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from Idea to Understanding Chemical Kinetics:
modeling and simulation with Python


July 16-18, 2025
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Course Topic

Chemical Kinetics and Reactors

play a crucial role in industrial-scale, raw material conversion into products. Numerous factors must be considered when selecting an appropriate and efficient chemical reactor, in particular when complex heterogeneous reactions occur. Kinetic modelling is an essential tool for the design and optimization of chemical products and processes.

Kinetic Modelling

Kinetic modelling includes fundamental aspects such as stoichiometry, kinetics and thermodynamics in the analysis of chemical reactor behaviour. Microkinetic models help to consolidate the fundamental information about a catalytic reaction.

Interactive Tutorials

During this course with a focus of chemical reaction and reactor engineering, ex-cathedra sessions are alternated with interactive tutorials during which user-friendly software tools are used typically implemented in Python.

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Organizing Committee and Tutors

This interactive course on chemical reaction and reactor engineering is organized by

  • prof. dr. ir. Joris W. Thybaut
  • dr. ir. Jeroen Poissonnier

Under the auspices of

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Course Program

Three days of chemical reaction and reactor engineering

The course contains classical lectures, alternated with interactive tutorials and group work.

Wednesday July 16, 2025
Introduction and Intrinsic Kinetics

Tutorial 0: Introduction to Python
Reactor Types and their Corresponding Behaviour
Bench Scale Reactors
Tutorial I: Intrinsic Kinetics Verification (with online available Eurokin tools)
Participant Introductions

Thursday July 17, 2025
Data Handling and Rate Equations

Lab-Scale Data-Acquisition
Tutorial II: Data analysis using Python (bring your own data if possible!)
Rate Equation Derivation
Tutorial III: Rate equation derivation

Friday July 18, 2025
Kinetic Modeling and Application

Regression Analysis
Tutorial IV: model parameter estimation using Python and interpretation
Guided application to own case studies/data

Venue

Ghent, Belgium

Ghent is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the province of East Flanders, and the third largest in the country. It flourishes thanks to being a port and university city. It is well known for its architecture, among other the St. Bavo's Cathedral and the Gravensteen castle, museums and restaurants serving typical Ghent food. Annually the Ghent Festival (Gentse Feesten) is held since 1969. It lasts for ten days and attracts more than 1 million visitors each year. The next edition takes place from Friday 18th of July until Sunday 27th of July 2025.

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The course is intended for (junior) engineers and scientists from industry as well as academia with a background in chemistry or chemical engineering. The total number of participants is limited to 30 to maximise the benefit of the participants.

The course fee amounts to EUR 550 (excl. VAT) for students, EUR 650 (excl. VAT) for academia and EUR 750 (excl. VAT) for industrial participants and includes the course, course material, lunches, coffee breaks and the social activity

Registration is possible by e-mail .