Page 11 - Introduction to chemical reaction engineering and kinetics

Contents

1 . INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Nature and Scope of Chemical Kinetics 1
1.2 Nature and Scope of Chemical Reaction Engineering
1.3 Kinetics and Chemical Reaction Engineering 2
1.4 Aspects of Kinetics 3
1.4.1 Rate of Reaction-Definition 3
1.4.2 Parameters Affecting Rate of Reaction: The Rate Law
1.4.3 Measurement of Rate of Reaction-Preliminary 5
1.4.4 Kinetics and Chemical Reaction Stoichiometry 6
1.4.5 Kinetics and Thermodynamics/Equilibrium 14
1.4.6 Kinetics and Transport Processes 15
1.5 Aspects of Chemical Reaction Engineering 15
1.5.1 Reactor Design and Analysis of Performance 15
1.5.2 Parameters Affecting Reactor Performance 16
1.5.3 Balance Equations 16
1.5.4 An Example of an Industrial Reactor 18
1.6 Dimensions and Units 19
1.7 Plan of Treatment in Following Chapters 21
1.7.1 Organization of Topics 21
1.7.2 Use of Computer Software for Problem Solving 21
1.8 Problems for Chapter 1 22

,-. 2 . KINETICS AND IDEAL REACTOR MODELS 25
2.1 Time Quantities 25
2.2 Batch Reactor (BR) 26
2.2.1 General Features 26
2.2.2 Material Balance; Interpretation of 27
ri
2.3 Continuous Stirred-Tank Reactor (CSTR) 29
2.3.1 General Features 29
2.3.2 Material Balance; Interpretation of ri 31
2.4 Plug-Flow Reactor (PFR) 33
2.4.1 General Features 33
2.4.2 Material Balance; Interpretation of 34
ri
2.5 Laminar-FIow Reactor (LFR) 36
2.6 Smnmary of Results for Ideal Reactor Models 38
2.7 Stoichiometric Table 39
2.8 Problems for Chapter 2 40

3 l EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN KINETICS:
MEASUREMENT OF RATE OF REACTION 42
3.1 Features of a Rate Law: Introduction 42
3.1.1 Separation of Effects 42
3.1.2 Effect of Concentration: Order of Reaction 42
3.1.3 Effect of Temperature: Arrhenius Equation; Activation Energy 44

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