Adiabatic Fixed-Bed Reactors

Practical Guides in Chemical Engineering

1st Edition - August 15, 2014
Author: Jonathan Worstell
Language: English
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Practical Guides in Chemical Engineering are a cluster of short texts that each provides a focused introductory view on a single subject. The full library spans the main topics in the chemical process industries that engineering professionals require a basic understanding of. They are ‘pocket publications’ that professional engineers can easily carry with them or access electronically while working.

Each text is highly practical and applied, and presents first principles for engineers who need to get up to speed in a new area fast. The focused facts provided in each guide will help you converse with experts in the field, attempt your own initial troubleshooting, check calculations, and solve rudimentary problems.

Adiabatic Fixed-bed Reactors covers the fundamentals of fixed-bed reactors, including various types and their physical properties. Applications of each device type are discussed, as well as trouble-shooting Solid-supported Catalysts. This text is ideal for any engineer who is new to working with fixed-bed reactors and needs to know the basics quickly and easily.

Dedication
Chapter 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Slow Reactions and Catalysts
- 1.2 Fixed-Bed Reactor Classification
- 1.3 Processes Operating Fixed-Bed Reactors
- 1.4 Operation of Fixed-Bed Reactors
- 1.5 Summary
- References
Chapter 2. Fundamentals of Fixed-Bed Reactors
- 2.1 Analysis of Fixed-Bed Reactors
- 2.2 Impact of Diffusion
- 2.3 Implication of Flow Regimes and Rate Controlling Mechanisms
- 2.4 Identification of Rate Controlling Regimes
- 2.5 Implications of Controlling Rate Regimes
- 2.6 Temperature Dependence of Controlling Regimes
- 2.7 Design of Fixed-Bed Reactors
- 2.8 Summary
- References
Chapter 3. Catalyst Deactivation
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Solid-Supported Catalyst Deactivation
- 3.3 Catalyst Deactivation by Chemical Mechanisms
- 3.4 Catalyst Deactivation by Thermal Mechanisms
- 3.5 Catalyst Deactivation by Mechanical Mechanisms
- 3.6 Solid Bases and Neutral Solids
- 3.7 Silica–Alumina Oxide Catalysts
- 3.8 Bifunctional Solid-Supported Catalysts
- 3.9 Reaction Schemes for Catalyst Deactivation
- 3.10 Catalyst Deactivation Parameter
- 3.11 Wave Front or Stream-Time Poisoning
- 3.12 Selectivity and Catalyst Deactivation
- 3.13 Summary
- References
Chapter 4. Improving Fixed-Bed Reactor Performance
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Improving Product Formation Rate
- 4.3 Improving Product Selectivity—Monofunctional Catalysts
- 4.4 Improving Product Selectivity—Bifunctional Catalysts
- 4.5 Summary
- References
Chapter 5. Scaling Fixed-Bed Reactors
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Models
- 5.3 Similarity
- 5.4 Theory of Models
- 5.5 Scaling Adiabatic Fixed-Bed Reactors
- 5.6 Scaling Pressure Drop Through a Catalyst Mass
- 5.7 Summary
- References
Chapter 6. Regeneration of Solid-Supported Catalysts
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 To Regenerate or Not to Regenerate—That Is the Question
- 6.3 Regeneration of Coked Solid-Supported Catalyst
- 6.4 Summary
- References
Appendix. Foundation of Dimensional Analysis
- A.1 Introduction
- A.2 Developing Dimensional Analysis
- A.3 Foundation of Method of Indices
- A.4 Dimensional Homogeneity
- A.5 Matrix Formulation of Dimensional Analysis
- A.6 Identifying Variables for Dimensional Analysis
- A.7 Summary
- References

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