Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering

Appropriate for a one-semester undergraduate or first-year graduate course, this text introduces the quantitative treatment of chemical reaction engineering. It covers both homogeneous and heterogeneous reacting systems and examines chemical reactionengineering as well as chemical reactorengineering. Each chapter contains numerous worked-out problems and real-world vignettes involving commercial applications, a feature widely praised by reviewers and teachers.

Mark E. Davis is a chemical engineering professor at California Institute of Technology. Robert J. Davis is a chemical engineering professor at the University of Virginia.

Preface Nomenclature 1. The Basics of Reaction Kinetics for Chemical Reaction Engineering 2. Rate Constants of Elementary Reactions 3. Reactors for Measuring Reaction Rates 4. The Steady-State Approximation: Catalysis 5. Heterogeneous Catalysis 6. Effects of Transport Limitations on Rates of Solid-Catalyzed Reactions 7. Microkinetic Analysis of Catalytic Reactions 8. Nonideal Flow in Reactors 9. Nonisothermal Reactors 10. Reactors Accomplishing Heterogeneous Reactions Appendix A. Review of Chemical Equilibria Appendix B. Regression Analysis Appendix C. Transport in Porous Media Index