Bits and Pieces

     This section is composed of subtopics related to chemical reaction engineering. They are intended to allow the reader to review or learn somewhat isolated facts or trends, for example- how pressure drop affects gas phase reactions.

 

Isothermal Operation

Rate Laws

Stoichiometry

CRE Algorithm for Isothermal Reactor Design

Batch Reactors

Continuous Flow Reactors (CSTR)

Plug Flow Reactors (PFR)

Effects of Pressure Drop

Packed Bed Reactors (PBR)

Semibatch Reactors

Membrane Reactors

Finding the Rate Law

Multiple Reactions

Non-Isothermal Operations

Algorithm for Heat Effects in a CSTR

Energy Balance for Adiabatic Reactors

Adiabatic Equilibrium Conversion and Temperatures

Heat Effects in a CSTR

Heat Effects in a PFR

Heat Effects in Batch and Semibatch Reactors