Kinetics of Homogeneous Multistep Reactions

Kinetics of Homogeneous Multistep Reactions
Author: Friedrich G. Helfferich
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2001-01-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080535267

This book addresses primarily the chemist and engineer in industrial research and process development, where competitive pressures put a premium on scale-up by large factors to cut development time. To be safe, such scale-up should be based on "fundamental" kinetics, that is, mathematics that reflect the elementary steps of which the reactions consist. The book forges fundamental kinetics into a practical tool by presenting new effective methods for elucidation of mechanisms and reduction of mathematical complexity without unacceptable sacrifice in accuracy.

Microreactors for Gas/Liquid Reactions

Microreactors for Gas/Liquid Reactions
Author: Kristin Hecht
Publisher: Western Engineering, Inc.
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0991378202

The widespread adoption of microreactors has been hindered by a lack of knowledge regarding rules and parameters needed for their design. This dissertation deals with the investigation of interfacial area and liquid mass transport in microreactors for gas/liquid reactions. Observations of a reduction in conversion occurring when changing from a glass laboratory device to a stainless steel process device motivated investigations into the effect of material and surface properties on the gas/liquid flow and reaction. This work takes a look inside the machined microstructures produced at the Institute for Micro Process Engineering of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and investigates the nature of the solid surfaces resulting from the machining process—the surface roughness and the contact angle of the resulting surface. The effect of wettability on gas/liquid flow in microreactors has been investigated in capillaries of various materials. The absorption of carbon dioxide into aqueous solutions of sodium hydroxide has been used to investigate gas/liquid flow and reaction in capillaries and in a microstructured falling film reactor. Under certain limiting assumptions depending upon the exact rates of reaction and transport, values of the interfacial area and liquid mass transport coefficient can be derived from measurements of reaction. This dissertation contributes a small step towards a better understanding of how measurements of the interfacial area and mass transfer coefficient can be performed, demonstrates why the effect of material wettability cannot be ignored, and provides a stronger basis for further work in the development of general correlations describing microstructured gas/liquid reactors.

Fluid-Solid Reactions

Fluid-Solid Reactions
Author: H. Y. Sohn
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2020-08-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128164662

Fluid-Solid Reactions, Second Edition takes a detailed and thorough look at the scope of fluid-solid reaction systems, focusing on the four phenomena: external mass transfer, pore diffusion, chemical reaction, and adsorption/desorption. This completely revised new edition builds on the classic original edition through the introduction of cutting-edge new theories and applications, including the formulation and application of a new and convenient law that governs fluid-solid reaction kinetics. This book will be of primary interest to practicing engineers engaged in process research, development, and design in the many fields where fluid-solid reactions are critical to workflow and research. Fluid-solid reactions play a major role in the technology of most industrialized nations. These reactions encompass a very broad field, including the extraction of metals from their ores, the combustion of solid fuels, coal gasification, and the incineration of solid refuse. Features 50% new and revised content, arming researchers with the latest developments in the field Details a new unified approach to modeling the rates of fluid-solid reaction systems Authored by one of the world’s foremost experts on fluid-solid reactions and their applications in the field

Chemistry of Multiphase Atmospheric Systems

Chemistry of Multiphase Atmospheric Systems
Author: Wolfgang Jaeschke
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 773
Release: 2013-06-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642706274

Rapidly increasing interest in the problems of air pollution and source-receptor relationships has led to a significant expansion of knowledge in the field of atmospheric chemistry. In general the chemistry of atmospheric trace constituents is governed by the oxygen content of the atmosphere. Upon entering the atmosphere in a more or less reduced state, trace substances are oxidized via various pathways and the generated products are often precursors of acidic compounds. Beside oxidation processes occurring in the gas phase, gaseous compounds are often converted into solid aerosol particles. The various steps within gas-to-particle conversion are constantly interacting with condensation processes, which are caused by the tropospheric water content. Thus in addition to the gaseous state, a liquid and solid state exists within the troposphere. The solid phase consists of atmospheric conversion products or fly ash and mineral dust. The liquid phase consists of water, conversion products and soluble compounds. The chemistry occurring within this system is often referred to as hydrogeneous chemistry. The chemist interprets this term, however, more strictly as reactions which occur only at an interphase between phases. This, however, is not always what happens in the atmosphere. There are indeed heterogeneous processes such as reactions occurring on the surface of dry aerosol particles. But apart from these, we must focus as well on reactions in the homogeneous phase, which are single steps of consecutive reactions running through various phases.

