Multiphase Catalytic Reactors : Theory, Design, Manufacturing, and Applications

-provides A Holistic Approach To Multiphase Catalytic Reactors From Their Modeling And Design To Their Applications In Industrial Manufacturing Of Chemicals -covers Theoretical Aspects And Examples Of Fixed-bed, Fluidized-bed, Trickle-bed, Slurry, Monolith And Microchannel Reactors -includes Chapters Covering Experimental Techniques And Practical Guidelines For Lab-scale Testing Of Multiphase Reactors -includes Mathematical Content Focused On Design Equations And Empirical Relationships Characterizing Different Multiphase Reactor Types Together With An Assortment Of Computational Tools -involves Detailed Coverage Of Multiphase Reactor Applications Such As Fischer-tropsch Synthesis, Fuel Processing For Fuel Cells, Hydrotreating Of Oil Fractions And Biofuels Processing. Edited By Zeynep Ilsen Önsan, Ahmet Kerim Avci. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web. Front Matter (pages i–xiii) Chapter 1 Catalytic reactor types and their industrial significance (pages 1–16) Chapter 2 Microkinetic analysis of heterogeneous catalytic systems (pages 17–52) Chapter 3 Fixed-bed gas–solid catalytic reactors (pages 53–79) Chapter 4 Fluidized-bed catalytic reactors (pages 80–94) Chapter 5 Three-phase fixed-bed reactors (pages 95–131) Chapter 6 Three-phase slurry reactors (pages 132–155) Chapter 7 Bioreactors (pages 156–170) Chapter 8 Monolith reactors (pages 171–212) Chapter 9 Microreactors for catalytic reactions (pages 213–230) Chapter 10 Experimental methods for the determination of parameters (pages 231–252) Chapter 11 Numerical solution techniques (pages 253–268) Chapter 12 Reactor approaches for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (pages 269–294) Chapter 13 Hydrotreating of oil fractions (pages 295–329) Chapter 14 Catalytic reactors for fuel processing (pages 330–364) Chapter 15 Modeling of the catalytic deoxygenation of fatty acids in a packed bed reactor (pages 365–376) Index (pages 377–381)

• Provides a holistic approach to multiphase catalytic reactors from their modeling and design to their applications in industrial manufacturing of chemicals
• Covers theoretical aspects and examples of fixed-bed, fluidized-bed, trickle-bed, slurry, monolith and microchannel reactors
• Includes chapters covering experimental techniques and practical guidelines for lab-scale testing of multiphase reactors
• Includes mathematical content focused on design equations and empirical relationships characterizing different multiphase reactor types together with an assortment of computational tools
• Involves detailed coverage of multiphase reactor applications such as Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, fuel processing for fuel cells, hydrotreating of oil fractions and biofuels processing

Combining all aspects of the field and its recent developments, Multiphase Catalytic Reactors examines the first principles involved in two- and three-phase catalytic reactions to the recent industrial applications of multiphase reactors, such as gas-to-liquid (GTL) operations.