Chemical · Process Engineering
Chemical Reactor Design & Kinetic Modeling
Intermediate 5 weeks 35-60 hours
Build a small stirred batch reactor (jar + heater + stirrer + temp probe). Run a safe reaction (e.g. baking soda/vinegar or enzyme) and log temperature vs time to fit reaction kinetics.
Major
Chemical
Focus area
Process Engineering
Total hours
35-60 hours
What you'll need
- DS18B20 waterproof digital temperature sensor probe pack
- DC motor 12V mini for stirrer
- 12V heating element pad film
- Arduino Uno R3 ATmega328P microcontroller board
- 5V single channel relay module for Arduino
- microSD card data logging module for Arduino
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Steps
- Build a jar reactor with the stirrer motor, heater pad, and temperature probe, controlled through the relay.
- Pick a safe reaction like baking soda and vinegar or an enzyme reaction.
- Program the Arduino to log temperature over time.
- Run the reaction at several starting temperatures.
- Fit a kinetic model to your data and estimate the rate constant.
- Document the reactor and kinetics results for your portfolio.
What to photograph for your portfolio
- Reactor build
- temperature vs time curves
- kinetic fit
- conversion analysis
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Engineered a chemical reactor design & kinetic modeling using Reactor fundamentals, kinetics, temperature control
Applied data logging and Arduino to implement, test, and validate the analysis end-to-end
Skills you'll show off
Reactor fundamentalskineticstemperature controldata loggingArduino