B.E. (Chemical Engineering) Chemical Reaction Engineering II Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

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The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first, second and third years are on NEP 2020; the final year is still on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for it this year.

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Syllabus for Chemical Reaction Engineering-II

Semester 6 · Third Year BE Chemical

Module 1: Non-ideal flow reactors

Concept of residence time distribution (RTD), Measurement and characteristics of RTD, RTD in Ideal batch reactors, Plug Flow Reactor, and CSTR. Zero Parameter Model –Segregation and Maximum mixedness model. One- parameter model–Tanks in series model and Dispersion Model. Self-learning topics: Use of RTD in scale-up studies, Troubleshooting industrial reactors using RTD data

Module 2: Introduction to Heterogeneous Reaction Systems and Catalyst Properties.

Rate Steps involved in heterogeneous reactions. Types of heterogeneous reaction systems with industrial examples. Properties of solid catalysts, Physical adsorption and Chemisorption, Surface area and pore size distribution. Self-learning topics: Catalyst preparation techniques , Catalyst regeneration methods

Module 3: Catalytic Heterogeneous Reactions

Langmuir- Hinshelwood model, and the General mechanism of solid-catalysed fluid- phase reactions. Derivations for LHHW model mechanism-various cases, Concept of effectiveness factor of catalyst, and its dependence on catalyst properties Self-learning topics: Industrial case study of catalytic reaction

Module 4: Introduction to Catalytic Reactors

Packed Bed Reactor, Fluidized Bed, Trickle Bed, and Slurry Reactor. Experimental reactors for heterogeneous Reactions. Numerical based on the Design of Packed Bed Reactor (Calculation of weight/volume of catalyst). Self-learning topics: Safety considerations in catalytic reactor operation and Industrial case study

Module 5: Non-Catalytic Heterogeneous Reactions

Kinetics: General mechanism of reaction. Various models. Specific cases with respect: (a) Film diffusion controlling. (b) Ash diffusion controlling. (c) Chemical reaction controlling. Design of reactors for non-catalytic reactions: Non-Catalytic Fluid Solid Reactions in Flow Reactor. Application to design of continuous solid flow reactors; various design considerations, Application of fluid bed reactors and their design considerations. Self-learning topics: Gas–solid reactions in environmental engineering, Numerical solution of moving boundary problems

Module 6: Kinetics of fluid- fluid reactions & Applications to design

Reaction with mass transfer, the rate equation pertaining to fast to very slow reactions. Design of gas-liquid, heterogeneous reactors for the straight mass transfer case. Self-learning topics: Mass Transfer with Chemical Reaction case

Text Books

1 Levenspiel O., Chemical Reaction Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, 3ed.,1999.
2 Smith J.M., Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3ed., Tata McGraw Hill,1980.
3 Fogler, H.S. Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 4ed.,PHI, 2008
4 Hill C.G., Chemical Reaction Engineering
1 Walas, Reaction Kinetics for Chemical Engineers, McGraw Hill, 1959.
2 Doraiswamy & Sharma, Heterogeneous Reaction, Vol. 1 & 2, John Wiley, 1984.
3 Walas, Chemical Reaction Engineering { Hand Book of Solved problems, Gordon & Breach,
1 https://nptel.ac.in/courses/103101141
2 https://nptel.ac.in/courses/103101008
3 https://virtual-labs.learnchemie.com/catalytic-reactor/

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. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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