CRE Lab

• To impart knowledge about the basic fundamental principles of chemical reaction engineering by performing different experiments.
• To make them correlate theory and practical process by experimentation.
• To provide them practical know how about different types of reactors and also the concept of non-ideal flow.

After completion of the course student will be able to:

1. CO1Determine the order and rate constant of chemical reactions in various reactor setups (PFR, CSTR, Batch).
2. CO2Analyze the esterification reaction and determine the order and rate constant at room temperature.
3. CO3Understand and operate adiabatic batch reactors for reaction studies.
4. CO4Evaluate reaction equilibrium constants for the reaction of acetic acid with ethanol.
5. CO5Study residence time distribution and plot F-Curve and C-Curve in stirred tank and plug flow reactors.
6. CO6Calculate the energy of activation for a given chemical reaction.

REFERENCEBOOKS

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Books

1. YEAR OFPUBLICATION/ REPRINT
2. Smith,J,M,“ChemicalEngineeringKinetics”,3rdEdition,McGraw-Hill (1990). 1990
3. Levenspiel,O.,“ChemicalReactionEngineering”,3rdEdition,JohnWiley, (1998). 1998
4. FoglerH.S.,Elementsof ChemicalReactionEngineering,4th edition,Prentice Hallof India,(2008) 1997 LISTOFEXPERIMENTS:
5. To determine the order and rate constant of saponification reaction at room temperature in a PFR.
6. To determine the order and rate constant of saponification reaction at room temperature in a CSTR
7. To determine the order and rate constant of saponification reaction at room temperature in a Batch reactor.
8. To determine the order and rate constant of esterification reaction at room temperature.
9. Study and operation of an adiabatic batch reactor
10. Study of a reversible reaction in a batch reactor
11. To determine reaction equilibrium constant of reaction of acetic acid with ethanol.
12. To study the residence time distribution in a stirred tank reactor and plot the F-Curve and C-Curve for given Reactor.
13. To study the residence time distribution in a plug flow reactor and plot the F-Curve and C-Curve for given Reactor.
14. To determine the energy of activation of a given chemical reaction.