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Principles of Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design: New Tools for Industrial Chemical Reactor Operations, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 978-0-471-26180-3
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April 2009
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Preface.

Notation.

Chapter 1: Overview of Chemical Reaction Engineering.

1.1 Classification of Chemical Reactions.

1.2 Classification of Chemical Reactors.

1.3 Phenomena and Concepts.

1.4 Common Practices.

1.5 Industrial Reactors.

1.6 Summary.

Bibliography.

Chapter 2: Stoichiometry.

2.1 The Four Contexts of "Chemical Reactions".

2.2 Chemical Formula and Stoichiometic Relations.

2.3 Reaction Extent.

2.4 Independent and Dependent Chemical Reactions.

2.5 Characterization of Reactor Feed.

2.6 Characterization of Reactor Performance.

2.7 Dimensionless Extents.

2.8 Independent Species Specifications.

2.9 Summary.

Bibliography.

Problems.

Chapter 3: Chemical Kinetics.

3.1 Species Formation Rates.

3.2 Rates of Chemical Reactions.

3.3 Rate Expressions of Reaction Rates.

3.4 Effects of Transport Limitations.

3.5 Characteristic Reaction Time.

3.6 Summary.

Bibliography.

Problems.

Chapter 4: Species Balances and Design Equations.

4.1 Macroscopic Species Balances - General Species-based Design Equations.

4.2 Species-based Design Equations of Ideal Reactors.

4.3 Reaction-based Design Equations.

4.4 Dimensionless Design Equations.

4.5 Summary.

Bibliography.

Problems.

Chapter 5: Energy Balances.

5.1 Review of Thermodynamic Relations.

5.2 Energy Balances.

5.3 Summary.

Bibliography.

Problems.

Chapter 6: Ideal Batch Reactor.

6.1 Design Equations and Auxiliary Relations.

6.2 Isothermal Operations with Single Reactions.

6.3 Isothermal Operations with Multiple Reactions.

6.4 Non-Isothermal Operations.

6.5 Summary.

Problems.

Chapter 7: Plug Flow Reactor.

7.1 Design Equations and Auxiliary Relations.

7.2 Isothermal Operations with Single Reactions.

7.3 Isothermal Operations with Multiple Reactions.

7.4 Non-Isothermal Operations.

7.5 Effects of Pressure Drop.

7.6 Summary.

Problems.

Chapter 8: Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR).

8.1 Design Equations and Auxiliary Relations.

8.2 Isothermal Operations with Single Reactions.

8.3 Isothermal Operations with Multiple Reactions.

8.4 Non-Isothermal Operations.

8.5 Summary.

Problems.

Chapter 9: Other Reactor Configurations.

9.1 Semi-Batch Reactors.

9.2 Plug-Flow Reactor with Distributed Feed.

9.3 Distillation Reactor.

9.4 Recycle Reactor.

9.5 Summary.

Problems.

Chapter 10: Economic-Based Optimization of Reactor Operations.

10.1 Economic Objective Functions.

10.2 Batch and Semi-Batch Reactors.

10.3 Flow Reactors.

10.4 Summary.

Problems.

Appendices.

Appendix A: Summary of Key Relationships.

Appendix B: Microscopic Species Balances - Continuity Equations.

Appendix C: Summary of Numerical Methods.

Index.

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