Kinetics and Chemical Reaction Engineering

We may consider three levels of system size to compare further the nature of kinetics and of CRE. In order of increasing scale, these levels are as follows  

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In this introductory chapter, we first consider what chemical kinetics and chemical reaction engineering (CRE) are about, and how they are interrelated. We then introduce some important aspects of kinetics and CRE, including the involvement of chemical stoichiometry, thermodynamics and equilibrium, and various other rate processes. Since the rate of reaction is of primary importance, we must pay attention to how it is defined, measured, and represented, and to the parameters that affect it. We also introduce some of the main considerations in reactor design, and parameters affecting reactor performance. These considerations lead to a plan of treatment for the following chapters. 

It is generally desirable to integrate measurements representing a working catalyst surface with measurements that characterize the activity, selectivity, and/or stability of the catalyst, such as can be determined by use of gas chromatography or mass spectrometry of products. It is important to keep in mind that when a reactor is designed to serve optimally as a cell for measurements of catalyst surface properties, it may not be the kind of ideal reactor that would provide activity, selectivity, or stability data that can be interpreted fundamentally in terms of kinetics and chemical reaction engineering. 

The general goal of chemical kinetics is the study of the rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions. In moving from fundamental towards more and more applied fields, it is convenient to distinguish pure chemical kinetics, applied chemical kinetics and chemical reaction engineering. 

The problems of parametric estimation and model identification are among the most frequently encountered in experimental sciences and, thus, in chemical kinetics. Considerations about the statistical analysis of experimental results may be found in books on chemical kinetics and chemical reaction engineering [1—31], numerical methods [129—131, 133, 138], and pure and applied statistics [32, 33, 90, 91, 195—202]. The books by Kendall and Stuart [197] constitute a comprehensive treatise. A series of papers by Anderson [203] is of interest as an introductory survey to statistical methods in chemical engineering. Himmelblau et al. [204] have reviewed the methods for estimating the coefficients of ordinary differential equations which are linear in the... 

Models linear in 6, with unconstrained parameters, can be fitted directly by solving Eq. (6.3-5). Efficient algorithms and software for such problems are available [Lawson and Hanson (1974, 1995) Dongarra. Bunch, Moler, and Stewart (1979) Anderson et ah. (1992)], and will not be elaborated here. We will focus on nonlinear models with bounded parameters, which are common in chemical kinetics and chemical reaction engineering. 

Benzinger W, Becker A, Huttinger KJ (1996) Chemistry and kinetics of chemical vapour deposition of pyrocarbon I. Fundamentals of kinetics and chemical reaction engineering. Carbon 34 957-966... 

Kittrell, J.R., and Mezaki, R., "Applied Kinetics and Chemical Reaction Engineering", 119-32, American Chemical Society Publications, Washington, D.C., 1967. 

Space limitations preclude a serious treatment of either of these theories of chemical kinetics. Transition-state theory is developing rapidly as a result of the availability of inexpensive computing power and is a component of many graduate courses in chemical kinetics and chemical reaction engineering. The interested student can learn more about transition-state and collision the y from references such as Masel, R. L., Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis, Wiley-Interscience (2001), Benson, S. W., Thermochemical Kinetics, 2nd edition, Wiley-Interscience (1976), and Moelwyn-Hughes, E. A., Physical Chemistry, 2nd revised edition, Pergamon Press (1961). 

Since enzyme is not shown in the reaction we assume an elementary rate equation may explain the above reactions. The simple kinetics are discussed in most fermentation technology and chemical reaction engineering textbooks.8-10... 

E. James Davis, Microchemical Engineering The Physics and Chemistry of the Microparticle Selim M, Senkan, Detailed Chemical Kinetic Modeling Chemical Reaction Engineering of the Future... 

This book is divided into two main parts, one part dealing with reactions and chemical kinetics (Chapters 2 to 10), and the other dealing with reactors and chemical reaction engineering (Chapters 2 and 11 to 24). Each chapter is provided with problems for further study, and answers to selected problems are given at the end of the book. 

J. J. Carbeny, in Applied Kinetics md Chemical Reaction Engineering, R. L. Gorring and V. W. Weekman, eds. (Washington, D.C. American Chemical Society, 1967), P ... 

The authors are very grateful to many colleagues from academia and industry who shared their knowledge and expertise in kinetics and mass transfer. In particular the late Professor M.I. Temkin introduced one of the authors into the field of heterogeneous catalysis and chemical reaction engineering in the broader context of physical chemistry and practical industrial needs and was a role model as a scientist and a person. 

Chemical Reaction Engineering Essentials, Exercises and Examples presents the essentials of kinetics, reactor design and chemical reaction engineering for undergraduate students. Concise and didactic in its approach, it features over 70 resolved examples and many exercises. 

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