The design of chemical reactors and their safety are as critical to the
success of a chemical process as the actual chemistry taking place
within the reactor. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the
practical aspects of multiphase reactor design and operation with an
emphasis on safety and clean technology. It considers not only standard
operation conditions, but also the problems of runaway reaction
conditions and protection against ensuing over-pressure.
Hydrodynamics of Multiphase Reactors addresses both practical and
theoretical aspects of this topic. Initial chapters discuss various
different types of gas/liquid reactors from a practical viewpoint, and
later chapters focus on the modelling of multiphase systems and
computational methods for reactor design and problem solving. The
material is written by experts in their specific fields and will include
chapters on the following topics: Multiphase flow, Bubble columns,
Sparged stirred vessels, Macroscale modelling, Microscale modelling,
Runaway conditions, Behaviour of vessel contents, Choked flow,
Measurement techniques.