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exploitation of chemical reactions on a commercial scale. Its goal is the successful
design and operation of chemical reactors, and probably more than any other
activity it sets chemical engineering apart as a distinct branch of the engineering profession.
In a typical situation the engineer is faced with a host of questions: what information is needed to attack a problem, how best to obtain it, and then how to select a reasonable design from the many available alternatives? The purpose of this book is to teach how to answer these questions reliably and wisely. To do this I emphasize qualitative arguments, simple design methods, graphical procedures, and frequent comparison of capabilities of the major reactor types. This approach should help develop a strong intuitive sense for good design which can then guide and reinforce the formal methods.
This is a teaching book; thus, simple ideas are treated first, and are then extended to the more complex. Also, emphasis is placed throughout on the development of a common design strategy for all systems, homogeneous and heterogeneous.
This is an introductory book. The pace is leisurely, and where needed, time is taken to consider why certain assumptions are made, to discuss why an alternative approach is not used, and to indicate the limitations of the treatment when applied to real situations. Although the mathematical level is not particularly difficult (elementary calculus and the linear first-order differential equation is all that is needed), this does not mean that the ideas and concepts being taught are particularly simple. To develop new ways of thinking and new intuitions is not easy.
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