CHE 354 “Chemical Reactor Design”

Professor Alan Lane, PhD Who is this guy?!

Doobie ‘Doghouse’ Wilson? Evil twin? Multiple personality?

Resume B.S. Chemical Engineering - Washington B.S. Chemical Engineering - Washington B.S. Chemistry - Washington B.S. Chemistry - Washington Ph.D. Chemical Engineering - Massachusetts Ph.D. Chemical Engineering - Massachusetts Battelle-PNL Battelle-PNL Union Carbide Union Carbide Sabbaticals: Qingdao, PRC; Boise Cascade, Portland; Bangor, Wales; Argonne National Lab, Chicago Sabbaticals: Qingdao, PRC; Boise Cascade, Portland; Bangor, Wales; Argonne National Lab, Chicago Professor of Chemical Engineering at Alabama since Professor of Chemical Engineering at Alabama since Taught CHE 354 and CHE 554 many times Taught CHE 354 and CHE 554 many times Research has reaction engineering focus Research has reaction engineering focus Published in J. Catal., Chem. Eng. Comm., AIChE J., J. Colloid Int. Sci., Cat. Letters, etc. (~60 total) Published in J. Catal., Chem. Eng. Comm., AIChE J., J. Colloid Int. Sci., Cat. Letters, etc. (~60 total)

CHE Building Blocks Material Balances Energy Balances Thermo Separation Processes Heat Transfer Fluid Mechanics Reactor Design LabsDesignElectives

Example of PFR Design In – Out – React = Accumulation F A0 FAFA Mole Balance Reaction Rate Stoichiometry

Why Computationally Intensive? F A0 FAFA Complex Kinetics Coupled ODEs Unsteady State (PDE)

The Path to Enlightenment Text & Web CD/Web Modules Class Lectures FAQ Summary Notes HW Office Hours CD/Web Resources Teams

H. Scott Fogler Professor of CHE The University of Michigan Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering

Text Structure Chapter Title Chapter Title Interesting Quote Interesting Quote Overview Overview Short Sections Short Sections  Margin Notes  Links Closure Closure Summary Summary CD ROM Material CD ROM Material Questions and Problems Questions and Problems Supplementary Reading Supplementary Reading

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Homework Homework  ~9 hours/week concentrated study Tests Tests  Four semester exams  Final exam Grades Grades Expectations

Active Learning Active Learning  See web page “study suggestions”  Many hands-on teaming exercises Computer Intensive Course Computer Intensive Course  Homework  Class examples  Not used on tests  Spreadsheets, ODE solver (Polymath)

Expectations Attendance Attendance  Required  Extremely easy to be excused:  Call, , drop a note before class begins  Unexcused absence will result in personal call from me  Arrive on time and wait until dismissed to pack up and leave

Expectations Teams Teams  Why teams?!  Required by ABET  Requested by industry  Taught in introductory courses  Objectives  Further develop teaming skills  Team responsible for individual mastery of subject  Professional quality HW solutions  More detailed critique by professor

Expectations Teams (cont.) Teams (cont.)  Randomly selected teams of 4  Research concludes this is an ideal number  Research concludes self-selected groups do not function well  Individual roles assumed and rotated each week (Manager, etc.)

Expectations Teams (cont.) Teams (cont.)  Team Homework  Each member should sketch HW solutions individually  Come to meeting prepared  Turn in one, professional-quality solution  Attach a signed cover letter affirming each member’s contribution to the work.

Expectations Teams (cont.) Teams (cont.)  Team Grading  One grade for HW assignment (10% of course grade)

Expectations Teams (cont.) Teams (cont.)  Your benefits  Better HW solutions than individually possible  Three colleagues with a vested interest in your learning  Opportunity to teach the subject