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 | | The Engineering of Chemical Reactions (Topics in Chemical Engineering) by Lanny D. Schmidt ISBN-10: 9780195105889 ISBN-10: 0-19-510588-5 ISBN-13: 9780195105889 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-510588-9 Hardcover 1997-12-04 Oxford University Press, USA Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Employment opportunities for chemical engineers are moving away from petroleum and petrochemicals toward new applications such as materials processing, pharmaceuticals, and foods. Chemical reactors remain at the center of any chemical process; they are essential to improving existing processes and to designing new ones. Today and in the future chemical engineers must be able to use their knowledge of reactors in combination with other skills in order to think creatively and strategically about new processes and growing applications. The Engineering of Chemical Reactions addresses these issues by focusing on the analysis of chemical reactors while simultaneously providing a description of industrial chemical processes and the strategies by which they operate. Ideal for upper-level undergraduate courses in chemical reactor engineering and kinetics, this text provides a concise, up-to-date alternative to similar texts. In addition to the analysis of simple chemical reactors, it considers more complex situations such as multistage reactors and reactor-separation systems. Energy management and the role of mass transfer in chemical reactors are also integrated into the text. The evolution of chemical engineering from petroleum refining, through petrochemicals and polymers, to new applications is described so that students can see the relationships between past, present, and future technologies. Applications such as catalytic processes, environmental modeling, biological reactions, reactions involving solids, oxidation, combustion, safety, polymerization, and multiphase reactors are also described. The text uses a notation of reaction stoichiometry and reactor mass balances which is kept simple so that students can see the principles of reactor design without becoming lost in complex special cases. Numerical methods are used throughout to consider more complex problems. Worked examples are given throughout the text, and over 300 homework problems are included. Both the examples and problems cover real-world chemistry and kinetics. | ||
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not so great I used this book in my reactions engineering class. It was full of mistakes even though it was the 5th printing. The only reason the book was even useable was because Schmidt was a professor at the school I took the class at so he could clear up the mistakes in the book. The sections on CSTRs and PFRs was acceptable but still filled with mistakes and unclear problems at the end. So if you don't go to the University of Minnesota I would not recommand this book due to all the errors. | ||
too much errata Too many errors ! Move your attention to Fogler's | ||
Presents concepts in concise, easy to understand writing This book is an excellent introduction to reaction kinetics, ideal reactor models, and related areas covered in kinetics courses in Chemical Engineering. | ||
Topic intro good, no real application to reactor analysis The book introduces fundamental reactor analysis topics like material and energy balances for PFTR's and CSTR's. Problems at the end of each chapter focus on equations and concepts presented throught the chapter building on previous concepts introduced in previous chapters. A few drawbacks are; numerous errors presented throughout sample and actual problems, attempts to apply to real life reactor analysis fall short because assumptions made to reduce mathematical detail are never realized in real world problems (although they allow for crude approximations), extensive reading leads to boredom. Used as supplement to solid lecturer, the book is valuable, would not reccomend for reader trying to "self-teach" reactor analysis. | ||