Introduction to chemical reaction engineering and kinetics

Kinetics and Ideal Reactor Models. Experimental Methods in Kinetics: Measurement of Rate of Reaction. Development of the Rate Law for a Simple System. Complex Systems. Fundamentals of Reaction Rates. Homogeneous Reaction Mechanisms and Rate Laws. Catalysis and Catalytic Reactions. Multiphase Reacting Systems. Biochemical Reactions: Enzyme Kinetics. Preliminary Considerations in Chemical Reaction Engineering. Batch Reactors. Ideal Flow. Continuous Stirred--Tank Reactors (CSTR). Plug Flow Reactors (PFR). Laminar Flow Reactors (LFR). Comparisons and Combinations of Ideal Reactors. Complex Reactions in Ideal Reactors. Nonideal Flow. Reactor Performance with Nonideal Flow. Fixed--Bed Catalytic Reactors for Fluid--Solid Reactions. Reactors for Fluid--Solid (Noncatalytic) Reactions. Fluidized--Bed and Other Moving--Particle Reactors for Fluid--Solid Reactions. Reactors for Fluid--Fluid Reactions. Appendices. Nomenclature. References. Indexes.