Experiments in catalytic reaction engineering

J.M. Berty (Eds.)9780444828231, 0-444-82823-0, 0-444-82823-0

The science of catalytic reaction engineering studies the catalyst and the catalytic process in the laboratory in order to predict how they will perform in production-scale reactors. Surprises are to be avoided in the scaleup of industrial processes. The laboratory results must account for flow, heat and mass transfer influences on reaction rate to be useful for scaleup. Calculated performance based on these results must also be useful to maximization of profit and safety and minimization of pollution. To this end, information on products as well as byproducts and heat produced must be generated. If a sufficiently large database of knowledge is produced, optimization studies will be possible later if economic conditions change.
The field of reaction engineering required new tools. For kinetic and catalyst testing, the most successful of these tools was the internal recycle reactor. Studies in recycle reactors can be made under well-defined conditions of flow and associated transfer processes, and close to commercial operation. The recycle reactor eliminates or minimizes the effect of transfer process, and allows the remaining ones to be known.
Features of this book:
• Provides insight into a field that is neither well understood nor properly appreciated.
• Gives a deeper understanding of reaction engineering practice.
• Helps avoid frustration and disappointment in industrial research.
This book is short and clear enough to assist all members of the R&D and Engineering team, whether reaction engineers, or specialists in other fields. This is critical in this new age of computation and communication, when team members must each know at least something of their colleagues’ fields. Additionally, many scientists in more exploratory or fundamental fields can use recycle reactors to study basic phenomena free of transfer interactions.

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Table of contents :
Content:
Preface
Pages xi-xx

Introduction
Pages 1-4

Effect of scale on performance Original Research Article
Pages 5-28

Experimental tools and techniques Original Research Article
Pages 29-52

The recycle reactor concept Original Research Article
Pages 53-80

Experimental systems and methods Original Research Article
Pages 81-98

Executing the experiments Original Research Article
Pages 99-114

Kinetic measurements Original Research Article
Pages 115-143

Virtual and real difficulties with measurements Original Research Article
Pages 145-161

Reactor design Original Research Article
Pages 163-183

Thermal stability of reactors Original Research Article
Pages 185-207

Postscript
Page 208

Literature
Pages 209-218

Appendix summary
Pages 219-223

Appendix A: The UCKRON-1 test problem
Pages 225-226

Appendix B: FORTRAN program for the exact solution
Pages 227-228

Appendix C: Calculation of operating conditions and transport criteria in the rotoberty®
Pages 229-234

Appendix D: UCKRON test data from excel
Pages 235-240

Appendix E: Regression of results from preliminary studies
Pages 241-245

Appendix F: Chemisorption
Page 247

Appendix G: Calculation of kinetic constants
Pages 249-250

Appendix H: Reaction rate
Pages 251-253

Index
Pages 255-260

Studies in surface science and catalysis
Pages 261-268