Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PCE 302 — Chemical Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis

2 units · PCE department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

develop rate expressions for different chemical reactors
determine reaction order and activation energy
apply the theories of reaction rates and their application to petrochemical processes;
formulate the different catalytic reactions, their kinetics and applications in petrochemical processes; * It is expected that 2hrs every week should be used by the students to learn how to use software such as CHEMCAD, HYSYS for simple cal

Course contents

Rate expressions for chemical reactions law of mass action. Constant volume reversible, irreversible, parallel and consecutive reactions. Reaction order and its determination. Variable volume reactions Arrhenius equation and activation energy. The theories of reaction rates, especially the collision theory and theory of absolute reaction rates. Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic reactions and their kinetics. Kinetics of electrochemical processes. Equilibria in ionic solutions.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PCE 302.

PCE 302 — Chemical Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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