Considerations in Designing Course Projects of Reaction Engineering Based on Module Knowledge Fusion
Chemical reaction engineering,which focuses on studying chemical kinetics and designing appropriate reactors according to reaction characteristics,is one of the core courses in Chemical Engineering in colleges and universities.Based on years of teaching experience,the contents of this course are divided into four modules:ideal reactors,nonideal flow,heterogeneous catalysis,and industrial reactors.However,the weak correlation between the nonideal flow module and the heterogeneous catalysis module makes students unable to comprehensively apply the basic knowledge of the two modules to solve complex reaction engineering problems.Aiming at this problem,course projects based on module knowledge fusion is designed.The important role of course projects in strengthening the knowledge connection between modules is elaborated and the main points of the design and implementation of course projects are sorted out.Taking a course project for measuring the quantity and reactivity of oxygen vacancies in a catalyst as an example,we explore how to improve students'ability to solve complex practical problems by combining the module knowledge of nonideal flow and heterogeneous catalysis.Finally,the common problems in the implementation of course projects are summarized and suggestions are proposed for continuous improvement.