Contents

Chapter 1

Overview of Chemical Reaction Engineering /1

Part I

Homogeneous Reactions in Ideal Reactors / 11
Chapter 2
Kinetics of Homogeneous Reactions /13
Chapter 3
Interpretation of Batch Reactor Data /38
Chapter 4
Introduction to Reactor Design /83
Chapter 5
Ideal Reactors for a Single Reaction /90
Chapter 6
Design for" Single Reactions /120
Chapter 7
Design for Parallel Reactions /152
Chapter 8
Potpourri of Multiple Reactions /170
Chapter 9
Temperature and Pressure Effects /207
Chapter 10
Choosing the Right Kind of Reactor /240

Part ll

Flow Patterns, Contacting, and Non-ldeal Flow /255

Chapter 11
Basics of Non-Ideal Flow /257
Chapter 12
Compartment Models / 283
Chapter 13
The Dispersion Model /293
Chapter 14
The Tanks-in-Series Model /321
Chapter 1S
The Convection Model for Laminar Flow /339
Chapter 16
Earliness of Mixing, Segregation and RTD /350

Part III

Reactions Catalyzed by Solids /367

Chapter 17
Heterogeneous Reactions – Introduction /369
Chapter 18
Solid Catalyzed Reactions /376
Chapter 19
The Packed Bed Catalytic Reactor /427
Chapter 20
Reactors with Suspended Solid Catalyst, Fluidized Reactors of Various Types /447
Chapter 21
Deactivating Catalysts /473
Chapter 22
GIL Reactions on Solid Catalyst: Trickle Beds, Slurry Reactors, Three- Phase Fluidized Beds / 500

Part IV

Non-Catalytic Systems /521

Chapter 23
Fluid-Fluid Reactions: Kinetics /523
Chapter 24
Fluid-Fluid Reactors: Design /540
Chapter 25
Fluid-Particle Reactions: Kinetics /566
Chapter 26
Fluid-Particle Reactors: Design /589

Part V

Biochemical Reaction Systems . / 609

Chapter 27
Enzyme Fermentation /611
Chapter 28
Microbial Fermentation-Introduction and Overall Picture /623
Chapter 29
Substrate-Limiting Microbial Fermentation /630
Chapter 30
Product-Limiting Microbial Fermentation /645

Name Index /662
Subject Index /665