Microstructured Devices for Chemical Processing

Faster, cheaper and environmentally friendly, these are the criteria for designing new reactions and this is the challenge faced by many chemical engineers today.

 

Based on courses thaught by the authors, this advanced textbook discusses opportunities for carrying out reactions on an industrial level in a technically controllable, sustainable, costeffective and safe manner.

 

Adopting a practical approach, it describes how miniaturized devices (mixers, reactors, heat exchangers, and separators) are used successfully for process intensification, focusing on the engineering aspects of microstrctured devices, such as their design and main chracteristics for homogeneous and multiphase reactions. It adresses the conditions under which microstructured devices are beneficial, how they should be designed, and how such devices can be integrated in an existing chemical process. Case studies show how the knowledge gained can be applied for particular processes.

 

The textbook is essential for master and doctoral students, as well as for professional chemists and chemical engineers working in this area.

Preface
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OVERVIEW OF MICRO REACTION ENGINEERING
Introduction
What are Microstructured Devices?
Advantages of Microstructured Devices
Materials & Methods for Fabrication of Microstructured Devices
Applications of Microstructured Devices
Structure of the Book
Summary
 
BASIS OF CHEMICAL REACTOR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING
Mass and Energy Balance
Formal Kinetics of Homogeneous Reactions
Ideal Reactors and their Design Equations
Homogeneous Catalytic Reactions in Biphasic Systems
Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions
Mass and Heat Transfer Effects on Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions
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REAL REACTORS AND RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION (RTD)
Non-Ideal Flow Pattern and Definition of RTD
Experimental Determination of RTD in Flow Reactors
RTD in Ideal Homogeneous Reactors
RTD in Non-Ideal Homogeneous Reactors
Influence of RTD on the Reactor Performance
RTD in Micro-Channel Reactors
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MICRO-MIXING DEVICES
Role of Mixing for the Performance of Chemical Reactors
Flow Pattern and Mixing in Micro-Channel Reactors
Theory of Mixing in Microchannels with Laminar Flow
Types of Micromixers and Mixing Principles
Experimental Characterization of MIxing Efficiency
Mixer Efficiency and Energy Consumption
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HEAT MANAGEMENT BY MICRODEVICES
Introduction
Heat Transfer in MIcrostructured Devices
Temperature Control in Chemical Microstructured Reactors
Case Studies
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MICROSTRUCTURED REACTORS FOR FLUID-SOLID SYSTEMS
Introduction
MIcrostructured Reactors for Fluid - Solid Reactions
Microstructured Reactors for Catalytic Gas-Phase Reactions
Hydrodynamics in Fluid-Solid Microstructured Reactors
Mass Transfer in Catalytic Micro-Reactors
Case Studies
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MICROSTRUCTURED REACTORS FOR FLUID-FLUID REACTIONS
Conventional Equipment for Fluid-Fluid Systems
Microstructured Devices for Fluid-Fluid Systems
Flow Patterns in Fluid-Fluid Systems
Mass Transfer
Pressure Drop in Fluid-Fluid Microstructured Channels
Flow Separation in Liquid-Liquid Microstructured Reactors
Fluid-Fluid Reactions in Microstructured Devices
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THREE PHASE SYSTEMS
Introduction
Gas-Liquid-Solid Systems
Gas-Liquid-Liquid Systems
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• By (author) Madhvanand N. Kashid
• By (author) Albert Renken
• By (author) Lioubov Kiwi-Minsker