Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design
MIT 10 .37
Subject & Catalog Number
Course Information
Description
Applies the concepts of reaction rate, stoichiometry and equilibrium to the analysis of chemical and biological reacting systems. Derivation of rate expressions from reaction mechanisms and equilibrium or steady state assumptions. Design of chemical and biochemical reactors via synthesis of chemical kinetics, transport phenomena, and mass and energy balances. Topics: chemical/biochemical pathways; enzymatic, pathway and cell growth kinetics; batch, plug flow and well-stirred reactors for chemical reactions and cultivations of microorganisms and mammalian cells; heterogeneous and enzymatic catalysis; heat and mass transport in reactors, including diffusion to and within catalyst particles and cells or immoblized enzymes.
Class Notes
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Faculty: Brandon Dekosky;
Prereq: 10.213 and 10.302;
Subject Level: Undergraduate
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
