Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of California Davis, Winter 2000
ECH 156A Syllabus and Related Course Information
Instructor: B. C. Gates, 3110 Bainer, email: BCGates@UCDavis.edu
Office Hours: M 3 - 4 pm, W 9 - 10 am
Teaching Assistant: None email: not_anyone@ucdavis.edu
Office Hours:
Grader : Jolie Wu email: jtwu@ucdavis.edu
Class Web Site: http://www.engr.ucdavis.edu/~catal/ech156a/syllabus.html
Email Comments about this Site to : catal@engr.ucdavis.edu
Text Book: H. Scott Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 1999
Fogler Web Site: http://www.engin.umich.edu/~cre
Material in textbook to be covered in the course: Chapters 1,2,3,4,5 & in part 6,8
Class Meetings: Lecture MWF 10 am , Discussion 3:10 pm, all in 1204 Haring
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Week |
Subject |
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1 |
Introduction; mole balances |
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2 |
Mole balances; conversion and reactor sizing |
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3 |
Conversion and reactor sizing; rate laws and stoichiometry |
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4 |
Rate Laws and stoichiometry, 1st Midterm Exam |
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5 |
Isothermal reactor design |
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6 |
Isothermal reactor design; collection and analysis of rate data |
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7 |
Collection and analysis of rate data |
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8 |
Collection and analysis of rate data, multiple reactions ;2nd Midterm Exam |
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9 |
Multiple reactions, nonisothermal reactor design |
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10 |
Nonisothermal reactor design |
Basis for grading:
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1st Midterm Exam |
22.5 % |
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2nd Midterm Exam |
22.5 % |
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Final Exam |
35.0 % |
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Homework |
20.0 % |
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