B.E. (Chemical Engineering) Chemical Reaction Engineering I Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first and second years are NEP 2020 syllabi; the third and fourth years are still examined on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for them this year.
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Syllabus for Chemical Reaction Engineering-I
Module 1: Introduction to Reaction Engineering and Kinetics of Homogeneous Reactions printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- Definitions of reaction rate, Variables affecting reaction rate, Speed of chemical reactions. Formulation of the rate equation. Molecularity and order of reaction. Rate constant k, temperature-dependent term of the rate equations from Arrhenius theory. Representation of an elementary and non-elementary reaction. Kinetic models for non-elementary reactions. Reaction mechanism and its influence on kinetics. Search for a plausible mechanism via reaction kinetics. Self Learning Topics :Enzyme Kinetics and Michaleis Menten Model Temperature Dependence of Reaction Rates: Collision Theory and Transition State Theory
Module 2: Methods of analysis of experimental data (constant volume) printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- a) Analysis of total pressure data. b) Integral method of analysis of experimental data. c) Differential method for analysing experimental data. d) Concept of Half Life/Fractional Life. Overall order of an irreversible reaction. Self Learning Topics : Determination of Reaction Order Using the Method of Initial Rates and Ostwald's Dilution Method
Module 3: Methods of analysis of experimental data (multiple reaction system + variable volume) printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- Integral method of analysis for : a) First-order reversible reaction. b) Irreversible reaction in parallel and in series (first Order). c) Homogeneous catalysed reactions. d) Auto-catalytic reactions. e) Shifting order reactions. f) Variable volume reaction. Self Learning Topics : Analysis of Consecutive Homogeneous Reactions of Different Orders ( Ex. Zero order followed by first order)
Module 4: Design of Reactors: (Design for single reactions) printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- Ideal batch reactor and concept of batch time. Flow reactor and concept of space time/space velocity and holding time/residence time. Ideal Mixed Flow Reactor (MFR) and Plug Flow Reactor (PFR). Single reactor performance of irreversible and reversible first-order, pseudo-first-order, and second-order reactions for MFR and PFR. Graphical and analytical techniques. Self Learning Topics : Performance Comparison of Batch, CSTR, and PFR for Autocatalytic Homogeneous Reactions.
Module 5: Design of Reactors: (Combination of Reactors) printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- Performance of the multiple reactors for the first-order reactions. a) PFR in series/ parallel. b) MFR in series/ parallel. c) Unequal size MFR in series. d) PFR-MFR in series Introduction to Semi-batch and Recycle Reactor. Self Learning Topics :Design for Irreversible reactions in series and parallel with the same or different orders in various combinations.
Module 6: Introduction to Heat Effects: printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- General graphical design procedure. Optimum temperature progression and Heat effects in adiabatic and non-adiabatic reactions. Exothermic reaction in mixed flow. Self Learning Topics :Thermal Stability of Exothermic Homogeneous Reactions in Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors. Influence of Heat Removal on the Operation of Exothermic Homogeneous Reactors
Text Books
- 1 Levenspiel O., Chemical Reaction Engineering, John Wiley&Sons,3 rd ed.,1999.
- 2 Smith J.M., Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3 rd ed., Tata McGraw-Hill,1980.
- 3 Fogler, H.S. Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 4 th ed, PHI, 2008
- 1 Hill C.G., Chemical Reaction Engineering.
- 2 Walas, Reaction Kinetics for Chemical Engineers, McGraw-Hill, 1959
- 1 nptel.ac.in/courses/103106116
- 2 nptel.ac.in/courses/103103153
- 3 Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Chemical Engineering) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Modules are numbered in sequence here; in the syllabus itself, Module 1 is printed as Module Detailed Content; Module 2 is printed as Module Detailed Content; Module 3 is printed as Module Detailed Content; Module 4 is printed as Module Detailed Content; Module 5 is printed as Module Detailed Content; Module 6 is printed as Module Detailed Content. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
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