Chemical Engineering Volume 3: Chemical and Biochemical Reactors & Process Control

The publication of the third edition of 'Chemical Engineering Volume 3' marks the completion of the re-orientation of the basic material contained in the first three volumes of the series. Volume 3 is devoted to reaction engineering (both chemical and biochemical), together with measurement and process control. This text is designed for students, graduate and postgraduate, of chemical engineering.

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Front Cover; Chemical Engineering: Chemical & Biochemical Reactors & Process Control; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to Third Edition; Preface to Second Edition; Preface to First Edition; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Chapter 1. Reactor Design-General Principles; 1.1 Basic objectives in design of a reactor; 1.2 Classification of reactors and choice of reactor type; 1.3 Choice of process conditions; 1.4 Chemical kinetics and rate equations; 1.5 General material and thermal balances; 1.6 Batch reactors; 1.7 Tubular-flow reactors; 1.8 Continuous stirred-tank reactors.

1.9 Comparison of batch, tubular and stirred-tank reactors for a single reaction. Reactor output1.10 Comparison of batch, tubular and stirred-tank reactors for multiple reactions. Reactor yield; 1.11 Further reading; 1.12 References; 1.13 Nomenclature; Chapter 2. Flow Characteristics of Reactors-Flow Modelling; 2.1 Non-ideal flow and mixing in chemical reactors; 2.2 Tanks-in-series model; 2.3 Dispersed plug-flow model; 2.4 Models involving combinations of the basic flow elements; 2.5 Further reading; 2.6 References; 2.7 Nomenclature; Chapter 3. Gas-Solid Reactions and Reactors.

3.1 Introduction3.…