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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&notifyeditingon=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