Chemical reactor engineering

Many elements of a mathematical model of the catalytic converter are available in the classical chemical reactor engineering literature. There are also many novel features in the automotive catalytic converter that need further analysis or even new formulations the transient analysis of catalytic beds, the shallow pellet bed, the monolith and the stacked and rolled screens, the negative order kinetics of CO oxidation over platinum,... 

Pareek, V., M.P. Brungs, and A.A. Adesina, Photocausticization of Spent Bayer liquor A Pilot-Scale Study. Advances in Environmental Research, 2003. 7(2) p. 411-420. Bertola, F., M. Vanni, and G. Baldi, Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics to Multiphase Flow in Bubble Columns. International journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, 2003. 1 p. A3. 

Szarawara, J., Skrzypek, J. and Gawdzik, A., 1991, Principles of Chemical Reactor Engineering , WNT, Warsaw. 

Fogler, H. S. (1992) Elements of Chemical Reactor Engineering, Prentice-Hall. 

The available models mostly refer to ideal reactors, STR, CSTR, continuous PFR. The extension of these models to real reactors should take into account the hydrodynamics of the vessel, expressed in terms of residence time distribution and mixing state. The deviation of the real behavior from the ideal reactors may strongly affect the performance of the process. Liquid bypass - which is likely to occur in fluidized beds or unevenly packed beds - and reactor dead zones - due to local clogging or non-uniform liquid distribution - may be responsible for the drastic reduction of the expected conversion. The reader may refer to chemical reactor engineering textbooks [51, 57] for additional details. 

Ranade, V. V., Computational Flow Modeling for Chemical Reactor Engineering, Volume 5 of Process Systems Engineering (G. Stephanopoulos and J. Perkins, Eds.), Academic Press, San Diego (CA, USA) (2002). 

Chemical reactions will take place only when the reactant molecules are in intimate contact. In some cases, especially with very fast reactions or viscous liquids, segregation of the reactants can exist, which make the reaction rates and selectivities dependent on the mixing intensity. In chemical reactor engineering, the assumption is usually made that only mean concentrations need be considered. In reality, concentration values fluctuate about a mean, and in some cases these fluctuations must be considered in detail. This field is very complex and is still the subject of much research. This example serves only to introduce these concepts and to show how simulations can be made for certain simple situations. 

Echchahed, B Kaliaguine, S Alamdari, H. Well dispersed Co° by reduction of LaCoOs perovskite. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, 2006, Volume 4, A 29. 

Zhang, RD Alamdari, H Bassir, M Kaliaguine, S. Optimization of mixed Ag catalysts for catalytic conversions of NO and CsHe, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, 2007, Volume 5, A 70. 

One important reason to consider the nonisothermal reactor is because it is the major cause of accidents in chemical plants. Thermal runaway and consequent pressure buildup and release of chemicals is an ever-present danger in any chemical reactor. Engineers must... 

Mariaca-Dom, E., Rodriguez-Salomon, S., and Yescas, R. M. Reactive Hydrogen Content A Tool to Predict FCC Yields. International Journal of Chemical Reactor engineering 1 (2003) A46. 

In this book, three important processes, namely, adsorption, ion exchange, and heterogeneous catalysis, are presented along with environmental issues. Specifically, this book is essentially a mixture of environmental science (Chapters 1 and 2) and chemical reactor engineering (Chapters 3 to 6). 

E.U. Schlunder, Transport phenomena in packed bed reactors, in Chemical Reactor Engineering Reviews—Houston, ACS Symposium 72, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1978. 

Transport phenomena in heterogeneous catalysis This section will not attempt to cover the more technical aspects of chemical reactor engineering. 

O. Levenspiel. Chemical Reactor Engineering, An Introduction to the Design of Chemical Reactors. John Wiley, NY, 1962. 

Kuipers JAM, van Swaaij WPM. Application of computational fluid dynamics to chemical reactor engineering. Rev Chem Eng 1997 13 1-118. 

Van Der Molen, T. 7th Colloquium on Chemical Reactor Engineering, Novara 1981. 

Ranade, V. V., Computational Flow Modeling for Chemical Reactor Engineering . Academic Press, New York (2002). 

Villermaux, J., and Devillon, I. C. Representation de la coalescence et de la redispersion des domaines de segregation dans un fluide per modele d interaction phenomenologique, Proceedings of the Second Industrial Symposium on Chemical Reactors Engineering,... 

Chemical Reactor Engineering Centre (CREC) Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9... 

Chemical Reactor Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands... 

Astarita, G., G. Marrucci. and F. Gioia, Paper presented at the 3rd European Symposium on Chemical Reactor Engineering, Amsterdam, 1964, published in a supplement to Chem. Eng. Set., vol. 20,1965. 

Slesser, C. G. M., W. T. Allen, A. R. Cuming, V. Fawlowsky, and J. Shilds, in Chemical Reactor Engineering, pp. 41-45. Proceedings cf the Fourth European Symposium, Brussels. 1968. supplement 10 Chemical Engineering Science. 

This section draws heavily from the book Chemical Reactor Engineering by Levenspiel [1]. 

Levenspiel, O., Chemical Reactor Engineering. Wiley, New York, 1972. 

Faculty of Engineering Science, Chemical Reactor Engineering Center, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B9, Canada... 

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