Tapio O. Salmi, Jyri-Pekka Mikkola and Johan P. Warna: Chemical Reaction Engineering and Reactor Technology
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Tapio O. Salmi, Jyri-Pekka Mikkola and Johan P. Warna: Chemical Reaction Engineering and Reactor Technology CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2011, 604 pp, Hardback, ISBN 978-1-4200-9268-4 Benjamin A. Wilhite
Published online: 26 January 2011 Ó Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
This book presents a logical progression for the advanced student or practicing engineer through the subject of chemical reactor design, with emphasis upon understanding how to model industrial reactors. The authors have included several tables summarizing typical industrial applications for each type of chemical reactor which instructors and students will undoubtedly appreciate. Each
B. A. Wilhite (&) Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA e-mail: [email protected]
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of the text’s central chapters present an engineering review of chemical reactor technology for an archetypical class of reactor (gas–liquid reactors, two-phase and three-phase catalytic reactors and reacting-solids) with several industrial examples. Specific model equations are presented in a logical fashion for each class of reactor, alongside engineering correlations to aid in the selection of appropriate model parameters. The text follows a straightforward sequence of subjects, beginning with the requisite discussion of reaction mechanisms and stoichiometry (Chap. 2) and onward through increasingly complex reactor design topics. In contrast to other texts, the authors incorporate linear algebra directly into their treatment of stoichiometry, foregoing simpler bookkeeping methods in favor of a precise mathematical treatment. Chapter 3 provides a somewhat condensed review of isothermal and non-isothermal reactor design for ideally mixed reactors (batch, continuous stirred tank and plugflow), which contrasts with many undergraduate texts. The real value of this text lies in the authors’ thorough treatment of non-ideal mixing (Chap. 4) followed by a detailed presentation of each archetypical class of industrial reactor (Chaps. 5–8). In order to accomplish this, the material presented in Chap. 3 is somewhat abridged, and a few pedagogical concessions have been made in favor of a more pragmatic presentation. Firstly, the discussion of steadystate multiplicity is quite sparse (as the authors themselves acknowledge), with emphasis placed primarily upon challenges to reactor modeling. Secondly, while the authors give a valuable presentation of linear algebra techniques for assembling systems of coupled equations for describing networks of reversible reactions, analytical solution techniques are foregone in favor of numerical solutions. The remainder of the text attempts to address emerging reactor technologies and provide something of a historical
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perspective upon the field. The authors present substantial treatment of emerging three-phase catalytic reactor technologies, including the use of structured catalysts and monolith reactors. In contrast, their treatment of membrane reac
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