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Instructor

Professor H. Scott Fogler
3168 DOW, 763-1361, sfogler@umich.edu
Office Hours : Stop by anytime.

GSIs

Michael Senra
(3106 Dow) senra@umich.edu
other TA's if needed,
Lizzie Wang (3102 Dow)

Text
Required

  • The Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 4th Edition (available at the North Campus Bookstore)
Recommended
  • Problem Solving in Chemical Engineering with Numerical Methods, Cutlip & Shacham
  • The Elements of Style, Strunk and White 
  • Strategies for Creative Problem Solving, Fogler and Leblanc (for OEP)
CRE Website and Web Modules
2) Friday, September 9  
    Topic: Chapter 3 - Rate Laws
    Finish Reading:
     

3) Monday, September 12  

    Topic: Molecular CRE
    1. Collision Theory
    Finish Reading: PRS 3.1
    Hand In: ICM 1: Quiz Show I
    ICM 2: Staging
     

    4) Wednesday, September 14  

    Topic: Molecular CRE
    2. Transition State Theory
    Finish Reading: PRS 3.2
    Hand In: Problem Set 1
     

    5) Friday, September 16  

    Topic:

    Transition State Theory

     

    6) Wednesday, September 21  

    Topic:

    Chapter 3 - Stoichiometry
    Chapter 4 - CRE Algorithm

    Finish Reading: PRS 3.5
     

    7) Friday, September 23  

    Topic:

    Journal Critique
    Finish Reading: Grieger & Eckert Article - Course Pack
    Hand In: Problem Set 2
    ICM 3: Quiz Show II
     

    8) Monday, September 26  

    Topic: PFR, CSTR, PBR
    Semi Batch Reactors
    Membrane Reactors
    Hand In: ICM 11: HetroCat

    9) Wednesday, September 28
    Topic: Packed Bed Reactor
    Pressure Drop
    Catalyst Deactivation
    Finish Reading: Chapters 4 and 10
    CDROM Summary Notes
    Do all examples and self tests
    Hand In: Problem Set 3
    ICM 4: Murder Mystery

    10) Wednesday, October 5
    Topic: Catalyst Deactivation
    Finish Reading: Chapter 10

    Hand In:

    ICM 5: Tic Tac

    11) Friday, October 7
    Topic: Moving Bed Reactors
    Straight Through Transport Reactors
    Finish Reading: Chapter 10

    Hand In:

    Problem Set 4

    12) Wednesday, October 12
    Topic: Chapter 6
    Multiple Reactions
    Series Parallel Complex
    Finish Reading: Chapter 6
    Chapter 6 on the web
    Do all audios, examples, and self tests.

    13) Friday, October 14
    Topic: Complex Reactions
    Membrane Reactors
    Finish Reading: Chapter 6
    Hand In: Problem Set 5

    14) Wednesday, October 19
    Topic: Oscillating Reactions
    Finish Reading: Web Module
    Hand In: Problem Set 6
    ICM 7: Great Race

    15) Friday, October 21
    Topic: Heat Effects
    Hand In: Problem Set 7

    16) Wednesday, October 26
    Topic: Heat Effects
    Multiple Steady States
    CSTR Runaway
    Finish Reading: Chapter 8
    PRS 8
    Hand In: ICM 9: Heat Effects I
    ICM 10: Heat Effects II

    17) Friday, October 28
    Topic: PFR Runaway
    Finish Reading: PRS 8
    Hand In: Problem Set 8

    18) Wednesday, November 2

    No class
    National AIChE Meeting,
    Cincinnati OH (10/30 - 11/4)

    19) Friday, November 4

    Exam I (Material through 10/19 Oscillating Reactions)
    National AIChE Meeting,
    Cincinnati OH

    20) Wednesday, November 9

    Topic: Axial and Radial Gradients FEMLAB Handout
    Finish Reading: Chapter 8 and Web Module
    FEMLAB CD - Documentation
    Hand In: Problem Set 9

    21) Friday, November 11
    Topic: Stability Revisited
    RTD C(t), E(t), F(t)
    Finish Reading: Chapter 8
    Chapter 13

    22) Wednesday, November 16

    Topic: RTD for Ideal
    PFR, CSTR
    Laminar Flow Reactors
    RTD Reactor in Series
    Finish Reading: Chapter 13
    Hand In: Problem Set 10

    23) Tuesday, November 18

    Topic: Diagnostics
    Segregation Model
    Finish Reading: Chapter 13

    24) Monday, November 21

    Topic: No Class

    25) Wednesday, November 23

    Topic: Maximum Mixedness/One Parameter Model
    Finish Reading: Chapter 13
    Hand In: Problem Set 11

    26) Wednesday, November 30

    Topic: RTD/One Parameter Models
    Tanks-in-Series/Dispersion
    Finish Reading: Chapter 14

    27) Friday, December 2

    Topic: One Parameter Model Dispersion
    Finish Reading: Chapter 14
    Hand In: Problem Set 12

    28) Monday, December 5

    Topic: Two Parameter Models
    Finish Reading:

    Chapter 14

    29) Friday, December 9

    Topic: Two Parameter Models
    Hand In: Problem Set 13

    30) Monday, December 12

    No Class

    31) Tuesday, December 13

    Fall Term Classes End

    32) Friday, December 16

    Final Exam (4:00 - 6:00 pm)