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Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design

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ISBN-10: 0470565411

ISBN-13: 9780470565414

Edition: 3rd 2011

Authors: Gilbert F. Froment, Kenneth B. Bischoff, Juray De Wilde

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List price: $231.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 9/24/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 912
Size: 8.30" wide x 10.10" long x 1.70" tall
Weight: 3.740
Language: English

Nikolas Provatas is an Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and a member of the Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research at McMaster University. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from McGill University. His research in solidification modeling, microstructure formation, reaction-diffusion kinetics and paper physics has been published in numerous high impact scientific journals. He has worked at several prestigious institutions including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Helsinki and the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada. His research has also included close collaboration with industry to develop new modeling paradigms for…    

Elements of Reaction Kinetics
Definitions of Chemical Rates
Rate Equations
Coupled Reactions
Reducing the Size of Kinetic Models
Bio-Kinetics
Complex Reactions
Modeling the Rate Coefficient
Kinetics of Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions
Introduction
Adsorption on Solid Catalysts
Rate Equations
Complex Catalytic Reactions
Experimental Reactors
Model Discrimination and Parameter Estimation
Sequential Design of Experiments
Expert Systems in Kinetics Studies
Transport Processes with Reactions Catalyzed by Solids
Interfacial Gradient Effects
Reaction of a component of a fluid at the surface of a solid
Mass and heat transfer resistances
Concentration or partial pressure and temperature differences
Intraparticle Gradient Effects
Molecular-, Knudsen-, and surface diffusion in pores
Diffusion in a catalyst particle
Diffusion and reaction in a catalyst particle. A continuum model
Falsification of rate coefficient and activation energy by diffusion limitations
Influence of diffusion limitations on the selectivities of coupled reactions
Criteria for the importance of intraparticle diffusion limitations
Multiplicity of steady states in catalyst particles
Combination of external and internal diffusion limitations
Diagnostic experimental criteria for the absence of internal and external mass transfer limitations
Nonisothermal particles
Noncatalytic Gas-Solid Reactions
A Qualitative Discussion of Gas-Solid Reactions
General Model with Interfacial and Intraparticle Gradients
Heterogeneous Model with Shrinking Unreacted Core
Models Accounting Explicitly for the Structure of the Solid
On the Use of More Complex Kinetic Equations
Catalyst Deactivation
Types of Catalyst Deactivation
Kinetics of Catalyst Poisoning
Kinetics of Catalyst Deactivation by Coke Formation
Gas-Liquid Reactions
Introduction
Models for Transfer at a Gas-Liquid Interface
Two-Film Theory
Surface Renewal Theory
Experimental Determination of the Kinetics of Gas-Liquid Reactions
The Modeling of Chemical Reactors
Approach
Aspects of Mass-, Heat- and Momentum Balances
The Fundamental Model Equations
The Batch and Semibatch Reactors
Introduction
The Isothermal Batch Reactor
The Nonisothermal Batch Reactor
Semibatch Reactor Modeling
Optimal Operation Policies and Control Strategies
The Plug Flow Reactor
The Continuity, Energy, and Momentum Equations
Kinetic Studies Using a Tubular Reactor with Plug Flow
Design and Simulation of Tubular Reactors with Plug Flow
The Perfectly Mixed Flow Reactor
Introduction
Mass and Energy Balances
Design for Optimum Selectivity in Simultaneous Reactions
Stability of Operation and Transient Behavior
Fixed Bed Catalytic Reactors
Introduction
The Importance and Scale of Fixed Bed Catalytic Processes
Factors of Progress: Technological Innovations and Increased Fundamental Insight
Factors Involved in the Preliminary Design of Fixed Bed Reactors
Modeling of Fixed Bed Reactors
Pseudohomogeneous Models
The Basic One-Dimensional Model
One-Dimensional Model with Axial Mixing
Two-Dimensional Pseudohomogeneous Models
Heteorgeneous Models
One-Dimensional Model Accounting for Interfacial Gradients
One-Dimensional Model Accounting for Interfacial and Intraparticle Gradients
Two-Dimensional Heterogeneous Models
Complex Flow Patterns
Introduction
Macro- and Micro-Mixing in Reactors
Models Explicitly Accounting for Mixing
Micro- Probability Density Function Methods
Micro-PDF Moment Methods: Computational Fluid Dynamics
Macro-PDF / Residence Time Distribution Methods
Semi-Empirical Models for Reactors with Complex Flow Patterns
Fluidized Bed and Transport Reactors
Introduction
Technological Aspects of Fluidized Bed and Riser Reactors
Some Features of the Fluidization and Transport of Solids
Heat Transfert in Fluidized Beds
Modeling of Fluidized Bed Reactors
Modeling of a Transport of Riser Reactor
Fluidized Bed Reactor Models Considering Detailed Flow Patterns
Catalytic Cracking of Vacuum Gas Oil
Multiphase Flow Reactors
Types of Multiphase Flow Reactors
Design Models for Multiphase Flow Reactors
Specific Design Aspects