Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering
Author: Morton Denn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2011-09-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1139503413

'Chemical engineering is the field of applied science that employs physical, chemical, and biological rate processes for the betterment of humanity'. This opening sentence of Chapter 1 has been the underlying paradigm of chemical engineering. Chemical Engineering: An Introduction is designed to enable the student to explore the activities in which a modern chemical engineer is involved by focusing on mass and energy balances in liquid-phase processes. Problems explored include the design of a feedback level controller, membrane separation, hemodialysis, optimal design of a process with chemical reaction and separation, washout in a bioreactor, kinetic and mass transfer limits in a two-phase reactor, and the use of the membrane reactor to overcome equilibrium limits on conversion. Mathematics is employed as a language at the most elementary level. Professor Morton M. Denn incorporates design meaningfully; the design and analysis problems are realistic in format and scope.

Nuclear Systems Volume II

Nuclear Systems Volume II
Author: Neil E. Todreas
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 671
Release: 2021-12-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1482239612

This book provides advanced coverage of a wide variety of thermal fluid systems and technologies in nuclear power plants, including discussions of the latest reactor designs and their thermal/fluid technologies. Beyond the thermal hydraulic design and analysis of the core of a nuclear reactor, the book covers other components of nuclear power plants, such as the pressurizer, containment, and the entire primary coolant system. Placing more emphasis on the appropriate models for small-scale resolution of the velocity and temperature fields through computational fluid mechanics, the book shows how this enhances the accuracy of predicted operating conditions in nuclear plants. It introduces considerations of the laws of scaling and uncertainty analysis, along with a wider coverage of the phenomena encountered during accidents. FEATURES Discusses fundamental ideas for various modeling approaches for the macro- and microscale flow conditions in reactors Covers specific design considerations, such as natural convection and core reliability Enables readers to better understand the importance of safety considerations in thermal engineering and analysis of modern nuclear plants Features end-of-chapter problems Includes a solutions manual for adopting instructors This book serves as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in nuclear engineering and studying thermal/hydraulic systems in nuclear power plants.

Annular Two-Phase Flow

Annular Two-Phase Flow
Author: Geoffrey Hewitt
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1483285235

Annular Two-Phase Flow presents the wide range of industrial applications of annular two-phase flow regimes. This book discusses the fluid dynamics and heat transfer aspects of the flow pattern. Organized into 12 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the classification of the various types of interface distribution observed in practice. This text then examines the various regimes of two-phase flow with emphasis on the regions of occurrence of the annular flow regime. Other chapters consider the single momentum and energy balances, which illustrate the differences and analogies between single- and two-phase flows. This book discusses as well the simple modes for annular flow with consideration to the calculation of the profile of shear stress in the liquid film. The final chapter deals with the techniques that are developed for the measurement of flow pattern, entrainment, and film thickness. This book is a valuable resource for chemical engineers.

Interfacial Catalysis

Interfacial Catalysis
Author: Alexander G. Volkov
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 690
Release: 2002-12-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780203910429

A comprehensive volume on interfacial catalysis, this book includes contributions from an international group of specialists in chemistry, environmental science, informatics, physiology, nuclear energy, and physics. The editor has organized the material into the main topics of fundamental characteristics, phase transfer catalysis, reversed micelles, biological aspects, and interfacial photocatalysis. Individual topics include self-organized microheterogeneous structures, nanochemistry, interfacial catalysis in metal complexation, the role of water molecules in ion transfer at the oil/water interface, and ultrathin films in enhanced oil recovery.

Introduction to the Thermodynamically Constrained Averaging Theory for Porous Medium Systems

Introduction to the Thermodynamically Constrained Averaging Theory for Porous Medium Systems
Author: William G. Gray
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 609
Release: 2014-02-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319040103

Thermodynamically constrained averaging theory provides a consistent method for upscaling conservation and thermodynamic equations for application in the study of porous medium systems. The method provides dynamic equations for phases, interfaces, and common curves that are closely based on insights from the entropy inequality. All larger scale variables in the equations are explicitly defined in terms of their microscale precursors, facilitating the determination of important parameters and macroscale state equations based on microscale experimental and computational analysis. The method requires that all assumptions that lead to a particular equation form be explicitly indicated, a restriction which is useful in ascertaining the range of applicability of a model as well as potential sources of error and opportunities to improve the analysis.

Hydrodynamics of Gas-Liquid Reactors

Hydrodynamics of Gas-Liquid Reactors
Author: Barry Azzopardi
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2011-05-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1119971403

The design of chemical reactors and their safety are as critical to the success of a chemical process as the actual chemistry taking place within the reactor. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the practical aspects of multiphase reactor design and operation with an emphasis on safety and clean technology. It considers not only standard operation conditions, but also the problems of runaway reaction conditions and protection against ensuing over-pressure. Hydrodynamics of Multiphase Reactors addresses both practical and theoretical aspects of this topic. Initial chapters discuss various different types of gas/liquid reactors from a practical viewpoint, and later chapters focus on the modelling of multiphase systems and computational methods for reactor design and problem solving. The material is written by experts in their specific fields and will include chapters on the following topics: Multiphase flow, Bubble columns, Sparged stirred vessels, Macroscale modelling, Microscale modelling, Runaway conditions, Behaviour of vessel contents, Choked flow, Measurement techniques.

Separation Process Principles with Applications Using Process Simulators

Separation Process Principles with Applications Using Process Simulators
Author: J. D. Seader
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2016
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1119638631

Covers the key topics in computer organization and embedded systems. This title presents hardware design principles and shows how hardware design is influenced by the requirements of software. It explains the main principles supported by examples drawn from commercially available processors.

Multiphase Flow Dynamics 1

Multiphase Flow Dynamics 1
Author: Nikolay Ivanov Kolev
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 870
Release: 2015-04-20
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319152963

In its fifth extended edition the successful monograph package “Multiphase Flow Dynamics” contains theory, methods and practical experience for describing complex transient multi-phase processes in arbitrary geometrical configurations, providing a systematic presentation of the theory and practice of numerical multi-phase fluid dynamics. In the present first volume the local volume and time averaging is used to derive a complete set of conservation equations for three fluids each of them having multi components as constituents. Large parts of the book are devoted on the design of successful numerical methods for solving the obtained system of partial differential equations. Finally the analysis is repeated for boundary fitted curvilinear coordinate systems designing methods applicable for interconnected multi-blocks. This fifth edition includes various updates, extensions, improvements and corrections, as well as a completely new chapter containing the basic physics describing the multi-phase flow in turbines, compressors, pumps and other rotating hydraulic machines.

Multiphase Flow Dynamics 2

Multiphase Flow Dynamics 2
Author: Nikolay Ivanov Kolev
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 702
Release: 2005-08-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3540268308

Multi-phase flows are part of our natural environment such as tornadoes, typhoons, air and water pollution and volcanic activities as well as part of industrial technology such as power plants, combustion engines, propulsion systems, or chemical and biological industry. The industrial use of multi-phase systems requires analytical and numerical strategies for predicting their behavior. In its third extended edition this book contains theory, methods and practical experience for describing complex transient multi-phase processes in arbitrary geometrical configurations. This book provides a systematic presentation of the theory and practice of numerical multi-phase fluid dynamics. In the present second volume the mechanical and thermal interactions in multiphase dynamics are provided. This third edition includes various updates, extensions, improvements and corrections.