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Introduction to Reactor Design: CHE 3K4

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Course outline Course videos/audio from 2013 Software for integrating ODEs Copyright and other legal stuff Comments, questions, feedback? Don't wait for official course evaluations. Announcements (previous ones) or follow @3k4reactors 04 Mar: a summary of the course evaluations. Thank you for your valuable feedback. 05 Mar: as requested, I've posted some suggested problems for you to work on outside tutorials and assignments. 07 Mar: details about the course project are posted now. It is due sooner than you think. Material in prior classes and the coming classes are required to successfully complete this project. 10 Mar: the next tutorial is posted, and is due as part of assignment 4 on Friday, 15 March (or hand in at class on 14 March). 10 Mar: assignment 4 consists of the following: Questions 2 [9] and 3 [11 points] from tutorial 6. Question 1 from tutorial 7 [20 points].

Topic Latest slides (last update) 0. Course outline and overview PDF 1. Mole balances PDF (16 Jan, 19:00) 2. Conversion and reactor sizing PDF (21 Jan, 19:45) 3. Rate laws and stoichiometry PDF (31 Jan, 19:50) 4. Isothermal reactor design No slides 5. Collection and analysis of rate data No slides 6. Multiple reactions No slides 7. Steady-state nonisothermal reactor design No slides 8. Distributions of residence times No slides 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 8 Tutorial 6 9 Tutorial 7 Tests, exams and project Course project Written midterm Final exam	See all your course calendars here: http://learnche.mcmaster.ca/calendar