Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design

by Froment, Gilbert F.; Bischoff, Kenneth B.; De Wilde, Juray

• ISBN13: 9780470565414
• ISBN10: 0470565411
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-24
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This is the Third Edition of the standard text on chemical reaction engineering, beginning with basic definitions and fundamental principles and continuing all the way to practical applications, emphasizing real-world aspects of industrial practice. The two main sections cover applied or engineering kinetics, reactor analysis and design. Includes updated coverage of computer modeling methods and many new worked examples. Most of the examples use real kinetic data from processes of industrial importance.

Author Biography

Dr. Gilbert F. Froment is Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at the University of Gent, Belgium, and Research Professor of Texas A&M University. Kenneth B. Bischoff is the author of Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design, 3rd Edition, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

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

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