Chemical Micro Process Engineering

Chemical Micro Process Engineering
Author: Volker Hessel
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 681
Release: 2006-03-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3527606270

Micro process engineering is approaching both academia and industry. With the provision of micro devices, systems and whole plants by commercial suppliers, one main barrier for using these units has been eliminated. This book focuses on processes and their plants rather than on devices: what is 'before', 'behind' and 'around' micro device fabrication - and gives a comprehensive and detailed overview on the micro-reactor plants and three topic-class applications which are mixing, fuel processing, and catalyst screening. Thus, the book reflects the current level of development from 'micro-reactor design' to 'micro-reactor process design'.

Adsorption, Ion Exchange and Catalysis

Adsorption, Ion Exchange and Catalysis
Author: Stavros G. Poulopoulos
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 615
Release: 2006-08-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080463665

Adsorption, Ion Exchange and Catalysis is essentially a mixture of environmental science and chemical reactor engineering. More specifically, three important heterogeneous processes, namely, adsorption, ion exchange and catalysis, are analysed, from fundamental kinetics to reactor design with emphasis on their environmental applications. In Chapter 1, the subject of air and water pollution is dealt with. Data about pollutants and emission sources are given and the treatment methods are shortly presented. In Chapter 2, the very basics and historical development of adsorption, ion exchange and catalysis are presented as well as their environmental applications. Chapter 3 is devoted to heterogeneous processes and reactor analysis. All types of reactors are described in depth and reactor modelling, hydraulics and mass/heat transfer phenomena are examined for each type of reactor. Chapters 4 and 5 are dedicated to adsorption & ion exchange and catalysis, respectively. The basic principles are presented including kinetics, equilibrium, mass/heat transfer phenomena as well as the analytical solutions of the reactor models presented in Chapter 3. In the sixth chapter, the subject of scale up is approached. The two Annexes at the end of the book contain physical properties of substances of environmental interest as well as unit conversion tables. Finally, nearly all the examples contained are based on real experimental data found in literature with environmental interest. Most of the examples consider all aspects of operation design – kinetics, hydraulics and mass transfer.* Provides basic knowledge of major environmental problems and connects them to chemical engineering

Chemistry 2e

Chemistry 2e
Author: Paul Flowers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-02-14
Genre: Chemistry
ISBN: 9781947172623

Chemistry 2e is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the two-semester general chemistry course. The textbook provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of chemistry and understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them. The book also includes a number of innovative features, including interactive exercises and real-world applications, designed to enhance student learning. The second edition has been revised to incorporate clearer, more current, and more dynamic explanations, while maintaining the same organization as the first edition. Substantial improvements have been made in the figures, illustrations, and example exercises that support the text narrative. Changes made in Chemistry 2e are described in the preface to help instructors transition to the second edition.

Reaction Kinetics and the Development and Operation of Catalytic Processes

Reaction Kinetics and the Development and Operation of Catalytic Processes
Author: G.F. Froment
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 663
Release: 2001-04-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080540295

Reaction Kinetics and the Development and Operation of Catalytic Processes is a trendsetter. The Keynote Lectures have been authored by top scientists and cover a broad range of topics like fundamental aspects of surface chemistry, in particular dynamics and spillover, the modeling of reaction mechanisms, with special focus on the importance of transient experimentation and the application of kinetics in reactor design. Fundamental and applied kinetic studies are well represented. More than half of these deal with transient kinetics, a new trend made possible by recent sophisticated experimental equipment and the awareness that transient experimentation provides more information and insight into the microphenomena occurring on the catalyst surface than steady state techniques. The trend is not limited to purely kinetic studies since the great majority of the papers dealing with reactors also focus on transients and even deliberate transient operation. It is to be expected that this trend will continue and amplify as the community becomes more aware of the predictive potential of fundamental kinetics when combined with detailed realistic modeling of the reactor operation.

Mass Transfer with Chemical Reaction in Multiphase Systems

Mass Transfer with Chemical Reaction in Multiphase Systems
Author: E. Alper
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 1079
Release: 2013-11-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401569002

The phenomenon of "mass transfer with chemical reaction" takes place whenever one phase is brought into contact with one or more other phases not in chemical equilibrium with it. This phenomenon has industrial, biological and physiological importance. In chemical process engineering, it is encountered in both separ ation processes and reaction engineering. In some cases, a chemical reaction may deliberately be employed for speeding up the rate of mass transfer and/or for increasing the capacity of the solvent; in other cases the multiphase reaction system is a part of the process with the specific aim of product formation. Finally, in some cases, for instance "distillation with chemical reaction", both objectives are involved. Although the subject is clearly a chemical engineering undertakin~, it requires often a good understanding of other subjects, such as chemistry and fluid mechanics etc., leading to publications in diversified areas. On the other har.d, the subject has always been a major field and one of the most fruitful for chemical engineers.