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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 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. 09 Apr: an important final survey for 3K4 is required. You must fill out this peer-evaluation to obtain your grade for the course project. 10 Apr: Another reminder that 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.

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 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, 6 and 7 Tutorial 4 Tutorial 5 Assignment 3A (with solutions) Assignment 3B (with solutions) 8 and 9 Tutorial 6 Tutorial 7 Assignment 4A (with solutions) Assignment 4B 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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