2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Graduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
Advanced Reaction-Separation Process
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Teruoki Tago / Yusuke Shimoyama
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Tue (M-B107(H104))
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CAP.C443
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Sep 11, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
[Summary of Lecture] Unit operations of reaction and separation in chemical process is important for production design. This lecture will be focus on the reaction with separation and separation with reaction and how to design and control these operations.
[Aim of Lecture] This lecture aims for students to understand how to design the reaction-separation medium and how to optimize these operation using knowledge of physical chemistry, transport phenomena and reaction engineering.
Course description and aims
Target of this lecture is to understand the reaction-separation operation and its application.
Keywords
reaction engineering, separation, catalyst, adsorption, gas absorption, membrane separation
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This class will be conducted by a lecture on operation and design of reaction -separation process.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Separation with reaction 1 : Principle and design of gas absorption operation |
To explain principle and design of gas absorption with chemical reaction |
| Class 2 | Separation with reaction 1 : Application of gas absorption process |
To explain actual application of gas absorption process with chemical reaction |
| Class 3 | Separation with reaction 2 : Principle and design of membrane separation |
To explain principle and design of membrane separation with chemical reaction |
| Class 4 | Separation with reaction 2 : Application of membrane separation |
To explain actual application of membrane separation process with chemical reaction |
| Class 5 | Recycle system in reaction/separation process |
to explain the process design with recycle system composing of the reaction and separation process |
| Class 6 | Reaction/separation process using membrane reactor |
to explain reaction separation process using membrane reactor |
| Class 7 | Reaction/separation process using reactive distillation system |
to explain reaction separation process using reactive distillation system |
| Class 8 | Exercise problems |
Use the exercise problems to better understand the topics covered, and evaluate one's own progress. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None required
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Materials provided in class will be used
Evaluation methods and criteria
Score evaluation will be conducted by confirming the level of understanding principle, operation and actual application of reaction-separation process
Related courses
- CAP.C424 ： Advanced Reaction Process Engineering
- CAP.C433 ： Phase Equilibrium Analysis in Chemical Engineering
Prerequisites
No prerequisites