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Organization
Lecturer Prof. Dr. Stefan Kaluza
Lecture/Seminar (4 SWS) By appointment | weekly | Technikum
Workload 150h | 60h (Attendance) | 90h (self-study)
Credits 5 LP
Recommended prerequisites Chemistry; mechanical, thermal, and chemical process engineering (recommended but not mandatory)
min. 4 - max. 10 participants
Types of examination oral examination and oral presentation (50:50)
Language English or German (depending on participants)
Online-Ressources Moodle
Heterogeneous CatalysisWinter semester 2020/21
https://moodle.hs-duesseldorf.de/course/view.php?id=754¬ifyeditingon=1
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Contents
§ Introduction to heterogeneous catalysis
§ Fundamentals: reaction course and elementary steps
§ Catalysts: classification, preselection and preparation
§ Characterization: methods to determine catalyst parameters
§ Catalyst performance: experimental designand catalyst testing
§ Kinetics and reaction mechanisms
§ Important heterogeneously catalyzed reactions
§ Concepts for laboratory-scale and industrial-scale rectors
Heterogeneous CatalysisWinter semester 2020/21
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Seminar
Heterogeneous CatalysisWinter semester 2020/21
à oral presentation of selected industrial processes
à including reviewing1 research paper and 1 patent application(as current as possible, focus on catalyst/reaction)
à 40-45 min presentation with subsequent discussion
• Know the state of the art!
• Know the state of research!
• Know the competition!
More than 85% of the large-scale processes in the chemical industry use solid catalysts
picture source: mcgill.ca; phys.org; linde-engineering.com