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Introduction to Reactor Design: CHE 3K4

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Course outline Course videos/audio from 2013 Copyright and other legal stuff Comments, questions, feedback? Don't wait for official course evaluations. Announcements (previous ones) or follow @3k4reactors 22 Feb: Tutorial 5 is posted. Please have a copy of MATLAB, Python and/or Polymath installed on your laptops. If you can't get it working, bring your computer to Monday's tutorial and I will help getting it working. The tutorial is due as assignment 3B on 28 February. I will be posting some demo source code for MATLAB, Python and Polymath over the weekend. 22 Feb: Solutions to the midterm are posted. At the very least, please read the comments on the first 2 pages; we also went through the solutions in the class on 14 February.

Topic Latest slides (last update, version #) 0. Course outline and overview PDF 1. Mole balances PDF (16 Jan, 19:00, v23) 2. Conversion and reactor sizing PDF (21 Jan, 19:45, v26) 3. Rate laws and stoichiometry PDF (31 Jan, 19:50, v28) 4. Isothermal reactor design No slides, but click on link for PDF of handouts 5. Collection and analysis of rate data 6. Multiple reactions 7. Steady-state nonisothermal reactor design 8. Distributions of residence times 9. Course wrap up Suggested course readings

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Assignments and Tutorials (by week number) Week number Tutorial Assignment 2 Tutorial 1 and assignment 1 (with solutions) 3 Tutorial 2 Assignment 2 (with solutions) 4 Tutorial 3 5 and 6 Tutorial 4 Assignment 3A (with solutions) 7 Tutorial 5 and assignment 3B Tests, exams and project Course project Written midterm Final exam	See all your course calendars here: http://learnche.mcmaster.ca/calendar