The Engineering of Chemical Reactions

by Lanny D. Schmidt

Thoroughly revised and updated in this second edition, The Engineering of Chemical Reactions focuses explicitly on developing the skills necessary to design a chemical reactor for any application, including chemical production, materials processing, and environmental modeling. This edition also features two new chapters on biological and environmental reaction engineering that provide an exciting introduction to these increasingly important areas of today's chemical engineering market.

Streamlined to enhance the logical flow of the subject, The Engineering of Chemical Reactions, 2/e , is easy for instructors to navigate and students to follow. Using real reactions from chemical engineering, the first seven chapters cover such fundamentals as multiple reactions, energy management, and catalytic processes. The final five chapters explore more advanced topics including environmental, polymer, solids processing, biological, and combustion reactions. Practical, real-world examples throughout the text consider reactor and process choices in ways that encourage students to think creatively and build on previous knowledge.

The Engineering of Chemical Reactions, 2/e , is ideal for upper-level undergraduate courses in chemical reactor engineering, chemical reactor design, and kinetics.

640 pages, Hardcover

First published December 4, 1997

Reviews

[Valentin Chirosca · Rating 3 out of 5]

by Valentin Chirosca
"Perhaps the central idea to come from Minnesota is the notion of modeling in chemical engineering. This is the belief that the way to understand a complex process is to construct the simplest description that will allow one to solve the problem at hand. Sometimes a single equation gives this insight in a back-of-the-envelope calculation, and sometimes a complete simulation on a supercomputer is necessary. The chemical engineer must be prepared to deal with problems at whatever level of sophistication is required. We want to show students how to do simple calculations by capturing the essential principles without getting lost in details. At the same time, it is necessary to understand the complex problem with sufficient clarity that the further steps in sophistication can be undertaken with confidence. A modeling approach also reveals the underlying beauty and unity of dealing with the engineering of chemical reactions."
Modelling is the best way to understand processes, if you design a process first fix the mass balances and after that energy balances using the simplest way: chemical calculations.

[Jeffrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

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