Chemical Reactor Design and Control
1. Edition September 2007
436 Pages, Hardcover
Practical Approach Book
Short Description
This book illustrates how to use process simulators, like Matlab and Aspen, to optimize the designs of chemical reactors and their control systems. The material and approaches in this book stress the importance of process design and equipment on the reactor control. The authors emphasize the critical impact of steady-state design on the dynamics and stability of reactors. The development of stable and practical reactors and effective control systems for the three types of classical reactors are covered: continuous stirred tank (CSTR), batch, and tubular plug flow.
Chemical reactors-control should be considered during design
Chemical Reactor Design and Control uses process simulators like Matlab(r), Aspen Plus, and Aspen Dynamics to study the design of chemical reactors and their dynamic control. There are numerous books that focus on steady-state reactor design. There are no books that consider practical control systems for real industrial reactors. This unique reference addresses the simultaneous design and control of chemical reactors. After a discussion of reactor basics, it:
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Covers three types of classical reactors: continuous stirred tank (CSTR), batch, and tubular plug flow
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Emphasizes temperature control and the critical impact of steady-state design on the dynamics and stability of reactors
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Covers chemical reactors and control problems in a plantwide environment
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Incorporates numerous tables and shows step-by-step calculations with equations
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Discusses how to use process simulators to address diverse issues and types of operations
This is a practical reference for chemical engineering professionals in the process industries, professionals who work with chemical reactors, and students in undergraduate and graduate reactor design, process control, and plant design courses.
Chapter 1. Reactor Basics.
1.1 Fundamentals of Reaction Equilibrium and Kinetics.
1.2 Multiple Reactions.
1.3 Determining Kinetic Parameters.
1.4 Types and Fundamental Properties of Reactors.
1.5 Heat Transfer in Reactors.
1.6 Reactor Scale-Up.
1.7 Conclusion.
Chapter 2. Steady-State Design of CSTR Systems.
2.1 Irreversible, Single Reactant.
2.2 Irreversible, Two Reactants.
2.3 Reversible Exothermic.
2.4 Consecutive Reactions.
2.5 Simultaneous Reactions.
2.6 Multiple CSTR's.
2.7 Auto-Refrigerated Reactor.
2.8 Aspen Plus Simulation of CSTR's.
2.9 Optimization of CSTR Systems.
2.10 Conclusion.
Chapter 3. Control of CSTR Systems.
3.1 Irreversible, Single Reactant.
3.2 Reactor/Column Process with Two Reactants.
3.3 Auto-Refrigerated Reactor Control.
3.4 Reactor Temperature Control Using Feed Manipulation.
3.5 Aspen Dynamics Simulation of CSTR's.
3.6 Conclusion.
Chapter 4. Control of Batch Reactors.
4.1 Irreversible, Single Reactant.
4.2 Batch Reactor with Two Reactants.
4.3 Batch Reactor with Consecutive Reactions.
4.4 Aspen Plus Simulation using RBatch.
4.5 Ethanol Batch Fermentor.
4.6 Fed-Batch Hydrogenation Reactor.
4.7 Batch TML Reactor.
4.8 Fed-Batch Reactor with Multiple Reactions.
4.9 Conclusion.
Chapter 5. Steady-State Design of Tubular Reactor Systems.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Types of Tubular Reactor Systems.
5.3 Tubular Reactors in Isolation.
5.4 Single Adiabatic Tubular Reactor System with Gas Recycle.
5.5 Multiple Adiabatic Tubular Reactors with Interstage Cooling.
5.6 Multiple Adiabatic Tubular Reactors with Cold-Shot Cooling.
5.7 Cooled Reactor System.
5.8 Tubular Reactor Simulation using Aspen Plus.
5.9 Conclusion.
Chapter 6. Control of Tubular Reactor Systems.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Dynamic Model.
6.3 Control Structures.
6.4 Controller Tuning and Disturbances.
6.5 Results for Single Adiabatic Reactor System.
6.6 Multi-Stage Adiabatic Reactor System with Interstage Cooling.
6.7 Multi-Stage Adiabatic Reactor System with Cold-Shot Cooling.
6.8 Cooled Reactor System.
6.9 Cooled Reactor System with Hot Reaction.
6.10 Aspen Dynamics Simulation.
6.11 Plantwide Control of Methanol Process.
6.12 Conclusion .
Chapter 7. Feed-Effluent Heat Exchangers.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Steady-State Design.
7.3 Linear Analysis.
7.31 Flowsheet FS1 without Furnace.
7.4 Nonlinear Simulation.
7.5. Hot Reaction Case.
7.6 Aspen Simulation.
7.7 Conclusion.
Chapter 8. Control of Special Types of Industrial Reactors.
8.1 Fluidized Catalytic Crackers.
8.2 Gasifiers.
8.3 Fired Furnaces, Kilns and Driers.
8.4 Pulp Digesters.
8.5 Polymerization Reactors.
8.6 Biochemical Reactors.
8.7 Slurry Reactors.
8.8 Micro-Scale Reactors.
