Course Title: Reaction Engineering

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Reaction Engineering

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

PROC2083

City Campus

Undergraduate

120H Civil, Environmental & Chemical Engineering

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2006,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 2 2012,
Sem 2 2013,
Sem 2 2014,
Sem 2 2015,
Sem 2 2016

PROC2083

City Campus

Undergraduate

172H School of Engineering

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2017,
Sem 2 2018,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2023

Course Coordinator: Ken Chiang

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 2060

Course Coordinator Email: Ken.Chiang@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Room 10.10.15


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None.


Course Description

This course provides an introduction to reactor design and an awareness of practical applications in real systems. It aims to establish basic tools and methodologies for carrying out analysis of simple reaction systems.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for BH079 Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) (Honours) and associated double degrees.

1.1. Comprehensive, theory based understanding of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and the engineering fundamentals applicable to the engineering discipline.

1.2. Conceptual understanding of the, mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics, and computer and information sciences which underpin the engineering discipline


On completion of this course, you should be able to:

  1. Explain and apply basic equations for batch and steady state continuous reactors;
  2. Evaluate and simulate a number of homogeneous systems using continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR), plug flow reactor (PFR) and packed bed reactor (PBR) models;
  3. Derive simple kinetic models for biochemical and catalytic reaction processes.


Overview of Learning Activities

You will participate in pre-recorded lecture videos/tutorials (or lectorial) and laboratory sessions. You will work individually with the opportunity to work collaboratively with your peers in tutorials, to perform assignments and in laboratory sessions. The course is supported by the Canvas learning management system.

Details of Learning Activities 

This course will be delivered on-campus. Students are required to view all pre-recorded lecture videos at their own time prior to joining the tutorial sessions. Face-to-face lectorial sessions will be available to students. Students will work individually on written assessment tasks and be given the opportunity to work collaboratively with peers in tutorial problems and an assignment related to Reaction Engineering Laboratory. The course is supported by the Canvas learning management system.


Overview of Learning Resources

You will be provided access to lecture notes, tutorials (plus solutions), and lecture videos.

Support can also be found at RMIT Library Guides: http://rmit.libguides.com/chemicaleng


Overview of Assessment

☒This course has no hurdle requirements.

Assessment tasks

Task 1: Assessable Tutorial Questions
Weighting: 10%
These assessment tasks support CLOs 1 and 2

Task 2: Mid-semester test
Weighting: 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1 and 2

This assessment is a timed and timetabled assessment that students must attend on campus except for international students who are outside Australia.

Task 3: Final test
Weighting: 40%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1 and 2

This assessment is a timed and timetabled assessment that students must attend on campus except for international students who are outside Australia.

Task 4: Assignment
Weighting: 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1 and 2