Course overview
- Course codeFKBT210
- ECTS credits15
- DepartmentCHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
- PeriodicityThe biannual course is given even years during the autumn.
- LanguageEnglish
- Nordic Five Tech (N5T)The course is free of charge for PhD students from N5T Universities.
- ApplicationContact the course coordinator
Course coordinator
- Derek Claude Creaser
- Full Professor, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Per-Anders Carlsson
- Full Professor, Applied Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
About the course
Basic concepts: thermodynamics, kinetics and reactivity of surface reactions;
Catalytic reactor engineering: transport processes, reaction-diffusion systems, reactor design;
Analysis of rate data: kinetic information, experimental design and apparent kinetic parameters;
Kinetic modelling: first-principles and engineering approaches including molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo and mean-field kinetics w/wo transport phenomena;
Catalyst synthesis: catalyst design and wet-chemical synthesis routes;
Deactivation phenomena: catalytic effects, mechanisms and models;
Measurement methods: determination of physicochemical properties and performance of catalysts;
Operando characterisation: spectroscopy (IR and XAS) and scattering (XRD, SXRD);
Model systems: preparation and studies on ideal surfaces, and planar and porous catalysts;
Case studies: environmental catalysis, chemical and fuel synthesis, energy-related catalysis.
Literature
Concepts of Modern Catalysis and Kinetics (third edition) by I. Chorkendorff and H. W. Niemantsverdriet (WILEY-VCH)
Synthesis of Solid Catalys by K. P. de Jong (WILEY-VCH).
Excerpts handed out during the course.