CHE3164 Reaction engineering
Faculty of Engineering
CHE3164 Reaction engineering is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Clayton and Malaysia. It needs CHE2164 and CHE2163.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 2
- Clayton, Malaysia
- Assessment
- Exam 50%
- and 3 other tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before CHE3164
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After CHE3164
No unit lists CHE3164 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
E6011 Master of Professional Engineering - You are exempt from the prerequisite rule if you are enrolled in this course.
Overview
This unit aims to develop a fundamental understanding of chemical reaction kinetics and reactor design, including:
1. Fundamentals of design of ideal reactors
2. Rate laws, collection and analysis of rate data, stoichiometry
3. Isothermal reactor design
4. Multiple reactions, reaction mechanisms and pathways
5. An introduction to bio-reaction engineering
6. Non-isothermal reactor design including reactive chemical hazards and safety in reactors with exothermic reactions
7. Catalysis and catalytic reactors, catalyst deactivation and regeneration.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | Blended |
| Second semester | Malaysia | On campus |
Assessment
- Test 1Quiz / TestThreshold hurdle20%
- Test 2Quiz / TestThreshold hurdle20%
- Laboratory reportWrittenThreshold hurdle10%
- Final assessmentExaminationThreshold hurdle50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Appreciate the importance of chemical kinetics and reactor design in chemical industry.
- 2
Apply the fundamentals of chemical kinetics for complicated reactions.
- 3
Apply the fundamentals of kinetics of catalytic reactions, including some biochemical reactions.
- 4
Describe the fundamentals of reactor design.
- 5
Apply advanced mathematics to complicated problems of reactor design.
- 6
Analyse the behaviour of complicated reactors.
- 7
Apply the fundamental principles of reaction engineering to a wide range of problems, e.g. in traditional petrochemical and chemical industry, in pharmaceutical industry, in energy industry, in environmental protection.
- 8
Analyse new reaction engineering problems and formulating original solutions.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops24 hours
- Practical activities24 hours
- Lectures24 hours
- Laboratories4 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-9 hours of independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.
The unit consists of a mix of live and recorded lectures, practice classes, quizzes in class, reading materials and two laboratory experiments.
Learning resources
Required resources
Polymath or MATLAB, textbook
Where it fits
CHE3164 is part of 1 area of study in the 2025 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Sankar Bhattacharya
- Professor Chai Siang Piao
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Sankar Bhattacharya
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for CHE3164?
You need CHE2164 and CHE2163 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.
When is CHE3164 offered?
In 2025, CHE3164 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton and Malaysia.
How much work is CHE3164?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does CHE3164 have an exam?
Yes. The exam is worth 50% of the final mark, alongside 3 other tasks.
Which majors and minors include CHE3164?
CHE3164 is part of Chemical engineering.