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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 28 Mar: the course project scope, like all engineering projects, has just been updated. Please download the revised PDF; changes are marked in red text. It is due on 05 April, at 15:00 (updated). 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.

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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