Heterogeneous Catalysis: Solid Catalysts, Kinetics, Transport Effects, Catalytic Reactors

✍ Scribed by Shaikh A.A.

• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 165
• Series: De Gruyter Textbook
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This textbook is a concise introduction to heterogeneous catalysis, focusing on the fundamentals and industrial implementation. It is written in a clear manner using language that is easily accessible to undergraduate students in chemical engineering and industrial chemistry. The textbook includes exercise problems and practice software. New in this edition are sections on catalyst preparation and manufacture, kinetic parameter estimation, and catalytic transport-line reactors. Solutions to all the example problems are now provided.
Easy to understand introduction to heterogeneous catalysis with focus on industrial applications.
Fundamentals such as adsorption, kinetics, transport effects as well as examples from industry are discussed.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Also of Interest
Heterogeneous Catalysis: Solid Catalysts, Kinetics, Transport Effects, Catalytic Reactors
Copyright
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Acknowledgments
Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 Industrial importance of heterogeneous catalysis
1.2 General characteristics of solid catalysts
1.2.1 Activation energy
1.2.2 Classification by functionality
1.2.3 Selectivity of solid catalysts
1.2.4 The catalytic site
1.2.5 Composition and preparation of solid catalysts
1.2.6 Naming of solid catalysts
1.3 The catalytic sequence
References
2. Adsorption
2.1 Types of adsorption
2.2 Comparison between physical and chemical adsorption
2.2.1 Surface coverage
2.2.2 Heat of adsorption
2.2.3 Catalytic cycle
2.2.4 Rate of adsorption
2.3 Adsorption isotherms
2.3.1 Langmuir isotherm
2.3.2 Competitive adsorption
2.3.3 Determination of surface area
2.4 Other isotherms
2.4.1 BET isotherm
2.4.2 Surface area by BET isotherm
References
3. Characterization of solid catalysts
3.1 Physical characterization
3.1.1 Determination of surface area, total pore volume, and mean pore radius
3.1.2 Pore-size distribution
3.2 Chemical and structural characterization
3.2.1 Electron microscopy
3.3 Mechanical characterization
References
4. Kinetics of catalytic reactions
4.1 Classification of kinetic models
4.2 Langmuir–Hinshelwood (L-H) model
4.2.1 Irreversible, unimolecular, surface reactions
4.2.2 Irreversible, bimolecular, surface reactions
4.2.3 Inhibition in bimolecular surface reactions
4.2.4 Reversible, unimolecular, reactions
4.2.5 Reversible, bimolecular, reactions
4.2.6 Irreversible, bimolecular, reactions: different sites
4.3 Eley–Rideal (E-R) model
4.4 Evaluation of kinetic parameters
4.5 Effect of temperature on reaction rate
References
5. Transport effects in catalytic reactions
5.1 External and internal mass transfer
5.2 The effectiveness factor
5.2.1 Isothermal first-order catalytic reactions
5.2.2 Effectiveness factor for first-order reactions
5.2.3 Effectiveness factors for other catalyst shapes
5.2.4 Parameter estimation
5.3 Behavior of observed reaction rate: falsification of kinetic data
5.4 Laboratory reactors
References
6. Deactivation of solid catalysts
6.1 Causes of deactivation
6.2 Deactivation by thermal degradation
6.3 Deactivation by fouling
6.4 Deactivation by poisoning
6.5 Other causes of deactivation
6.6 Kinetics of catalyst deactivation
6.6.1 Catalyst activity
6.6.2 Kinetics of catalyst coking
6.7 Catalyst reactivation
References
7. Industrial catalytic reactors
7.1 Types of reactors and applications
7.1.1 Packed-bed reactor family
7.1.2 Fluidized-bed reactor family
7.2 Design of isothermal packed-bed reactor
7.2.1 Cautionary remarks
7.3 Design of isothermal transport-line reactor
7.4 Three-phase catalytic reactors
References
8. Major industrial applications
8.1 Applications in petroleum refining
8.2 Applications in the petrochemicals industry
8.3 Applications in environmental protection
References
9. Computational case studies
9.1 Published models and simulators
9.1.1 Adsorption isotherms of C2H4 in NaX zeolite
9.1.2 Surface kinetics with pore diffusion resistance
9.1.3 Non-isothermal effectiveness factor
9.1.4 Conversion of ethylbenzene to styrene in the presence of steam
9.1.5 Pressure drop in a packed-bed reactor
9.1.6 Slurry reactor with declining catalyst activity
9.2 Applied catalysis design problem
9.3 Open-ended catalysis design problems
9.3.1 Elementary computational thought experiment
9.3.2 Intermediate computational thought experiment
References
Problems
Index