Reaction Kinetics and Reactor Design, Second Edition

by Butt; John

• ISBN13: 9780824777227
• ISBN10: 0824777220
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-03
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

This text combines a description of the origin and use of fundamental chemical kinetics through an assessment of realistic reactor problems with an expanded discussion of kinetics and its relation to chemical thermodynamics. It provides exercises, open-ended situations drawing on creative thinking, and worked-out examples. A solutions manual is also available to instructors.

Author Biography

John B. Butt is Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical Engineering, Emeritus, Department of Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	iii
Preface to the First Edition	v
Apparent Reaction Kinetics in Homogeneous Systems	1	(106)
Mass Conservation and Chemical Reaction	1	(5)
Reaction Rate Equations: The Mass Action Law	6	(3)
Temperature Dependence of Reaction Rate	9	(3)
Rate Laws and Integrated Forms for Elementary Steps	12	(13)
Kinetics of ``Nearly Complex'' Reaction Sequences	25	(10)
Kinetics of Complex Reaction Sequences---Chain Reations	35	(14)
Chemical Equilibrium	49	(13)
Reaction Rates and Conversion in Nonisothermal Systems	62	(12)
Interpretation of Kinetic Information	74	(33)
Exercises	93	(11)
Notation	104	(3)
The Mechanisms of Chemical Reactions in Homogeneous Phases	107	(62)
Elementary Kinetic Theory	107	(9)
Collision Theory of Reaction Rates	116	(17)
Transition-State Theory of Reaction Rates	133	(18)
Experimental Results on the Kinetics of Various Reactions	151	(4)
Some Estimation Methods	155	(14)
Exercises	160	(5)
Notation	165	(4)
The Mechanisms of Chemical Reactions on Surfaces	169	(62)
Adsorption and Desorption	170	(17)
Surface Reactions with Rate-Controlling Steps	187	(7)
Surface Reactions and Nonideal Surfaces	194	(3)
Enzyme and Microbial Kinetics	197	(5)
Interpretation of the Kinetics of Reactions on Surfaces	202	(10)
Decline of Surface Activity: Catalyst Deactivation	212	(19)
Exercises	219	(7)
Notation	226	(5)
Introduction to Chemical Reactor Theory	231	(100)
Reaction in Mixed or Segregated Systems	232	(3)
Age Distributions and Macromixing	235	(10)
Mixing Models: Reactors with Ideal Flows	245	(7)
Applications of Ideal Reactor Models	252	(37)
Temperature Effects in Ideal Reactors	289	(12)
Catalyst Deactivation in Flow Reactors	301	(7)
Other Fixed Beds and Other Waves: Ion Exchange and Adsorption	308	(23)
Exercises	315	(11)
Notation	326	(5)
Modeling of Real Reactors	331	(68)
Deviations from Ideal Flows	332	(1)
Modeling of Nonideal Flow or Mixing Effects on Reactor Performance	332	(24)
Combined Models for Macroscopic Flow Phenomena	356	(5)
Modeling of Nonideal Reactors	361	(38)
Exercises	391	(4)
Notation	395	(4)
Thermal Effects in the Modeling of Real Reactors	399	(58)
Mixing-Cell Sequences	399	(25)
Some Reactor/Heat-Exchanger Systems	424	(6)
Gradients and Profiles	430	(15)
Temperature Forcing of Reactors with Catalyst Decay	445	(12)
Exercises	451	(1)
Notation	452	(5)
Reactions in Heterogeneous Systems	457	(114)
Reactions in Gas/Solid Systems	457	(64)
Reactions in Gas/Liquid Systems	521	(16)
Two-Phase Reactor Models: The Dispersion Approach	537	(34)
Exercises	560	(6)
Notation	566	(5)
Multiphase Reactors	571	(102)
Fluidized-Bed Reactors	571	(21)
Slurry Reactors	592	(16)
Gas-Liquid Reactors	608	(27)
Trickle-Bed Reactors	635	(38)
Exercises	660	(6)
Notation	666	(7)
Some More Unsteady-State Problems	673	(48)
The Adsorption Wave	673	(22)
Chromatography	695	(14)
Deactivation Waves	709	(12)
Exercises	712	(4)
Notation	716	(5)
Index	721