Chapter 1: Mole Balances

(rate of reaction, general balances, batch reactors, CSTRs, PFRs)

Chapter 2: Conversion and Reactor Sizing

(design equations, series reactors, conversion, reactor sizing)

Chapter 3: Rate Laws

(rate laws, reaction order, reaction rate constant, Arrhenius)

Chapter 4: Stoichiometry

(stoichiometry, batch systems, flow systems)

Chapter 5: Isothermal Reactor Design: Conversion

(using conversion, pressure drop, batch, CSTR, PFR)

Chapter 6: Isothermal Reactor Design: Molar Flow Rates

(sing molar flow rates, mole balances, membrane reactors, unsteady-state operations, semibatch reactors)

Chapter 7: Collection and Analysis of Rate Data

(data analysis, reaction order, integral method, differential method, nonlinear regression)

Chapter 8: Multiple Reactions

(multiple reactions, reverse reactions, parallel reactions, series reactions, complex reactions)

Chapter 9: Reaction Mechanisms, Pathways, Bioreactions, and Bioreactors

(intermediates, enzymes, inhibition, bioreactors, bioreactions)

Chapter 10: Catalysis and Catalytic Reactors

(catalysts, selectivity, equilibrium, mechanisms, Eley-Rideal, Langmuir-Hinshelwood, surface reactions)

Chapter 11: Nonisothermal Reactor Design - The Steady State Energy Balances and Adiabatic PFR Applications

(energy balances, adiabatic operations, reactor staging, optimum temperatures)

Chapter 12: Steady-State Nonisothermal Reactor Design - Flow Reactors with Heat Exchange

(heat exchange, heat effects, multiple steady-states, nonisothermal reactions)

Chapter 13: Unsteady-State Nonisothermal Reactor Design

(unsteady-state, semibatch reactors, multiple reactions)

Chapter X: Other Videos

(transient reactors, reaction-diffusion, residence time distributions, Athena, Polymath, Excel)

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