Real Chemical Reactions Vertically Integrated Throughout the Curriculum

工程-化学(53)化学反应工程的教学方法通过使用新的计算工具，如POLYMATH和MATL AB；交互式计算机应用程序；以及在教科书中新强调将理论与工业相关的化学反应联系起来，不断取得进展。目前在这一领域缺乏的是使用真实反应工程系统的化学反应工程实验。文献中报道的几乎所有反应工程实验都采用简单的实验，这些实验可以用单个整体反应来描述。此外，大多数实验室实验没有检查反应器的过程流体力学，以及这如何影响产品分布。因此，学生们只通过理论来可视化反应堆，而没有在本科课程中体验到现实的反应堆系统。这种经验的缺乏消除了在设计和排除反应器故障方面的主要工程挑战，在该反应器中，产率和选择性随着工艺经济而优化。该项目正在开发几个实验，这些实验采用了目前发表的反应工程实验中没有涉及的以下特征：1)副产品形成，2)绿色工程，3)放大流体力学和4)平衡限制反应。从研究和教育文献中改编了一系列实验，使用两个化学反应系统和一个生物反应系统。具体的适应是基于马里兰大学的王、伯明翰大学的伯恩和伊利诺伊大学的凯斯等人开发的实验。这些实验通过以下一系列课程进行垂直整合：化学、有机化学、过程流体传输、化学反应工程、工业过程路径、生化工程和单元操作。

Engineering - Chemical (53) The pedagogy of teaching chemical reaction engineering is continually advancing through the use of new computational tools such as POLYMATH and MATLAB; interactive computer applications; and a new emphasis in textbooks on relating theory to industrially relevant chemical reactions. What is currently lacking in this area are chemical reaction engineering experiments that employ realistic reaction engineering systems. Nearly all of the reaction engineering experiments reported in the literature employ simple experiments that can be described using a single overall reaction. In addition, most laboratory experiments do not examine the process fluid mechanics of the reactor and how this effects the product distribution. As a result, students only visualize reactors through theory and do not experience realistic reactor systems in their undergraduate courses. This lack of experience eliminates a major engineering challenge in designing and troubleshooting a reactor in which the yield and selectivity are optimized along with the process economics. This project is developing several experiments that employ the following features currently not being addressed in published reaction engineering experiments: 1) byproduct formation, 2) green engineering, 3) scale-up fluid mechanics and 4) equilibrium limited reactions. A series of experiments is being adapted from the research and educational literature using two chemical and one biological reacting systems. Specific adaptations are based on experiments developed by Wang at the University of Maryland, Bourne at the University of Birmingham, and Keyes at the University of Illinois, among others. These experiments are being vertically integrated through the following series of courses: chemistry, organic chemistry, process fluid transport, chemical reaction engineering, industrial process pathways, biochemical engineering, and unit operations.