Reactor Design for Chemical Engineers

This book provides a thorough grounding to the principles and practice of reactor design - a core topic throughout all chemical engineering degrees. Many engineering students find it easiest to assimilate knowledge when they have the benefit of a preview of the ground to be covered and its practical applications. The ordering of material bears this in mind, with the introduction containing a listing of the principal types of reactor employed in the chemical industry today, together with diagrams and examples of their use. This provides a brief introduction to the concepts of modelling and sizing reactors described in later chapters. Further general coverage is provided in early chapters while subsequent chapters give more detailed coverage of the design and operation of the principal reactor types. Extended coverage is provided of reactor shut-up and shut-down.
 
This book provides a thorough grounding to the principles and practice of reactor design - a core topic throughout all chemical engineering degrees. Many engineering students find it easiest to assimilate knowledge when they have the benefit of a preview of the ground to be covered and its practical applications. The ordering of material bears this in mind, with the introduction containing a listing of the principal types of reactor employed in the chemical industry today, together with diagrams and examples of their use. This provides a brief introduction to the concepts of modelling and sizing reactors described in later chapters. Further general coverage is provided in early chapters while subsequent chapters give more detailed coverage of the design and operation of the principal reactor types. Extended coverage is provided of reactor shut-up and shut-down.