Chemical Engineering

The course is designed to guide students to the critical analysis of the phenomena that interact in reacting systems, using the skills acquired in chemical thermodynamics, transport phenomena and chemical plant design, and with the aim to design and model a variety of reacting systems. At the end of the course the student should be able to: • Recognize the main variables that affect chemical reactor design and modeling • Discuss problems related to the thermal effects occurring in chemical reactors and their implications on the design of heat exchange devices and on the reactor stability • Carry out the basic design of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactor (catalytic reactors, fluid-solid reactors and gas-liquid reactors) • Develop models for reactor simulation