Contents
1.2 The General Mole Balance Equation
1.4.1 Continuous-Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR)
1.4.3 Packed-Bed Reactor (PBR)
Chapter 2. Conversion and Reactor Sizing
2.2 Batch Reactor Design Equations
2.3 Design Equations for Flow Reactors
2.3.1 CSTR (Also Known as a Backmix Reactor or a Vat)
2.3.2 Tubular Flow Reactor (PFR)
2.3.3 Packed-Bed Reactor (PBR)
2.4 Sizing Continuous-Flow Reactors
2.5.3 Combinations of CSTRs and PFRs in Series
2.5.4 Comparing the CSTR and PFR Reactor Volumes and Reactor Sequencing
3.1.1 Relative Rates of Reaction
3.2 The Reaction Order and the Rate Law
3.2.1 Power Law Models and Elementary Rate Laws
3.3 The Reaction Rate Constant
3.4 Present Status of Our Approach to Reactor Sizing and Design
4.1.1 Equations for Batch Concentrations
4.2.1 Equations for Concentrations in Flow Systems
4.2.2 Liquid-Phase Concentrations
4.2.3 Gas Phase Concentrations
Chapter 5. Isothermal Reactor Design: Conversion
5.1 Design Structure for Isothermal Reactors
5.3 Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors (CSTRs)
5.5.1 Pressure Drop and the Rate Law
5.5.2 Flow Through a Packed Bed
5.5.4 Analytical Solution for Reaction with Pressure Drop
5.6 Synthesizing the Design of a Chemical Plant
Chapter 6. Isothermal Reactor Design: Molar Flow Rates
6.1 The Molar Flow Rate Balance Algorithm
6.2 Mole Balances on CSTRs, PFRs, PBRs, and Batch Reactors
6.3 Applications of the Molar Flow Rate Algorithm to Microreactors
6.5 Unsteady-State Operation of Stirred Reactors
6.6.1 Motivation for Using a Semibatch Reactor
6.6.2 Semibatch Reactor Mole Balances
Chapter 7. Collection and Analysis of Rate Data
7.1 The Algorithm for Data Analysis
7.2 Determining the Reaction Order for Each of Two Reactants Using the Method of Excess
7.4 Differential Method of Analysis
7.4.1 Graphical Differentiation Method
7.4.2 Finding the Rate Law Parameters
7.6 Reaction Rate Data from Differential Reactors
8.2 Algorithm for Multiple Reactions
8.2.1 Modifications to the Chapter 6 CRE Algorithm for Multiple Reactions
8.3.2 Maximizing the Desired Product for One Reactant
8.3.3 Reactor Selection and Operating Conditions
8.5.1 Complex Reactions in a PBR
8.5.2 Multiple Reactions in a CSTR
8.6 Membrane Reactors to Improve Selectivity in Multiple Reactions
Chapter 9. Reaction Mechanisms, Pathways, Bioreactions, and Bioreactors
9.1 Active Intermediates and Nonelementary Rate Laws
9.1.1 Pseudo-Steady-State Hypothesis (PSSH)
9.1.2 Searching for a Mechanism
9.2 Enzymatic Reaction Fundamentals
9.2.1 Enzyme–Substrate Complex
9.2.3 Michaelis–Menten Equation
9.2.4 Batch Reactor Calculations for Enzyme Reactions
9.3 Inhibition of Enzyme Reactions
9.3.2 Uncompetitive Inhibition
9.3.3 Noncompetitive Inhibition (Mixed Inhibition)
9.4 Bioreactors and Biosynthesis
9.4.6 CSTR Bioreactor Operation
Chapter 10. Catalysis and Catalytic Reactors
10.1.3 Catalytic Gas-Solid Interactions
10.1.4 Classification of Catalysts
10.2 Steps in a Catalytic Reaction
10.2.1 Step 1 Overview: Diffusion from the Bulk to the External Surface of the Catalyst
10.2.2 Step 2 Overview: Internal Diffusion
10.3 Synthesizing a Rate Law, Mechanism, and Rate-Limiting Step
10.3.1 Is the Adsorption of Cumene Rate-Limiting?
10.3.2 Is the Surface Reaction Rate-Limiting?
10.3.3 Is the Desorption of Benzene Rate-Limiting?
10.3.4 Summary of the Cumene Decomposition
10.3.6 Rate Laws Derived from the Pseudo-Steady-State Hypothesis (PSSH)
10.3.7 Temperature Dependence of the Rate Law
10.4 Heterogeneous Data Analysis for Reactor Design
10.4.1 Deducing a Rate Law from the Experimental Data
10.4.2 Finding a Mechanism Consistent with Experimental Observations
10.4.3 Evaluation of the Rate Law Parameters
10.5 Reaction Engineering in Microelectronic Fabrication
10.5.2 Chemical Vapor Deposition
11.2.1 First Law of Thermodynamics
11.2.2 Evaluating the Work Term
11.2.3 Overview of Energy Balances
11.3 The User Friendly Energy Balance Equations
11.3.1 Dissecting the Steady-State Molar Flow Rates to Obtain the Heat of Reaction
11.3.2 Dissecting the Enthalpies
11.3.3 Relating ΔHRx(T), 
, and ΔCP
11.4.1 Adiabatic Energy Balance
11.4.2 Adiabatic Tubular Reactor
11.5 Adiabatic Equilibrium Conversion and Reactor Staging
Chapter 12. Steady-State Nonisothermal Reactor Design—Flow Reactors with Heat Exchange
12.1 Steady-State Tubular Reactor with Heat Exchange
12.1.1 Deriving the Energy Balance for a PFR
12.2 Balance on the Heat Transfer Fluid
12.3 Algorithm for PFR/PBR Design with Heat Effects
12.3.1 Applying the Algorithm to an Exothermic Reaction
12.3.2 Applying the Algorithm to an Endothermic Reaction
12.4.1 Heat Added to the Reactor, 
12.5 Multiple Steady States (MSS)
12.5.1 Heat-Removed Term, R(T)
12.5.2 Heat-Generated Term, G(T)
12.5.3 Ignition-Extinction Curve
12.6 Nonisothermal Multiple Chemical Reactions
12.6.1 Energy Balance for Multiple Reactions in Plug-Flow Reactors
12.6.2 Parallel Reactions in a PFR
12.6.3 Energy Balance for Multiple Reactions in a CSTR
12.6.4 Series Reactions in a CSTR
12.6.5 Complex Reactions in a PFR
Chapter 13. Unsteady-State Nonisothermal Reactor Design
13.1 The Unsteady-State Energy Balance
13.2 Energy Balance on Batch Reactors
13.2.1 Adiabatic Operation of a Batch Reactor
13.3 Semibatch Reactors with a Heat Exchanger
13.4 Unsteady Operation of a CSTR
13.5 Nonisothermal Multiple Reactions
Appendix A. Numerical Techniques
Appendix B. Ideal Gas Constant and Conversion Factors
Appendix C. Thermodynamic Relationships Involving the Equilibrium Constant
Appendix G. Open-Ended Problems
G.1 Design of Reaction Engineering Experiment
G.2 Effective Lubricant Design
G.3 Peach Bottom Nuclear Reactor
G.5 Hydrodesulfurization Reactor Design
Appendix H. How to Use the DVD-ROM
H.2 How the DVD-ROM/Web Can Help Learning Styles
H.2.1 Global vs. Sequential Learners
H.2.2 Active vs. Reflective Learners
H.2.3 Sensing vs. Intuitive Learners