41384 Chemical Thermodynamics and Reactor Design

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Subject level:

Undergraduate

Description

This subject provides students with working knowledge to design reactors of common types including plug flow, packedbed, batch and continuously stirred tank reactors. Fundamental knowledge of reaction kinetics and equilibrium is integrated with gas, liquid and solid-state functions (i.e. internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, and Gibbs free energy) to describe and model chemical processes within each reactor type. Design equations are initially formulated with a single chemical reaction then generalised to multiple reactions to illustrate practical reactor design involving chemical, biochemical and catalytic reactions.

Contribution to the development of graduate attributes

Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies

This subject contributes to the development of the following Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies:

• 1.3. In-depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the engineering discipline.
• 2.2. Fluent application of engineering techniques, tools and resources.
• 2.3. Application of systematic engineering synthesis and design processes.
• 3.6. Effective team membership and team leadership.