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Course, academic year 2026/2027
  
   
Industrial Reactors - AM409020
Title: Industrial Reactors
Form of teaching: lecture+practicals
Guaranteed by: Department of Chemical Engineering (409)
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Engineering
Actual: from 2026
Duration in semesters: 1
Semester: winter
Points: winter s.:5
E-Credits: winter s.:5
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited / unlimited (unknown)
Maximum number of enrolled students: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Repeated enrollment: - / - / - / 9
Guarantor: prof. Ing. Kočí Petr Ph.D.
Interchangeability : M409020, N409078
Is interchangeable with: M409020
This subject contains the following additional online materials
Annotation -
The course Industrial Reactors builds upon the knowledge acquired in Chemical Reactor Engineering and focuses on the practical applications of chemical reactors in industrially relevant processes and large-scale commodity chemical production. In addition to technological aspects, particular emphasis is placed on process modelling and computer simulation.
Last update: Kočí Petr (04.11.2026)
Course completion requirements -

Students are required to pass a written test and successfully defend their project.

Last update: Kočí Petr (04.11.2026)
Literature -

Obligatory:

  • Murzin Dmitry Yu.. Chemical Reaction Technology, 2nd Edition. : De Gruyter, 2022, s. ISBN 978-3-11-071252-0.
  • Fogler H. Scott. Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 5th Edition. : Prentice Hall / Pearson Education, 2016, s. ISBN 978-0-13-388751-8.

Last update: Kočí Petr (04.11.2026)
Teaching methods -

Lectures, seminars, individual project work, including computer-based work, both guided and independent.

Last update: Kočí Petr (04.11.2026)
Syllabus -

1. Introduction. Major global chemical production processes ranked by production volume. Modular approach to the development of mathematical models of chemical reactors.

2. Oxidation in the energy sector - burners and furnaces, combustion of coal, natural gas, fuel oils, and heavy fuel oil (mazut). Flame temperature.

3. Catalytic reactors in the petrochemical industry - desulfurization, hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, cracking, isomerization, and partial oxidation.

4. Reactors for environmental protection. Honeycomb catalytic converters for the treatment of emissions from motor vehicles and power plants.

5. Natural gas reforming, low-pressure and high-pressure coal gasification, biomass gasification, synthesis gas. Conventional and alternative technologies for hydrogen production.

6. Fischer–Tropsch synthesis and methanol production from synthesis gas.

7. Polymerization reactors, high-pressure and catalytic reactors.

8. Industrial fermenters, baker's yeast production, ethanol production, and citric acid production.

9. Oxidation and reduction in large-scale inorganic chemical production - sulfuric acid and nitric acid production, SO2 oxidation, ammonia synthesis and oxidation.

10. Electrochemical reactors, fuel cells, and electrolyzers - hydrogen and ammonia as energy storage media.

11. Reactors for organic synthesis and the pharmaceutical industry.

12. Reactors for nanotechnology applications and nanoparticle production.

13. Photochemical reactors, titanium dioxide.

Last update: Kočí Petr (04.11.2026)
Learning resources -

https://e-learning.vscht.cz/

https://webbook.nist.gov/

Last update: Kočí Petr (04.11.2026)
Learning outcomes -

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • Apply theoretical knowledge of reactor engineering to industrially relevant processes.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the technologies used in large-scale commodity chemical production based on chemical reactors.
  • Perform computer-aided parametric studies and process simulations of industrial reactors.
Last update: Kočí Petr (04.11.2026)
Registration requirements -

Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering I

Chemical Reactor Engineering

Last update: Kočí Petr (04.11.2026)
 
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