Front Cover; Fixed-Bed Reactor Design and Diagnostics ; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; PART I: THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND; Chapter 2. Heterogeneous Catalysis and Kinetics; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS; QUANTIFICATION OF RATE PROCESSES INVOLVING SOLID CATALYSTS; LITERATURE CITED; Chapter 3. Chemical Equilibrium; BASIS FOR EQUILIBRIUM CALCULATIONS; FREE ENERGY RELATIONS IN TERMS OF G°f FOR IDEAL GAS; REACTION EQUILIBRIUM FOR NONIDEAL GASES; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON EQUILIBRIUM ; SOLVING FOR EQUILIBRIUM COMPOSITION

THE VALUE OF EQUILIBRIUM CALCULATIONSLITERATURE CITED; Chapter 4. Transport Processes and the Laws of Conservation; LAWS OF CONSERVATION AND THE QUANTITATIVE APPROACH TO FIXED-BED REACTOR ANALYSIS; LITERATURE CITED; PART II: DESIGN AND OPERATION; Chapter 5. Design and Operating Models; OBJECTIVES OF SIMPLIFICATION; CONDITIONS AT THE CATALYST; CONDITIONS IN THE BED; GENERAL TUBULAR REACTOR MODEL; IDEAL PLUG-FLOW (ONE-DIMENSIONAL) PSEUDOHOMOGENEOUS MODEL; DERIVATION OF IDEAL PLUG-FLOW (ONE-DIMENSIONAL), PSEUDOHOMOGENEOUS MODEL (Ts = T); ONE-DIMENSIONAL HETEROGENEOUS MODEL

RADIAL-FLOW ADIABATIC REACTOR MODELTWO-DIMENSIONAL PSEUDOHOMOGENEOUS MODEL; SUMMARY OF MODELS ; DESIGN BY SCALE-UP; MODEL PARAMETERS AND SCALE-UP FROM BENCH-SCALE, PILOT-PLANT, AND PLANT DATA; OPERATING MODELS; OPERATING MODELS; LITERATURE CITED; Chapter 6. Detailed Recommendations on Reactor Design Strategy; Chapter 7. Shortcut Procedures; CONCLUSION; LITERATURE CITED; Chapter 8. Diagnosing Reactor Operating Problems; A SYSTEM OF LOGIC FOR DIAGNOSTICS; GENERAL DIAGNOSTICS FOR FIXED-BED REACTORS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; LITERATURE CITED; PART III: EXAMPLES

PROBLEM STATEMENTESTABLISHING STOICHIOMETRIC EQUATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM EXPRESSIONS; METHOD OF CALCULATION; INITIAL GUESSES; RESULTS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; EXAMPLE 4. Use of Equilibrium Calculations to Estimate Possible Contaminants; OBJECTIVE; PROBLEM STATEMENT; EQUILIBRIUM EXPRESSIONS; EQUILIBRIUM FUNCTIONS; RESULTS; CONCLUSIONS; EXAMPLE 5. Equilibrium Composition for Multiple Reactions Using Free-Energy Minimization; OBJECTIVE; PROBLEM STATEMENT; RESULTS; CHECKING THE SOFTWARE; REFERENCES; EXAMPLE 6. Design of Reactors Based on Equilibrium Approach; OBJECTIVE; PROBLEM STATEMENT; BACKGROUND