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TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY

College of Engineering

Department of Chemical Engineering

Spring 2018 Ver. 7 01/11/2018

Course: CENG 0360, Chemical Reaction Engineering

Lecture Hours: T H 8:10- 9:25

Instructor: Allen J. Smith

Email: ajsmith@tuskegee.edu

Office: Luther H. Foster Hall Room 522A

Phone: 727-8845 (Office) 334-329-8727 (Cell)

Office Hours: T 10-12, 1-3; W 9-10; Th 10-12, 1-3; F 9-10 Other times by appointment

Credit Hours: 3.0

Corequisite: CENG 0310

Textbook: H. Scott Fogler, Essentials of Chemical Reaction Engineering (1st or 2nd

Edition) Prentice Hall. OR H. Scott Fogler, Elements of Chemical

Reaction Engineering (5th Edition) if you intend to go to graduate school

in Chemical Engineering.

Dress Code: Business Casual

References:

1. Octave Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons,

1972

2. Gilbert F. Froment and Kenneth B. Bischoff, Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design,

John Wiley & Sons, 1979.

General Policies:

Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes. A student who arrives in class after

8:20am will be considered absent but may still attend the remainder of the class. The

attendance grade will be based on the percentage of classes present (or excused).

Unannounced “pop” quizzes will be included as part of the homework grade and may be

given at any time. Students who miss a quiz without an official excuse will receive a

zero for that work.

Design Projects submitted at least one day early will receive a 10% bonus. Late work

will be subject to the following penalties: 1 day – 15%, 2 days -50%, 3 days – no credit.

A “day” for the purpose of defining early, timely and late assignments is referenced to

8:10am. Assignments must be submitted in class, given to the instructor, or submitted

through “turnitin.com” as appropriate.

The use of Cell phones and other electronic devices with the exception of calculators will

not be allowed during exams. The use of Cell phones during class is discouraged as it is

distracting to the user, the instructor, and other students.

No exams will be dropped, but exam weights may be lowered at the instructor’s

discretion.

It is likely that any makeup work will need to be scheduled during the interim period.

Thus, a student with a valid excuse will receive a grade of I in the course until the work is

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made up. The exception is if the score on the missed work does not impact the final letter

grade. In this case, no make-up assignment will be given.

A student, who has a medical excuse (i.e. note from a physician or qualified health care

facility) for missing an exam, waives that excuse when he/she shows up at the exam and

begins to take the exam. A make-up exam will not be given.

Some assignments may be given through email or Blackboard. You will be held entirely

responsible for failure to receive and read MYTU email in a timely manner.

All Administrators, Faculty, Staff, and Students are EXPECTED TO

Monitor and maintain their official Tuskegee University e-mail address account.

Check e-mail on a regular basis.

Know and be responsive to requests and deadlines sent through e-mail, as appropriate for

the content of the message.

Write listserv messages using responsible, courteous, and professional language.

Avoid exceeding capacity for e-mail storage on the Tuskegee University’s server by

deleting messages when they are no longer needed.

Use Blackboard and STARFISH. Starfish is the system which monitors variables that

signal less than productive student engagement in the teaching and learning process.

Starfish is located in Blackboard and it provides Faculty and Staff with a convenient

record and alert system to keep track of students’ performance, class attendance, lack of

textbooks, and other patterns of behavior which negatively impacts student learning

outcomes.

Grading Criteria:

Category Percentage (%)

Exams 40

Final Exam 25

Design Projects 15

Homework/Quizzes 15

Attendance 5

Final Grading Scale:

Percentage Letter Grade

86+ A

76-85 B

66-75 C

50-65 D

Below 50 F

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Course Content:

Estimated

Sessions

Topic Reading Assignments

from Essentials(2011)

2 Mole Balances 1 – 24

3 Conversion and Reactor Design 33 – 65

1 Exam # 1 (Topics 1-2)

2 Rate Laws 73 – 96

3 Stoichiometry 105 – 132

3 Isothermal Reactor Design: Conversion 139 – 192

1 Exam # 2 (Topics 3-5)

4 Isothermal Reactor Design: Molar Flow 207 – 235

3 Multiple Reactions 283 – 324

1 Exam # 3 (Topics 6-7)

2 Collection and Analysis of Rate Data 245 – 273

2 Catalysis and Catalytic Reactor Designs 409 – 466

1 Exam # 4 (Topics 8-9)

1 Review for Final Exam

Course Objectives:

Students will:

1. Apply knowledge of mathematics, chemistry, material and energy balances, fluid

mechanics, and heat transfer to reactor design equations.

2. Analyze and interpret statistically raw data on chemical reactions for the design of

reactors.

3. Design safe reactors given reaction data and operation conditions.

4. Submit design reports using word processing software and computing software.

Course Outcomes:

Outcome a b c d e f g h i j K

Objective 1 X X

Objective 2 X X X X

Objective 3 X X X X

Objective 4 X X X X X

a. an ability to apply knowledge of math, science and engineering

b. an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.

c. an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs.

d. an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams.

e. an ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems

f. an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility

g. an ability to communicate effectively.

h. The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in global

and societal context.

i. A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.

j. A knowledge of contemporary issues.

k. An ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for

engineering practice.