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

by Uzi Mann (Texas Tech University)

• ISBN13: 9780470385814
• ISBN10: 0470385812
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-03-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
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Summary

Principles of Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design presents a new fundamental approach and methodology that overcome the deficiencies of the current method of teaching chemical reactor design. It provides engineering students and practitioners with the tools needed to handle contemporary industrial reactor operations, new design capabilities, and the framework for new economic-based optimization. Features include: - Reactor operations are described by dimensionless variables (in most cases, between -1 and 1) and dimensionless design equations. - The design is formulated in terms of the smallest number of design equations and the least number of terms in each equation; hence, the most robust formulation. Solutions of the design equations provide dimensionless operating curves (a new concept in CRE). These curves provide complete information on the progress of the chemical reactions, the formation (or depletion) of all individual species, and changes in temperature. Reactor sizing represents a "point" on these curves (similar to the way a "point" on dimensionless friction factor versus Reynolds number charts is used). - Discusses new design capabilities for reactor configurations.

Table of Contents

Preface

Notation

Overview of Chemical Reaction Engineering.

Classification of Chemical Reactions

Classification of Chemical Reactors

Phenomena and Concepts

Common Practices

Industrial Reactors

Summary

Bibliography

Stoichiometry

The Four Contexts of "Chemical Reactions"

Chemical Formula and Stoichiometic Relations

Reaction Extent

Independent and Dependent Chemical Reactions

Characterization of Reactor Feed

Characterization of Reactor Performance

Dimensionless Extents

Independent Species Specifications

Summary

Bibliography

Problems

Chemical Kinetics.

Species Formation Rates

Rates of Chemical Reactions

Rate Expressions of Reaction Rates

Effects of Transport Limitations

Characteristic Reaction Time

Summary

Bibliography

Problems

Species Balances and Design Equations.

Macroscopic Species Balances - General Species-based Design Equations

Species-based Design Equations of Ideal Reactors

Reaction-based Design Equations

Dimensionless Design Equations

Summary

Bibliography

Problems

Energy Balances.

Review of Thermodynamic Relations

Energy Balances

Summary

Bibliography

Problems

Ideal Batch Reactor.

Design Equations and Auxiliary Relations

Isothermal Operations with Single Reactions

Isothermal Operations with Multiple Reactions

Non-Isothermal Operations

Summary

Problems

Plug Flow Reactor.

Design Equations and Auxiliary Relations

Isothermal Operations with Single Reactions

Isothermal Operations with Multiple Reactions

Non-Isothermal Operations

Effects of Pressure Drop

Summary

Problems

Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR).

Design Equations and Auxiliary Relations

Isothermal Operations with Single Reactions

Isothermal Operations with Multiple Reactions

Non-Isothermal Operations

Summary

Problems

Other Reactor Configurations.

Semi-Batch Reactors

Plug-Flow Reactor with Distributed Feed

Distillation Reactor

Recycle Reactor

Summary

Problems

Economic-Based Optimization of Reactor Operations.

Economic Objective Functions

Batch and Semi-Batch Reactors

Flow Reactors

Summary

Problems

Appendices

Summary of Key Relationships

Microscopic Species Balances - Continuity Equations

Summary of Numerical Methods

Index

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