Scaleup of Chemical Processes: Conversion from Laboratory Scale Tests to Successful Commercial Size Design - Tapa dura

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Here is the first comprehensive work in 25 years to lay out the technical problems involved in the "scaleup" that transforms an idea conceived in the lab into a full-scale chemical plant. From reaction engineering and filtration techniques to modeling and pilot plants, Scaleup of Chemical Processes shows how a lab discovery becomes a commercially viable product, and presents ways to expand existing processes, develop new ones, and save time and money getting a plant to commercialization. Scaleup of Chemical Processes features the work of 17 renowned chemical engineers—experts in research, process development, manufacturing, and scaleup, from both industry and academia—who focus on the specific problems endemic to commercialization. They provide detailed scaleup steps for a variety of chemical applications, while revealing the fallacies of geometrical scaleup and presenting a more realistic time frame for modern scaleups. Each chapter of Scaleup of Chemical Processes moves from theory to practice in its coverage of major issues such as scaleup ratio and the heresies of scaleup, fundamentals, performance prediction methods, rules of thumb, and the uncertainties of commercialization. Topics include:

• mathematical modeling
• reactors for fluid-phase processes catalyzed by solids
• fluid-fluid reactors
• selection of reactor types
• reaction kinetics
• homogeneous reaction systems
• mixing and separations, including solid-liquid and liquid-liquid processes
• the environmental challenges of scaleup
• continuous mass transfer processes
• stagewise mass transfer processes
• flow patterns and residence time distributions
• fluidized beds
• laminar flow processes
• pilot plants and evaluating construction materials in pilot plant corrosion tests

Extensively illustrated with graphs and containing an extensive bibliography of related readings, Scaleup of Chemical Processes is an essential reference for chemical and mechanical engineers, chemists, and anyone involved in the transformation of ideas into solid, marketable goods.