Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design

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Wiley Global Education, Aug 24, 2011 - Technology & Engineering - 912 pages
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 text 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.
 

Contents

Elements of Reaction Kinetics
1
Kinetics of Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions
60
Transport Processes with Reactions Catalyzed by Solids
152
Noncatalytic GasSolid Reactions
240
Catalyst Deactivation
269
GasLiquid Reactions
322
The Modeling of Chemical Reactors
366
The Batch and Semibatch Reactors
383
The Perfectly Mixed Flow Reactor
453
Fixed Bed Catalytic Reactors
491
Complex Flow Patterns
638
Fluidized Bed and Transport Reactors
718
Multiphase Flow Reactors
778
Author Index
848
Subject Index
854
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The Plug Flow Reactor
427

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About the author (2011)

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.

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