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Chemical Reaction Kinetics
A Self-Instructional Problem Workbook
Louis Theodore
Department of Chemical Engineering
Manhattan College, Riverdale NY
Published by ETS Professional Training
Institute
© 1992 Louis Theodore. 270 pages. ISBN 1-882767-05-5.
Table of Contents
Basic Operations
Conversion of Units · Weight and Mole Fraction · Average
Molecular Weight · Temperature Terms · Pressure Terms ·
Ideal Gas Law · Actual Volumetric Flow Rate and Standard Volumetric
Flow Rate · Mass Flow Rate and Standard Volumetric Flow Rate ·
Discharge Velocity · Reynolds Number · Conservation Law for
Mass · Stoichiometry · Complete Combustion of a Gas ·
Chemical Kinetics · Reaction Mechanisms · Conversion Variables
· Volume Correction Factor · Arrhenius Equation ·
Chemical Reaction Equilibrium · Conservation Law for Energy ·
Required Heat Rate · Standard Enthalpy of Reaction · Gross
Heating Value · Integration · Differentiation · Newton-Raphson
· Runge-Kutta · Linear Regression Analysis · Decision
Trees · Flow Diagrams ·
Problems
Ideal Gas Law (IGL)
IGL 1: Gas Concentrations
IGL 2: Flue Gas Flow Rate
Stoichiometry (STC)
STC 1: Combustion with Stoichiometric Air
STC 2: Combustion with Excess Air
Batch Reactors (BAT)
BAT 1: Liquid Phase Reactions
BAT 2: Reactor Charge
BAT 3: Gas Phase Reactions
BAT 4: Reactor Down Time
Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors
(CST)
CST 1: Elementary Liquid Phase Reactors
CST 2: Gas Phase Reactions
CST 3: CSTRs in Series
CST 4: Minimum Volume for Two CSTRs in Series
Tubular Flow Reactors (TUB)
TUB 1: Carbon Tetrachloride Conversion Mechanisms
TUB 2: Gas Phase Reactions
TUB 3: Reversible Reactions
TUB 4: Non-Elementary Reactions
Comparison of Reactors (COM)
COM 1: Combination of Reactors
COM 2: CSTRs vs Tubular Flow Reactors
Thermal Effects (THR)
THR 1: Batch Reactors
THR 2: CSTR Reactors
THR 3: Tubular Flow Reactors
THR 4: Fluidized Bed Reactors
Interpretation of Kinetic Data (IKD)
IKD 1: Batch Reactors
IKD 2: CSTR Reactors
IKD 3: Tubular Flow Reactors
IKD 4: Complex Systems
Catalytic Reactors (CAT)
CAT 1: Fluidized Bed Reactors
CAT 2: Fixed Bed Reactors
Economics (ECO)
ECO 1: Updating/Predicting Equipment Costs
ECO 2: Breakeven Operation
ECO 3: Annualized Capital, Operating and Maintenance Costs
ECO 4: Fixed Bed vs Fluidized Bed Reactor Economic Comparison
Environmental Considerations (ENV)
ENV 1: Incinerator Design Using Kinetic Principles
ENV 2: Feedstock pH Control by Blending
ENV 3: Environmental Toxicology
ENV 4: Lime Requirements for Acid Gas Control
Risk Analysis (RSK)
RSK 1: Threshold Limit Values
RSK 2: Reactor Failure
RSK 3: Series and Parallel Systems
RSK 4: Nuclear Reactor Discharge
Solutions to Problems
Appendix: SI Units
Index
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