The Engineering of Chemical Reactions

by Lanny D. Schmidt

Thoroughly revised and updated in this second edition, The Engineering of Chemical Reactions focuses explicitly on developing the skills necessary to design a chemical reactor for any application, including chemical production, materials processing, and environmental modeling. This edition also features two new chapters on biological and environmental reaction engineering that provide an exciting introduction to these increasingly important areas...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195169255
• ISBN13: 9780195169256
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.6" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Practical, Real World Examples Beyond The A --> B Oversimplification

Among the reaction engineering texts, this one is the most practical with real-world examples found in the petroluem fuels, petrochemical, biochemical, environmental clean-up, explosions/combustions, and mass transfer applications. The author uses real chemical examples and not just "A goes to B" oversimplification. No reaction is "A goes to B" in the real world and the author knows that.

Presents concepts in concise, easy to understand writing

This book is an excellent introduction to reaction kinetics, ideal reactor models, and related areas covered in kinetics courses in Chemical Engineering.