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Book Description:

This text discusses solving reaction engineering problems through logic rather than memorization and the use of algorithms. It is unique in that it provides many worked examples with real chemistry that use today's technology and software to solve them.

Synopsis:

Designed for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in kinetics and reactor theory, this text presents a treatment of chemical engineering kinetics and reaction design. It takes a structured approach to solving reaction engineering problems - seeking to encourage students to solve problems through reasoning rather than memorization. New features in this second edition are homework problems using real reactions and real data, which are graded in difficulty, and material on emerging technologies in chemical engineering, including micro-electronics (CVD, etching and boat reactors), biotechnology (microbial growth kinetics and chemostat design) and polymerization kinetics. The overall aim is to enable students to solve reaction engineering problems using software packages. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Table of Contents:

1. Mole Balances.
2. Conversion and Reactor Sizing.
3. Rate Laws and Stoichiometry.
4. Isothermal Reactor Design.
5. Collection and Analysis of Rate Data.
6. Multiple Reactions.
7. Nonelementary Reaction Kinetics.
8. Steady-State Nonisothermal Reactor Design.
9. Unsteady-State Nonisothermal Reactor Design.
10. Catalysis and Catalytic Reactors.
11. External Diffusion Effects on Heterogeneous Reactions.
12. Diffusion and Reaction in Porous Catalysts.
13. Distributions of Residence Times for Chemical Reactors.
14. Models for Nonideal Reactors.