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Catalytic Reaction Engineering

Auslegung von Gas-Solid Reaktoren

6 CPWinterENno longer offered

Prerequisites

Recommended, as written

• Heat and Mass Transfer • Fundamentals of Chemical Reac-tion Engineering

Contents

Introduction, Characterization of Porous Solids, Reactions on Solid Surfaces, Mass Transfer, Heat Transfer, Catalytic Reactions, Experimental Determination of Parameters, Noncatalytic Reactions, Fixed Bed Reactors, Fluidized Bed Reactors

Learning outcomes

Design and operation of gas-solid reactors

Assessment

• Short tests • Lab reports • Written examination (120 min)

Literature (9)
  • Smith J.M., Chemical Engineering Kinetics, McGraw Hill 1970
  • Levenspiel, O., Chemical Reaction Engineering, Wiley, 2nd edition 1972.
  • Thomas J.M. and Thomas W.J., Principles and Practice of Heterogeneous Catalysis, VCH Weinheim, 1997
  • Satterfield C.N., Heterogeneous Catalysis in Practice, McGraw Hill 1980
  • Satterfield C.N., Mass Transfer in Heterogeneous Catalysts, MIT Press 1977
  • Bowker M., The Basis and Applications of Heterogeneous Catalysis, Oxford Science Publications 1998
  • Ullmann's Encyclopedia of industrial chemistry, 5th edition, VCH Weinheim 1992
  • Kunii D. and Levenspiel O., Fluidization Engineering, Butterworth-Heinemann 1991
  • Higman C. and van der Burgt M., Gasification, Elsevier Amsterdam 2003

Remarks

No offer in WS 2013-14!

Source: BTU's module description · retrieved 16 Oct 2026Original

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Data as of 21 Oct 2026Winter 2026/27Source: BTU