The Engineering of Chemical Reactions

By Lanny D. Schmidt

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195169255
• ISBN13: 9780195169256
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.6" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Practical, Real World Examples Beyond The A --> B Oversimplification

Among the reaction engineering texts, this one is the most practical with real-world examples found in the petroluem fuels, petrochemical, biochemical, environmental clean-up, explosions/combustions, and mass transfer applications. The author uses real chemical examples and not just "A goes to B" oversimplification. No reaction is "A goes to B" in the real world and the author knows that.

Presents concepts in concise, easy to understand writing

This book is an excellent introduction to reaction kinetics, ideal reactor models, and related areas covered in kinetics courses in Chemical Engineering.