Chemical reaction engineering is concerned with the exploitation of chemical reactions on a commercial scale. It's goal is the successful design and operation of chemical reactors. This text emphasizes qualitative arguments, simple design methods, graphical procedures, and frequent comparison of capabilities of the major reactor types. Simple ideas are treated first, and are then extended to the more complex.

Overview of Chemical Reaction Engineering.

HOMOGENEOUS REACTIONS IN IDEAL REACTORS

Introduction to Reactor Design.

Design for Single Reactions.

Design for Parallel Reactions.

Potpourri of Multiple Reactions.

NON IDEAL FLOW

Compartment Models.

The Dispersion Model.

The Tank - in - Series Model.

REACTIONS CATALYZED BY SOLIDS

Solid Catalyzed Reactions.

The Packed Bed Catalytic Reactor.

Deactivating Catalysts.

HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS

Fluid-Fluid Reactions : Kinetics.

Fluid-Particle Reactions : Design.

BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS

Enzyme Fermentation.

Substrate Limiting Microbial Fermentation.

Product Limiting Microbial Fermentation.

Appendix

Index