Reaction Kinetics for Chemical Engineers

Reaction Kinetics for Chemical Engineers focuses on chemical kinetics, including homogeneous reactions, nonisothermal systems, flow reactors, heterogeneous processes, granular beds, catalysis, and scale-up methods.

The publication first takes a look at fundamentals and homogeneous isothermal reactions. Topics include simple reactions at constant volume or pressure, material balance in complex reactions, homogeneous catalysis, effect of temperature, energy of activation, law of mass action, and classification of reactions. The book also elaborates on adiabatic and programmed reactions, continuous stirred reactors, and homogeneous flow reactions. Topics include nonisothermal flow reactions, semiflow processes, tubular-flow reactors, material balance in flow problems, types of flow processes, rate of heat input, constant heat-transfer coefficient, and nonisothermal conditions.

The text ponders on uncatalyzed heterogeneous reactions, fluid-phase reactions catalyzed by solids, and fixed and fluidized beds of particles. The transfer processes in granular masses, fluidization, heat and mass transfer, adsorption rates and equilibria, diffusion and combined mechanisms, diffusive mass transfer, and mass-transfer coefficients in chemical reactions are discussed.

The publication is a dependable source of data for chemical engineers and readers wanting to explore chemical kinetics.

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Preface
Notation

1. Fundamentals
   
   1. Introduction
   2. Classification of Reactions
   3. The Rate of a Chemical Reaction
   4. The Rate of a Chemical Reaction
   5. The Law of Mass Action
   6. The Rate Equation
   7. Variables Other than Mass or Concentration
   8. Effect of Temperature
   9. Energy of Activation
   10. Mechanism and Stoichiometry
   11. Theory of Reaction; Collision Theory
   12. Energy Distribution
   13. Activated Complex
       Problems
2. Homogeneous Isothermal Reactions
   
   13. Simple Reactions at Constant Volume or Pressure
   14. Constants of the Rate Equation
   15. Reversible Reactions
   16. Material Balance in Complex Reactions
   17. Consecutive and Simultaneous Reactions
   18. Homogeneous Catalysis
       Problems
3. Adiabatic and Programmed Reactions
   
   19. Nonisothermal Conditions
   20. The Adiabatic Reaction
   21. Rate of Heat Input
   22. Constant Rate of Heat Input
   23. Constant Heat-transfer Coefficient
   24. Rate of Heat Transfer to Isothermal Systems
       Problems
4. Continuous Stirred Reactors
   
   25. Types of Flow Processes
   26. Material Balance in Flow Problems
   27. Stirred Reactor Batteries; Graphical Method
   28. Algebraic Method
   29. Unsteady-State Conditions
       Problems
5. Homogeneous Flow Reactions
   
   30. Tubular-Flow Reactors
   31. Pressure Drop in Tubular Reactors
   32. Laminar Flow
   33. Nonisothermal Flow Reactions
   34. Semiflow Processes
       Problems
6. Uncatalyzed Heterogeneous Reactions
   
   35. Heterogeneous Reactions
   36. Examples of Heterogeneous Reactions
   37. Diffusive Mass Transfer
   38. Absorption Combined with Chemical Reaction
   39. Mass-transfer Coefficients in Chemical Reaction
   40. Empirical Approach to Absorption-Reaction
   41. Slow Reaction in the Liquid Film
   42. Second-Order Kinetics
       Notation
       Problems
7. Fluid-phase Reactions Catalyzed by Solids
   
   43. Mechanism of Heterogeneous Catalysis
   44. Chemisorption and Physical Adsorption
   45. Adsorption Rates and Equilibria
   46. Surface-Reaction-Rate Controlling (Equilibrium Adsorption)
   47. Rapid Surface Reaction (Adsorption-Rate Controlling)
   48. Diffusion and Combined Mechanisms
   49. Simplified Equations
   50. Interpretation of Data
       Problems
8. Fixed and Fluidized Beds of Particles
   
   51. Transfer Processes in Granular Masses
   52. Solutions of Equations
   53. Fluidization
   54. Pressure Drop in Fixed and Moving Beds
   55. Pressure Drop in Fluidized Beds
   56. Heat Transfer
   57. Mass Transfer
   58. Fixed-Bed-Reactor Design
   59. Fluidized-Bed-Reactor Design
       Problems
9. Heterogeneous Catalysis
   
   60. Solid Catalysis
   61. Some Physical Properties of Solid Catalysts
   62. Principles of Selection of Catalysts
   63. Preparation of Catalysts
   64. Industrial Catalytic Processes
10. Scaling Up Test Results
    
    65. Methods of Scale-Up
    66. Chemical Similitude
    67. The Reactor-Unit Concept
        Problems
11. Industrial Reactors
    
    68. Stirred-Tank Reactors
    69. Tubular Reactors
    70. Kilns and Hearth Furnaces
    71. Fixed-Bed Reactors
    72. Moving Beds
    73. Fluidized Beds
    74. Special Types of Reactors
12. Mathematics for Review
    
    75. Introduction
    76. Ordinary Differential Equations
    77. Numerical and Graphical Calculations
    78. Numerical Solution of Differential Equations
        Appendix 1. The Literature of Reaction Kinetics
    79. Literature Cited
    80. Further Readings
    81. Books and Reviews
    82. Contents of the Series "Catalysis"
    83. Contents of the Series "Advances in Catalysis"
        Appendix 2. Constants and Conversion Factors
        Index