
Handbook of Chemical Reactor Design, Optimization, and Scaleup
Bruce Nauman(Author)
McGraw-Hill Professional (Publisher)
Published on 16. October 2001
Book
Hardback
600 pages
978-0-07-137753-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is the modern guide to chemical reactors. In the best professional sourcebook on chemical reactors ever written, world-class expert Bruce Nauman provides tools, information, and hands-on expertise to make important engineering tasks and decisions easier. Clearly and in depth, "Chemical Reactor Design, Optimization, and Scaleup" provides: up-to-date information to help chemical and process engineers save time, money, and materials; decision-aiding coverage of every aspect of selection, design factors and parameters, optimization, and scaleup; a convenient source of explained formulas, principles, and data; numerous detailed examples; worked mathematical solutions; the latest information on reactor design for biochemicals and polymers, as well as other newer and standard substances. This book helps to design and specify chemical reactors confidently, with state-of-the-art skills.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
100 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 46 mm
Weight
1024 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-137753-9 (9780071377539)
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Content
Chapter 1: Elementary Reactions in Ideal Reactors. Chapter 2: Multiple Reactions in Batch Reactors. Chapter 3: Isothermal Piston Flow Reactors. Chapter 4: Stirred Tanks and Reactor Combinations. Chapter 5: Thermal Effects and Energy Balances. Chapter 6: Design and Optimization Studies. Chapter 7: Fitting Rate Data and Using Thermodynamics. Chapter 8: Real Tubular Reactors in Laminar Flow. Chapter 9: Real Tubular Reactors in Turbulent Flow. Chapter 10: Heterogeneous Catalysis. Chapter 11: Multiphase Reactors. Chapter 12: Biochemical Reaction Engineering. Chapter 13: Polymer Reaction Engineering. Chapter 14: Unsteady Reactors. Chapter 15: Residence Time Distributions.