Advanced Chemical Reactor Design Training Course

Name: Advanced Chemical Reactor Design and Operations Training Course
Availability: InStock

Connect reaction kinetics and transport with reactor selection, scale-up, thermal stability, operations and troubleshooting.

Advanced Chemical Reactor Design Training Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Lagos, Lisbon, Seoul, Accra, Doha, Singapore and more
Next session: 8 – 12 November 2026, Lagos
Average fee: 7,500 €

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Overview

Advanced Chemical Reactor Design and Operations Training Course is a one-week advanced programme for chemical and process engineers, reactor specialists, production technologists, operations leaders and process-safety professionals. Participants connect reaction kinetics, stoichiometry, equilibrium, mass and energy balances with reactor selection, sizing, scale-up and plant performance. The course covers ideal and non-ideal behaviour, batch, continuous stirred-tank, plug-flow, packed-bed, catalytic and multiphase systems, then links design assumptions to heat removal, stability, control, catalyst condition and troubleshooting. Participants leave with a Reactor Performance and Improvement File. Agile Leaders Training Center develops advanced chemical reaction engineering capability.

Who Should Attend

Chemical, process and reaction engineers
Plant production and operations engineers
Process development, scale-up and technology teams
Control, reliability and troubleshooting specialists
Process-safety and technical assurance professionals

Participants should understand material and energy balances and basic reaction kinetics. The course is educational and does not replace process licensor requirements, management of change or site engineering approval.

Departments and Industries

The course supports process engineering, operations, production technology, research and development, scale-up, process control, reliability and safety teams in chemicals, petrochemicals, refining, polymers, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, water treatment and related process industries.

Learning Objectives

Translate kinetic and thermodynamic information into reactor design decisions
Compare batch, CSTR, PFR, packed-bed and multiphase reactor behaviour
Use residence-time distribution to diagnose non-ideal flow
Link heat and mass transfer limits to conversion and selectivity
Assess thermal stability, runaway risk and control requirements
Structure reactor scale-up, monitoring and troubleshooting
Develop a prioritised reactor performance improvement plan

Course Methodology

The programme uses technical briefings, design equations, simplified calculations, reactor-selection cases, residence-time plots, heat-balance exercises, operating data, cause maps and improvement workshops. Daily outputs combine into a Reactor Performance and Improvement File containing assumptions, indicators, constraints, safeguards and actions.

Day 1: Reaction Engineering Foundations and Reactor Selection

Reaction rate, stoichiometry, equilibrium, conversion and selectivity
Rate laws, temperature dependence and kinetic-data quality
Material and energy balances for reacting systems
Batch, CSTR and PFR characteristics and selection boundaries
Building the reactor design basis and assumption register

Day 2: Non-Ideal Flow, Transport and Reactor Performance

Residence-time distribution and tracer-response interpretation
Dead zones, bypassing, back-mixing and axial dispersion
Internal and external heat and mass transfer limitations
Observed versus intrinsic kinetics and effectiveness
Diagnosing conversion and selectivity gaps from plant data

Day 3: Catalytic, Packed-Bed and Multiphase Reactors

Heterogeneous catalysis and surface-reaction considerations
Packed-bed pressure drop, flow distribution and hot spots
Catalyst deactivation, poisoning, fouling and regeneration
Gas-liquid and gas-liquid-solid contacting behaviour
Selecting performance indicators for advanced reactor systems

Day 4: Thermal Stability, Control and Process Safety

Heat generation, heat removal and temperature sensitivity
Multiple steady states, instability and runaway scenarios
Measurement, manipulated variables and control structure
Safeguards, alarms, interlocks and emergency response boundaries
Managing change in reactor feed, catalyst and operating conditions

Day 5: Scale-Up, Troubleshooting and Optimisation

Geometric, kinetic, mixing and heat-transfer scale-up constraints
Moving from laboratory and pilot evidence to plant decisions
Structured troubleshooting using data, hypotheses and tests
Balancing throughput, conversion, selectivity, energy and safety
Completing a reactor improvement roadmap and review plan

Practical Outputs

Reactor-selection decision matrix
Kinetic and design-assumption register
Residence-time and non-ideal-flow diagnostic worksheet
Thermal stability and safeguard review
Catalyst performance cause map
Reactor improvement roadmap

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the course focus on one reactor type?

No. It compares common ideal and industrial reactor configurations and their operating constraints.

Is advanced mathematics required?

Participants use practical engineering relationships and simplified calculations; prior familiarity with balances and kinetics is recommended.

Does the course cover process safety?

Yes. Thermal stability, runaway scenarios, safeguards, alarms and management-of-change boundaries are integrated.

Will participants use proprietary simulation software?

No. The programme is platform-neutral and focuses on engineering logic and interpretation.

What is the main workplace output?

Participants complete a Reactor Performance and Improvement File for adaptation to their plant.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Prague	Week 25, 2027 21 – 25 June 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,500
Amsterdam	Week 26, 2027 28 June – 2 July 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
New York	Week 26, 2027 28 June – 2 July 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€16,000
Geneva	Week 28, 2027 18 – 22 July 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Munich	Week 30, 2027 26 – 30 July 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Zanzibar	Week 31, 2027 8 – 12 August 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Dubai	Week 32, 2027 9 – 13 August 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Milan	Week 33, 2027 16 – 20 August 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,000
Paris	Week 34, 2027 23 – 27 August 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Kuwait	Week 34, 2027 29 August – 2 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,000
Rome	Week 36, 2027 6 – 10 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Porto	Week 36, 2027 6 – 10 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Marbella	Week 36, 2027 12 – 16 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Berlin	Week 38, 2027 20 – 24 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Tbilisi	Week 40, 2027 4 – 8 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Trabzon	Week 41, 2027 17 – 21 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Montreux	Week 43, 2027 25 – 29 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
London	Week 45, 2027 8 – 12 November 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewAdvanced Chemical Reactor Design and Operations Training Course is a one-week advanced programme for chemical and process engineers, reactor specialists, production technologists, operations leaders and process-safety professionals. Participants connect reaction kinetics, stoichiometry, equilibrium, mass and energy balances with reactor selection,…

Are training dates available?

Yes. Available dates and destinations are listed in the course dates section on this page.

How can I register?

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Advanced Chemical Reactor Design Training Course