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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 01 Apr: course evaluations are running. The comments and feedback you provide are extremely helpful to improve this course, and other courses that I teach at McMaster. 09 Apr: the final class on Wednesday will be an overview of the entire course, and review what we have covered. This should be helpful as part of your learning for the final exam. 09 Apr: if you want to improve your Python skills over the summer, consider registering for this Coursera course.

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, 6 and 7 Tutorial 4 Tutorial 5 Assignment 3A (with solutions) Assignment 3B (with solutions) 8 and 9 Tutorial 6 Tutorial 7 Assignment 4: parts of both tutorials 10 and 11 Question/answer session for your course project. Tests, exams and project Course project and a guide on how to submit your project electronically Written midterm Final exam

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