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New Mexico State University

Ch E 441: Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Engineering

Catalog Description:

Analysis and interpretation of kinetic data and catalytic phenomena. Applied reaction kinetics; ideal reactor modeling; non-ideal flow models. Mass transfer accompanied by chemical reaction. Application of basic engineering principles to design, operation, and analysis of industrial reactors.

Meeting Time and Location

Tuesday/Thursday 10:20 - 11:35 AM, JH 283

Instructor

David A. Rockstraw, Ph.D., P.E.
office: Jett Hall 157
email: drockstr@nmsu.edu
phone: 646-7705

Teaching Assistants & Recitation

Additional Information

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Announcements

  • Final Exam Summary
    • 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM on Thursday, May 7, 2009 in JH 283
    • exam has four problems, each of which is worth equal credit:
      1. Develop a Langmuir-Hinshelwood rate law. Study Chapter 10 through section 10.3.6. The mechanism will be described to you, and you will be required to write out the elementary steps. Therefore, understanding the terminology in this section of the chapter is important to success on this problem, such as Eley-Rideal mechanism, dual-site mechanism, dissociative adsorption mechanism. Without this understanding, you'll not be able to write out the mechanism, which is critical to developing the rate law.
      2. Determine equilibrium conversion of a reversible reaction. Be knowledgeable of the content of Section 3.2.3, Example 8-6, and Appendix C.
      3. Analyze a series reaction scheme (there is a typo on the exam calling this a parallel reaction, where it is actually a series reaction). Study Section 6.3, and Example 6-4. Modify this example for reactions that are not first-order, then develop equivalent solutions for those problems.
      4. Demonstrate understanding of the thermal effects on selectivity. Study Sections 2.4 and 3.3, Example 2-4, and Chapter 6 Sections 1 and 2.
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