND
    KNOWLEDGE THEIR IMPORTANCE

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