Complementary Textbooks

There are many, many good textbooks available on the topics of Kinetics and Reaction Engineering. Here are a few that you may find useful, including a few that are more specifically focused on biological or biochemical kinetics and reaction engineering.

Aiba, S., Humphrey, A. E. and Millis, N. F., “Biochemical Engineering,” Second Ed., Academic, New York (1973).

Aris, R., “Elementary Chemical Reactor Analysis,” Butterworth, Toronto (1989).

Bailey, J. E., Ollis, D. F. and Bailey, J., “Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals,” Second Ed., McGraw-Hill, New York (1986).

Benson, S. W., “The Foundations of Chemical Kinetics,” Robert E. Krieger, Malabar, FL (1982).

Blanch, H. W. and Clark, D. S., “Biochemical Engineering,” Marcel Dekker, New York (1996).

Boudart, M., “Kinetics of Chemical Processes,” Butterworth-Heinemann, (1991).

Davis, M. E. and Davis, R. J., “Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering,” McGraw-Hill, New York (2003).

Fogler, H. S., “Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering,” 3rd ed., Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J. (1999).

Froment, G. F. and Bischoff, K. B., “Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design,” Wiley, New York (1990).

Hill, C. G., “An Introduction to Chemical Engineering Kinetics & Reactor Design,” Wiley, New York (1977).

Holland, C. D. and Anthony, R. G., “Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering,” Prentice Hall, Engelwood Cliffs, NJ (1989).

House, J. E., “Principles of Chemical Kinetics,” Academic, New York (2007).

Laidler, K. J., “Chemical Kinetics,” McGraw-Hill, New York (1965).

Levenspiel, O., “Chemical Reaction Engineering,” Wiley, New York (1972).

Masel, R. I., “Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis,” Wiley, New York (2001).

Missen, R. W., Mims, C. A., and Saville, B. A., “Introduction to Chemical Reaction Engineering and Kinetics,” Wiley, New York (1999).

Nauman, E. B., “Chemical Reactor Design,” Wiley, New York (1987).

Roberts, G. W., “Chemical Reactions and Chemical Reactors,” Wiley, New York (2009).

Schmidt, L. D., “The Engineering of Chemical Reactions,” Oxford, New York (1998).

Shuler, M. L. and Kargi, F., “Bioprocess Engineering: Basic Concepts,” Second Ed., Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ (2001).

Smith, J. M., “Chemical Engineering Kinetics,” McGraw-Hill, New York (1970).

Steinfeld, J. I., Francisco, J. S., and Hase, W. L., “Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics,” Second ed., Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ (1999).

Stephanopoulos, G., Aristidou, A. and Nielsen, J., “Metabolic Engineering: Principles and Methodologies,” Academic, New York (1998).

Walas, S. M., “Reaction Kinetics for Chemical Engineers,” Butterworths, Toronto (1989).