CME3035 : Reactor Systems Engineering
- Offered for Year: 2025/26
- Module Leader(s): Professor Anh Phan
- Lecturer: Dr Dana Ofiteru
- Owning School: Engineering
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 15 |
| ECTS Credits: | 8.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
To provide an understanding of the specification of performance and the design of a reactor unit as a key to the overall design of the process.
To provide knowledge and skills to apply the basic principles of reactor engineering to the design of reactors involving multiple reactions, catalysis, thermal effects and mass transfer processes.
To provide skills to apply chemical engineering principles to bioreactor design.
To provide fundamentals of bioprocess operation and design and brief information on different types of bioprocesses.
To provide chemical engineers with a basic understanding of the fundamental process engineering problems specific to biochemical processes.
To provide an insight into the creativity required in bioreactor design.
Outline Of Syllabus
Review of reaction kinetics. Ideal flow reactor design. Energy balances in reactors. Catalytic reactions. Heterogeneous catalytic reactors.
Types of bioreactors. Mass and heat transfer in bioreactors. Cell growth and models of growth kinetics. Bioreactor design and scale-up. Instrumentation and control of bioreactors.
Tutorials and examples will demonstrate how lectures can be tied in to solve problems. Students have self-study opportunity from textbooks, handouts, tutorial sheets and materials on Canvas.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 24 | 1:00 | 24:00 | Introduction lecture to the module, lectures/problem solving, fundamental concepts |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 2:00 | 2:00 | Exam |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 30:00 | 30:00 | Exam revision |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 10 | 1:00 | 10:00 | Tutorials |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 84:00 | 84:00 | Follow up lectures, theories and concepts, reading lecture/textbook material, tutorial sheets |
| Total | 150:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Lectures and tutorials will introduce basic concepts of chemical reactor and bioreactor design.
Tutorials and problem-solving exercises will provide experience and computing skills in the above areas.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
| Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written Examination | 120 | 1 | A | 100 | In person invigilated written exam consisting of both chemical and biosystems engineering. |
Formative Assessments
Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.
| Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer assessment | 1 | M | Canvas quiz, time-limited. Students will get feedback directly from the test. It does not count towards the final mark. |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
Summative assessment will assess the attainment of the knowledge outcomes and the ability to apply skills and knowledge to solve problems in a timed environment. AHEP4 learning outcomes C/M1-6, C/M13.
Formative assessment will develop students’ skills and knowledges in being assessed. It will test students’ understanding and progress. The assessment allows students to receive feedback and prepared for being assessed. AHEP4 learning outcomes C/M1-6, C/M13.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
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