MHEI6 - Electrochemical reactors

Course specification
Course title		Electrochemical reactors
Acronym		MHEI6
Study programme		Chemical engineering
Module
Lecturer (for classes)		prof. dr Snežana Gojković
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		4.0	Status
Condition			Облик условљености
The goal		Course should enable a student to analyze and improve performances of a given reactor encountered in an electrochemical plant or water purification unit as well as to select or even design the reactor for a specific purpose.
The outcome		Student connected previous knowledge of the chemical and electrochemical kinetics with the mass transfer phenomena and grasp mathematical models of electrochemical reactors ; - Student is familiar with some examples of electrochemical reactors applied in different fields of electrochemical technology ; - Student is able to i) analyze performances of a given reactor, ii) select a proper reactor available on the market and possibly iii) design electrochemical reactor for a specific purpose
Contents
Contents of lectures		* Components and operating regimes of the electrochemical reactors, classification of the reactors ; * Model of the plug-flow reactor and recirculating plug-flow reactors ; * Models of the electrochemical reactors with ideal mixing – continuous flow stirred tank reactor, recirculation, cascade, batch reactor ; * Specific reactors – plug-flow reactor with total recirculation, cascade of plug-flow reactors, electrochemical reactors with tridimensional electrode ; * Influence of the chemical steps and adsorption on the reactor design ; * Connection of individual units into a composite reactor ; * Optimization of electrochemical reactors, simulation and control of the reactors, similarity and scale-up of the reactors ; * Practical examples of electrochemical reactors – reactor for organic electrosynthesis, reactor for waste water treatment, bio-electrochemical reactor
Contents of exercises		Individual student’s work on the literature survey, writing and presentation of the seminar paper
Literature
1. S. Zečević, S. Gojković, B. Nikolić, Elektrochemical Engineering, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, 2011. (in Serbian) 2. D.J. Picket, Electrochemical Reactor Design, (2nd ed.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1979. 3. K. Scott, Electrochemical Reaction Engineering, Academic Press, London, 1991. 4. G. Prentice, Electrochemical Engineering Principles, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1991.
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
4	0	0
Methods of teaching		Lectures – theory and numerical problems ; Individual student’s work
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures			Test paper
Practical lessons		20	Oral examination	50
Projects
Colloquia
Seminars		30