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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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