Chemical Kinetics
Code: 102404 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500897 Chemical Engineering | OB | 2 | 1 |
| 2500897 Chemical Engineering | OB | 2 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Maria Teresa Gea Leiva
- Email:
- teresa.gea@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
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Teachers
- José Antonio Bueno Mancebo
Prerequisites
It is recommended to have obtained the fundamental knowledge of the subjects Química Inorgànica i de l’Equilibri i Bases de l’Enginyeria Química
Objectives and Contextualisation
The objectives of the Chemical Kinetics course are to acquire and consolidate the fundamental concepts of kinetic, stoichiometry and reaction mechanisms as well as homogenous kinetics and heterogeneous catalytic kinetic. However, it is intended to acquire the skills specified in this teaching guide.
Competences
- Chemical Engineering
- Apply scientific method to systems in which chemical, physical or biological transformations are produced both on a microscopic and macroscopic scale.
- Develop personal work habits.
- Develop thinking habits.
- Understand and apply the basic principles on which chemical engineering is founded, and more precisely: balances of matter, energy and thermodynamic momentum, phase equilibrium and kinetic chemical equilibrium of the physical processes of matter, energy and momentum transfer, and kinetics of chemical reactions
- Work in a team.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse a scientific study of the kinetics of a chemical reaction.
- Apply and identify basic concepts related with chemical engineering.
- Apply the concepts of heterogeneous catalytic chemical kinetics.
- Apply the concepts of homogenous chemical kinetics.
- Develop independent learning strategies.
- Develop scientific thinking.
- Use criteria to determine the control stage of heterogeneous catalytic processes.
- Work autonomously.
- Work cooperatively.
Content
1. Introduction. Fundamental concepts
1.1. Types of chemical reactions
1.2. Balance, kinetic and stoichiometry
1.3. Stoichiometric model
1.4. Reaction measurement of progress
1.5. Concept of reaction speed
1.6. Mechanism of reaction and kinetic model
2. Homogeneous kinetics
2.1. Reactions in homogeneous media
2.2 Dependence of concentration and temperature
2.3. Determination of reaction velocity and kinetic equation
2.4. Simultaneous reactions
3. Heterogeneous catalytic kinetics
3.1. Catalysts. Materials and properties.
3.2. Adsorption
3.3. Kinetic models for catalyzed reactions by solids
3.4. External and internal transfer of subject matter
3.5. Methods to determine the controlling resistance
3.6. Disabling solid catalysts
Methodology
The teaching methodology of this subject combines different elements: master classes and seminars; problem-based learning; analysis of scientific work; cooperative learning; peer evaluation; flipped clasrooms.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Problem solving | 15 | 0.6 | |
| master class | 30 | 1.2 | |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Seminars | 5.5 | 0.22 | |
| Works | 8 | 0.32 | 1 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Problem solving | 35 | 1.4 | |
| Study | 32 | 1.28 | 1 |
| article searching | 5 | 0.2 | 1 |
| books and articles reading | 4.5 | 0.18 | 1 |
| tutorials | 6 | 0.24 |
Assessment
Process and evaluation activities programmed
The subject consists of the following evaluation activities:
1. Seminars and tests that can be evaluated
- First evaluable test PA1. Evaluable seminar, problem-based learning, problem solving in a collaborative way. 5% of the mark of the subject
- Second test evaluable PA3. Scientific divulgation. Peer evaluation. 15% of the mark of the subject.
- Third PA4 assessable test. Submission of written work done in groups + Seminar. 15% of the mark of the subject.
2. Examinations
- First exam on Topics 1 and 2. 30% of the mark of the subject
- Second global exam 35% of the mark of the subject.
Programming of evaluation activities
The scheduling of the assessment activities will be given on the first day of the subject and will be made public through the Virtual Campus.
Recovery process
The recovery of the subject will be done through a synthesis examination of the syllabus corresponding to the entire subject.
Procedure for the review of qualifications
For each assessment activity, a place,date and time of revision will beindicated in which the student will be able to review the activity with the teacher. In this context, claims can be made about the activity note, which will be evaluated by the teachers responsible for the subject. If the student does not submit to this review, this activity will not be reviewed later.
Qualifications
Honor enrollments Grantingan honorific matriculation qualification is a decision of the faculty responsible for the subject. The regulations of the UAB indicate that MH can only be awarded to students who have obtained a final grade of 9.00 or more. It can be granted up to 5% of MH of the total number of students enrolled.
A student will be considered non-evaluable (NA) if it has not been presented in a set of activities whose weight equals to a minimum of two thirds of the total grade of the subject.
Irregularities by the student, copy and plagiarism
Notwithstanding other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, the irregularities committed by the student that can lead to a variation in the rating of an evaluation act will be graded with a zero. Therefore, copying, plagiarizing, cheating, copying, etc. In any of the assessment activities it will imply suspending it with a zero. Assessment activities qualified in this way and by this procedure will not be recoverable. If it is necessary to pass any of these assessment activities to pass the subject, this subject will be suspended directly, without opportunity to recover it in the same course.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seminars, works and evaluable tests | 35% | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 2, 9, 8 |
| Written evaluation tests | 65% | 6 | 0.24 | 3, 4, 6, 5, 7 |
Bibliography
Izquierdo, J.F., y col. "Cinética de las Reacciones Químicas". Ed. U.B., 2004.
Fogler, H.S. "Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering", 4th ed., Prentice-Hall, 2005.
Levenspiel, O. "Chemical Reaction Engineering", 3rd. ed., John Wiley and Sons, 1999
On-line resources
Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Dynamics
By: Houston, Paul L. Courier Dover Publications.
https://app.knovel.com/web/toc.v/cid:kpCKRD0001/viewerType:toc/root_slug:chemical-kinetics-reaction?kpromoter=federation
Principles of Chemical Kinetics
By: House, J. E. Academic Press
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uab/reader.action?docID=535154&ppg=90
An Introduction to Chemical Kinetics
By: Margaret Robson Wright. John Wiley & Sons Incorporated
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/047009060X
Software
MS Excel