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Kinetics and reactors — The engineer's dilemma
Author(s) -
Smith J. M.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450480208
Subject(s) - biochemical engineering , reactor design , chemical reaction engineering , process engineering , dilemma , rational design , chemical reactor , kinetics , catalysis , pilot plant , chemical kinetics , engineering , chemistry , waste management , chemical engineering , nuclear engineering , nanotechnology , materials science , organic chemistry , physics , mathematics , geometry , quantum mechanics
Scaleup of catalytic reactors is often unrewarding because of the incompatibility of chemical and physical similarity requirements. Hence, a rational design procedure usually requires experimental study of global rates of reaction, as well as kinetics of the chemical steps at a catalyst site. This paper examines the role of laboratory and pilot‐plant reactor data in the design procedure. Recent developments in laboratory reactors, and the potential for ultimately eliminating the need for global rate measurements, are considered.