Online Courses Handbook 2003

306072 (v.1) ChE 477 Catalytic Combustion

Area:	Department of Chemical Engineering
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	12.5
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	302260 (v.2) ChE 323 Transport Phenomena or any previous version AND 302263 (v.2) ChE 325 Reaction Engineering or any previous version
General introduction - basic concepts and terminology, chemistry of catalytic combustion. Transport phenomena and conservation equations. Thermodynamic and Kinetic considerations. Gas phase reactions. Catalysts preparation and support systems. Catalyst characterisation. Experimental studies and data analyses. Modelling of catalytic combustion processes. Combustion applications. Selective oxidation and hydrocarbon processing. Introduction to environmental catalysis.

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