Harmsen J. Multiphase Reactors.Reaction Engineering Concepts,..Applications 2023

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This Multiphase Reactors book is about fundamentals, selection, design, development (scale-up) and applications of two- and three-phase reactors. It is a graduate textbook focused on creating understanding of the fundamentals, as much as possible without resorting to mathematics. It also is full of real-life industrial applications and examples from the authors’ own experiences. The target audience comprises students and industrial practitioners who may or may not have had formal training in chemical reaction engineering. Each chapter explains the subject and contains take home messages, examples, worked out cases, quiz questions, and exercises.
Reaction engineering is explained without resorting to mathematics.
The reaction engineering concepts are illustrated by many real-life industrial applications.
Introduction
Overview of multiphase reactors
Scale-independent basics relevant for all reactors
Residence time distribution and mixing theory
Inter- and intraphase mass and heat transfer
Quantification of mass transfer in G-L(-S) reactors
Heat management
Multiphase reactor modeling
Stage-gate innovation methods
Multiphase reactor selection
New reaction systems through all innovation stages
Education guidelines
Industrial cases
Education case study: polyolefin CRE and scale-up