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SAMPLE COURSE SYLLABUS
ChE 344: CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING
Fundamentals of chemical reaction engineering. Rate laws, kinetics, and mechanisms of homogeneous
and heterogeneous reactions. Analysis of rate data, multiple reactions, heat effects, bioreactors. Design
of industrial reactors.
Prerequisite: ChE 330, ChE 342
Fall 2015
Lectures: M,W 8:40 (Sharp) to 10:30 (not so sharp) – Room: 1013 Dow
Instructor:
Professor H. Scott Fogler
3168 DOW, 763-1361, sfogler@umich.edu
Office Hours: M,W 10:30a to 11:30a
Course assistants include: Instructional aids, tutor, proctors, and graders
Text Required
Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 5th edition, H. Scott Fogler
Web site: www.umich.edu/~elements/5e
Recommended Reading List
• Problem Solving in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering with POLYMATH, Excel,
and MATLAB, 2nd Edition 2008, Cutlip & Shacham
• The Elements of Style, Strunk and White
• Strategies for Creative Problem Solving, 3rd Edition 2014, Fogler, LeBlanc & Rizzo
(for OEP’s)
Schedule
*Note – all ICGs (Interactive Computer Games) are Individual*
1) Wednesday, September 9
Topic: Lecture 1 – Chapter 1, Introduction, POLYMATH, Mole balances
Read: Preface, Prerequisites, Appendix B
In-Class Problem: No In-Class Problem
2) Monday, September 14
Topic: Lecture 2 – Chapter 2, Design equations, Levenspiel plots, Reactor staging
Read: Chapter 1, P1-9A, Appendix A, from the Web
Chapter 2, Sections 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3
Hand In: Problem Set 1: P1-1A, P1-6B
In-Class Problem: 1
Study Problems: P1-8A
3) Wednesday, September 16
Topic: Lecture 3 – Chapter 3, Rate laws
Read: Chapter 2, Chapter 3
Hand In: Problem Set 2: Define terms in the Arrhenius Equation, P2-2A, Intro to
Learncheme
In-Class Problem: 2 (Hint: Viewing the University of Alabama YouTube video “The Black
Widow” noted in Problem P3-8B may help you with today’s in class
problem)