Fix-Bed Reactor Design and Diagnostics: Gas Phase Reactions

This work is written for the busy professional who, when faced with design or operating decisions, needs swift recommendations and relevant insights. To this end, it presents procedures and techniques consistent with the time constraints imposed by most practical problems. This book does not attempt to provide an extensive review of the literature but instead suggests approaches known to be valid and successful. Part I presents essential theory and conceptual background: Part II recommends mathematical models, scale-up procedures, and diagnostic methods; and Part III provides a generous number of practical examples. Because computers are now commonly used to reach rapid, optimum decisions for fixed-bed reactors, the examples recommend and use software available to most chemical engineers.