Catalytic Reactors

Catalytic Reactors presents several key aspects of reactor design in Chemical and Process Engineering. Starting with the fundamental science across a broad interdisciplinary field, this graduate level textbook offers a concise overview on reactor and process design for students, scientists and pract...

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Other Authors Saha, Basudeb (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published De Gruyter, 2016.
SeriesDe Gruyter textbook.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN3110332981
9783110332988
9781523104505
1523104503
9783110332964
3110332965
9783110390124
3110390124
Physical Description1 online resource (370 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • List of contributing authors
  • About the editor
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1 Catalysis in Multifunctional Reactors
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Reactive Distillation (RD)
  • 1.2.1 Homogeneous catalysis
  • 1.2.2 Heterogeneous catalysis
  • 1.2.3 Catalysts used in reactive distillation
  • 1.3 Reactive Stripping
  • 1.3.1 Esterification
  • 1.3.2 Aqueous phase reforming (APR) of sorbitol
  • 1.3.3 Dehydration of xylose to furfural
  • 1.3.4 Catalytic exchange of hydrogen isotopes
  • 1.4 Catalytic membrane reactors
  • 1.4.1 Biodiesel production
  • 1.4.2 Dehydrogenation.
  • 1.4.3 Oxidative coupling of methane (OCM)
  • 1.4.4 Partial oxidation of methane to synthesis gas
  • 1.5 Chromatographic Reactor
  • 1.5.1 Concept of a Chromatographic Reactor
  • 1.5.2 Types of Chromatographic Reactor
  • 1.5.3 Applications of Liquid Chromatographic Reactor
  • 1.6 Summary
  • 2 Biocatalytic membrane reactors (BMR)
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Role of membrane in biocatalytic membrane reactors (BMRs)
  • 2.3 Membrane separation reactors (MSRs)
  • 2.3.1 Concept
  • 2.3.2 Application
  • 2.4 Membrane aeration bioreactors (MABR).
  • 2.5 Extractive membrane bioreactors (EMBR)
  • 2.5.1 Concept
  • 2.5.2 Application
  • 2.6 Enzyme immobilization techniques in membrane reactor systems
  • 2.6.1 Physical adsorption
  • 2.6.2 Entrapment
  • 2.6.3 Cross-linking
  • 2.6.4 Encapsulation
  • 2.6.5 Segregation by membranes
  • 2.6.6 Covalent binding
  • 2.7 Laminated (multilayer) enzyme membrane reactors
  • 2.7.1 Concept
  • 2.7.2 Application
  • 2.8 Biphasic (multiphase) membrane bioreactors
  • 2.8.1 Concept
  • 2.8.2 Application.
  • 2.9 Phase transfer catalysis in multiphase membrane reactors
  • 2.9.1 Concept
  • 2.9.2 Application
  • 2.10 Conclusions
  • 3 Metallic nanoparticles made in flow and their catalytic applications in micro-flow reactors for organic synthesis
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Metal nanoparticles in a microfluidic reactor
  • 3.2.1 Gold
  • 3.2.2 Silver
  • 3.2.3 Palladium
  • 3.2.4 Platinum
  • 3.2.5 Copper
  • 3.3 Metal nanoparticles in a millifluidic reactor
  • 3.4 Outlook
  • metal nanoparticles generated in flow and used in situ
  • 3.5 Conclusions.
  • 4 Application of multi-objective optimization in the design and operation of industrial catalytic reactors and processes
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Multi-objective optimization
  • 4.2.1 Concept of multi-objective optimization
  • 4.2.2 MOO methods
  • 4.3 No-preference methods
  • 4.3.1 Neutral compromised solution
  • 4.4 A priori methods
  • 4.4.1 Method of Weighted global criterion
  • 4.4.2 Lexicographic method
  • 4.4.3 Goal Programming (GP)
  • 4.5 A posteriori methods
  • 4.5.1 f-Constraint Method
  • 4.6 Interactive methods
  • 4.7 Genetic algorithms.