Duration
20h Th, 30h Pr
Number of credits
| Master of Science (MSc) in Chemical and Materials Engineering | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Multiphased reactors classification, Methodology, spatial and temporal scales, hydronamical regime. Differential reactors,heat and mass transfer, internal, external, coupling, global efficiency. Gas-liquid-solid bubble columns: description,hydrodynamical regimes, modelisation, transfer parameter estimations. Gas-liquid-solid mechanically agitated slurry reactors: description, hydrodynamical regimes, modelisation, transfer parameter estimations. Trickle-bed reactors: desctiption, hydrodynamical regimes, wetting, modelisation, transfer parameter estimations. Introduction to numerical methods: ordinary diffential equations, partial differential equations, orthogonal collocation.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Application of the Chemical Reaction Engineering methods to the complex situations occurring in the description of multiphased reactors
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
CHIM0012-1 Chemical kinetics, CHIM0023-1 Chemical Engineering (reactors), CHIM0024-1 Applied Physical Chemistry
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
In small groups, it consists in a quatitative explanation of results coming from the Chemical Engineering literature.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
1st semester
Recommended or required readings
The text of the course is available as a printed syllabus and can be access on internet at http://www.ulg.ac.be/bioreact then select CHIM0055-1.
Assessment methods and criteria
Discussion of a particular question and explanations about the group report.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Pierre Marchot