NPTEL : NOC:Chemical Reaction Engineering-II (Chemical Engineering)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Ganesh Vishwanathan


Lecture 1 - Introduction

Lecture 2 - Introduction to catalysis and catalytic processes

Lecture 3 - Catalyst properties and classification

Lecture 4 - Steps in catalysis

Lecture 5 - Adsorption isotherm

Lecture 6 - Surface reaction

Lecture 7 - Rate controlling steps and Rate law

Lecture 8 - Rate law: Pseudo-steady state hypothesis

Lecture 9 - Heterogeneous data analysis for reactor design - I

Lecture 10 - Heterogeneous data analysis for reactor design - II

Lecture 11 - Design of reactors: PBR and CSTR

Lecture 12 - Case study: Chemical Vapor Deposition

Lecture 13 - Catalyst deactivation - I

Lecture 14 - Catalyst deactivation - II

Lecture 15 - Catalyst deactivation - III

Lecture 16 - Catalyst deactivation - IV : Reactor design

Lecture 17 - Diffusional effects: Introduction

Lecture 18 - Internal diffusion effects: Model development

Lecture 19 - Non-dimensionalization: Thiele modulus

Lecture 20 - Concentration profile

Lecture 21 - Internal effectiveness factor - I

Lecture 22 - Internal effectiveness factor - II

Lecture 23 - Internal effectiveness factor - III: Exothermic and endothermic reactions

Lecture 24 - Falsification of kinetics

Lecture 25 - External mass transport limitations: Mass transfer coefficient

Lecture 26 - Estimation of mass transfer coefficient

Lecture 27 - Mass transfer to a single particle with reaction

Lecture 28 - Packed-bed reactor design: External mass transfer limitations

Lecture 29 - Mass transfer coefficient in Packed-beds

Lecture 30 - Estimation of conversion in Packed-bed reactor: Example problem

Lecture 31 - Overall effectiveness factor - I

Lecture 32 - Overall effectiveness factor - II

Lecture 33 - Identification of internal diffusion and reaction-limited regimes

Lecture 34 - Packed-bed reactor design

Lecture 35 - Generalized criterion for diffusion and reaction-limited conditions

Lecture 36 - Network of first order reactions

Lecture 37 - Use of experimental data

Lecture 38 - Packed-bed reactor design: External and Internal resistances

Lecture 39 - Fluidized bed reactor design - I

Lecture 40 - Fluidized bed reactor design - II

Lecture 41 - Fluidized bed reactor design - III

Lecture 42 - Fluidized bed reactor design - IV

Lecture 43 - Fluid-solid noncatalytic reactions - I

Lecture 44 - Fluid-solid noncatalytic reactions - II

Lecture 45 - Fluid-solid noncatalytic reactions - III

Lecture 46 - Fluid-solid noncatalytic reactions - IV

Lecture 47 - Fluid-solid noncatalytic reactions - V

Lecture 48 - Fluid-solid noncatalytic reactions - VI

Lecture 49 - Residence time distribution (RTD): Introduction

Lecture 50 - RTD: Non-ideal reactors

Lecture 51 - Measurement of RTD - I

Lecture 52 - Measurement of RTD - II

Lecture 53 - RTD function

Lecture 54 - Properties of RTD function

Lecture 55 - Reactor diagnostics and troubleshooting - I

Lecture 56 - Reactor diagnostics and troubleshooting - II

Lecture 57 - Modeling nonideal reactors - I

Lecture 58 - Modeling nonideal reactors - II

Lecture 59 - Non-ideal reactors: Zero parameter models - I

Lecture 60 - Non-ideal reactors: Zero parameter models - II