CX4004 Electro Chemical Process Syllabus:
CX4004 Electro Chemical Process Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
• To gain a strong knowledge about the fundamentals of electrochemical process
• To analyze the transport properties within a electrochemical cell
• To analyze and estimate the reaction kinetics in a cell
• To study the various models of reactors
• To understand the process of design and scale-up of reactors
UNIT I INTRODUCTION OF ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS
Industrial importance of electrolytic processes, Basic concepts and definitions, Criteria for reactor performance, Electrochemical and catalytic reactions and reactors – Fundamentals of reaction kinetics, rate of electrochemical reaction, electrochemical thermodynamics, practical cell voltage requirements and polarization, single electrochemical reactions, potentiostatic operations of first order reaction and galvanostatic operation of first order reactions.
UNIT II ASPECTS OF MASS AND HEAT TRANSFER IN ELECTROLYTIC CELL SYSTEMS
Basic aspects of fluid dynamics, mass transfer-mass flux in a fully developed turbulent regime,entrance and exit effects,obtaining numerical value sofmass transfer coefficient by calculation and experiment, mass transfer in two phase flow, energetic and energy balances, CSTR with general order reactions, effect of mass transport and side reaction.
UNIT III RATE PROCESSES AND REACTION MODELS
Rate processes, kinetics of elementary reactions, reaction mechanism and rate laws, transition state theory, derivation of kinetic relationships, reaction models.
UNIT IV REACTOR MODELS
General considerations, batch reactor and continuous reactor – Fed batch, continuous, cell recycle, plug flow reactor, two stage reactors, Reactor dynamics and stability – Reactors with non-ideal mixing. Other types of reactors-fluidized bed reactors; packed bed reactors, bubble column reactors, trickle bed reactors.
UNIT V ELECTROLYTIC REACTOR DESIGN, SELECTION AND SCALE-UP
Electrolytic reactor designs, Electrolytic reactor selection, scale up of electrolytic reactors, effect of scale up on mass transfer, effect of scale up on current distribution, multiple electrode models and time factors.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
The students will be able to
CO1: Understand the application electrochemical principles in chemical processing
CO2: Evaluate the transport properties like heat ,mass and momentum transfer in cell systems
CO3: Understand and analyze the reaction mechanisms with electrochemical systems.
CO4: Learn and design various non-ideal reactors.
CO5: Design various electrolytic reactors, Understand and perform scale up in electrolytic reactors
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5. Hartmut Wendt, Gerhard Kreysa, Electrochemical engineering, Science and technology in chemical and other industries, Springer, 1999
6. Krishnan Rajeshwar, Jorge G. Ibanez, Environmental Electrochemistry, Fundamentals and applications in Pollution Abatement, Academic Press, Inc, 1997