22PI42 - Polymer Reaction Engineering

Course specification
Course title		Polymer Reaction Engineering
Acronym		22PI42
Study programme
Module
Lecturer (for classes)		prof. dr Aleksandar Orlović prof. dr Simonida Tomić
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		prof. dr Simonida Tomić doc. dr Marko Stamenić
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		6.0	Status
Condition		To attend the course - 120 ЕCTS; To attend the exam - following exame passed:Elements of Reactor Design	Облик условљености
The goal		Knowledge attainment in the field of reactor design (continuation to the course Elements of Reactor Design) referred to:nonisothermal reactor design and analysis of nonideal reactors. Also the, the aim of this course is to introduce students to the principles of polymer reaction engineering by presenting the most important processes in the polymer industry, with a focus on mass production of polymers, polyolefins, polystyrene and polyvinyl chloride. Students will become familiar with new trends in polymerization processes.
The outcome		On the basis of the knowledge gained in this course, students are capable of solving simpler problems regarding reactor design and analysis of nonideal reactors in polymer engineering.
Contents
Contents of lectures		Industrial chemical reactors; Multiple steady states and ignition-extinction curve (Continuous stirred tank reactor); Steady-state Bifurcation Analysis; Approach to the Steady-state; Optimal design of nonisothermal processes; Analysis of nonideal reactors; Introduction to polymerization processes; Free radical polymerization (FRP): Homogeneous systems; Free radical polymerization: Heterogeneous systems; Polymerization in suspension; Polymerization in emulsion; Step-growth polymerization; Polymer Reaction Engineering-Free radical polymerization. Work (performances) reactor.
Contents of exercises		Practilal part consists of problem solving in following fields: Multiple steady states and ignition-extinction curve (Continuous stirred tank reactor); Steady-state Bifurcation Analysis; Approach to the Steady-state; Optimal design of nonisothermal processes; Analysis of nonideal reactors.
Literature
Scripts: Design of industrial catalytic reactors (in Serbian). A. Orlovic Chemical Reaction Engineering. Octave Levenspiel (translated to Serbian by G. Jovanovic and N. Catinovic). Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, 1991. Elements of chemical reaction engineering. S. Fogler, Prentice Hall 3rd Ed. 1999. Meyer T., Keurentje J. (Eds.). Handbook of Polymer Reaction Engineering. Wiley 2005. H.U. Moritz, W. Pauer (Eds). Polymer Reaction Engineering: 9th International Workshop (Macromolecular Symposia). Wiley-VCH, 302 (2011) 1-304.
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
3	2
Methods of teaching		Lectures and practices in reactor design. Consultations.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures			Test paper	50
Practical lessons			Oral examination
Projects
Colloquia		45
Seminars