CONTENTS

Front Matter

Title Page, Preface and Acknowledgements
About the Author
Status, History, Issues and Updates
Complementary Textbooks
Teaching Notes and Resources
A Note about Numerical Solutions

Course Units

I. Chemical Reactions
1. Stoichiometry and Reaction Progress
2. Reaction Thermochemistry
3. Reaction Equilibrium
II. Chemical Reaction Kinetics
A. Rate Expressions
4. Reaction Rates and Temperature Effects
5. Empirical and Theoretical Rate Expressions
6. Reaction Mechanisms
7. The Steady State Approximation
8. Rate-Determining Step
9. Homogeneous and Enzymatic Catalysis
10. Heterogeneous Catalysis
B. Kinetics Experiments
11. Laboratory Reactors
12. Performing Kinetics Experiments
C. Analysis of Kinetics Data
13. CSTR Data Analysis
14. Differential Data Analysis
15. Integral Data Analysis
16. Numerical Data Analysis
III. Chemical Reaction Engineering
A. Ideal Reactors
17. Reactor Models and Reaction Types
B. Perfectly Mixed Batch Reactors
18. Reaction Engineering of Batch Reactors
19. Analysis of Batch Reactors
20. Optimization of Batch Reactor Processes
C. Continuous Flow Stirred Tank Reactors
21. Reaction Engineering of CSTRs
22. Analysis of Steady State CSTRs
23. Analysis of Transient CSTRs
24. Multiple Steady States in CSTRs
D. Plug Flow Reactors
25. Reaction Engineering of PFRs
26. Analysis of Steady State PFRs
27. Analysis of Transient PFRs
E. Matching Reactors to Reactions
28. Choosing a Reactor Type
29. Multiple Reactor Networks
30. Thermal Back-Mixing in a PFR
31. Back-Mixing in a PFR via Recycle
32. Ideal Semi-Batch Reactors
IV. Non-Ideal Reactions and Reactors
A. Alternatives to the Ideal Reactor Models
33. Axial Dispersion Model
34. 2-D and 3-D Tubular Reactor Models
35. Zoned Reactor Models
36. Segregated Flow Models
37. Overview of Multi-Phase Reactors
B. Coupled Chemical and Physical Kinetics
38. Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions
39. Gas-Liquid Reactions
40. Gas-Solid Reactions

Supplemental Units

S1. Identifying Independent Reactions
S2. Solving Non-differential Equations
S3. Fitting Linear Models to Data
S4. Numerically Fitting Models to Data
S5. Solving Initial Value Differential Equations
S6. Solving Boundary Value Differential Equations

About the Author

Carl Lund photo
Carl R. F. Lund

Carl Lund was born in Philadelphia, grew up in Norristown, PA, and graduated from Muncy High School (located in central PA). He earned a B. S. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and a Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. His Ph. D. advisor was Jim Dumesic, with whom he studied high temperature water-gas shift catalysis, specifically the effect of particle size and support interactions upon the activity of Fe3O4 supported on SiO2. After completing his Ph. D., he worked for five years for Exxon Research and Engineering in the Exxon Corporate Research Science Labs. He was involved in several projects at Exxon, but his primary research activities were in the area of catalytic gasification of carbons and coal.

Since that time, he has been a professor of chemical engineering at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. His research group at U. B. has studied a number of different topics including sulfur-tolerant, high and very low temperature water-gas shift catalysis, aromatic chlorination using zeolite catalysts, catalytic decomposition of nitrous oxide and reaction engineering with membrane reactors. At present the Lund group is studying the formation of humic materials during the acid-catalyzed conversion of cellulose-derived carbohydrates.

Carl served as the Chairperson of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering for almost 9 years, and he also served briefly as the Associate Dean for Research for the School of Engineering and Applied Science. He presently holds the rank of SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor. His teaching has been recognized with a few awards including Tau Beta Pi Engineering Teacher of the Year (1987 and 2014), Lilly Teaching Fellow (1988), SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (1991), AIChE Student Chapter Chemical Engineering Professor of the Year (2003, 2006, 2009, 2014 and 2015), University at Buffalo Notable Contributions to Teaching and Learning Award (2005), and promotion to the rank of SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor (2007).

May 26, 2015