Cyclic Separating Reactors

Dr Takashi Aida is Associate Professor in the department of chemical engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.Peter L. Silveston is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the chemical engineering department at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

• About the Authors. Preface.Acknowledgements..I. INTRODUCTION.Chapter 1: Separating Reactors.1.1 What Are They?.1.2 Process Intensification and Multifunctionality.1.3 Potential Advantages of Separating Reactors.1.4 The Trapping Reactor.1.5 Some Examples of Separating Reactors..Chapter 2: Periodic Operation.2.1 operations Options for Periodic Separating Reactors.2.2 Characteristics of Periodic Process.2.3 Advantages of Periodic Processes & Basis for Choice.2.4 Moving Bed Systems.2.5 Neglect of Periodic Processes..II. CHROMATOGRAPHIC REACTORS.Chapter 3: Introduction to Chromatographic Reactors.3.1 Concept and Types.3.2 General Models.3.3 Cyclic Steady State..Chapter 4: Chromatographic Reactors (CRs).4.1 Modeling Studies.4.2 Experimental Studies..Chapter 5: Countercurrent Moving Bed Chromatographic Reactors (CMCRs).5.1 Introduction.5.2 Modeling Studies.5.3 Experimental Studies..Chapter 6: Variations of Moving Bed Chromatographic Reactors.6.1 Concepts.6.2 Modeling and Design Studies..Chapter 7: Simulated Countercurrent Moving Bed Chromatographic Reactors (SCMCRs).7.1 Concept.7.2 Isothermal Modeling.7.3 Non-isothermal Modeling.7.4 Separate Catalyst and Adsorbent Beds.7.5 Experimental Studies.7.6 Non-separation Applications..Chapter 8: Chromatographic Reactors: Overview, Assessment, Challenges and Possibilities.8.1 Overview and Assessment.8.2 Modeling.8.3 Design.8.4 Research Needs..8.5 Research Opportunities..III. SWING REACTORS.Chapter 9: Pressure Swing Reactors.9.1 Introduction to Swing Reactors.9.2 Concepts and Types.9.3 General Models for Pressure Swing Reactors.9.4 Computational Considerations.9.5 Isothermal Modeling Studies.9.6 Non-isothermal Modeling Studies.9.7 Experimental Studies..Chapter 10: Temperature Swing Reactors.10.1 Introduction.10.2 Modeling.10.3 Simulations.10.4 Experimental..Chapter 11: Combined Pressure and Temperature Swing Reactors.11.1 Concept.11.2 Simulation..Chapter 12: Periodically Pulsed, Trapping and Extractive Reactors.12.1 Introduction.12.2 Periodically Pulsed Reactors.12.3 The Periodically Operated Trapping Reactor.12.4 Cyclic Extractive Reactor..Chapter 13: Swing Reactors: Overview, Assessment, Challenges and Possibilities.13.1 Overview and Assessment.13.2 Modeling.13.3 Design.13.4 Research Needs,.13.5 Research Opportunities..IV. SYSTEM SCREENING AND DEVELOPMENT..Chapter 14: Screening Reactors.14.1 Requirements for Separating Reactors.14.2 Screening Reactors.14.3 Experimental Studies.14.4 Assessment..Chapter 15: Development of a Cyclic Separating Reactor.15.1 Developing the Cyclically Operated Separating Reactor System.15.2 Models.15.3 Parameter Estimation.15.4 Demonstration Unit and Performance Testing.15.5 Scale Up and Economic Evaluation.15.6 A Development Example.15.7 Reactor + Separator Alternative..V. OVERVIEW.Chapter 16: Periodically Operated Separating Reactors: Quo Vadis?.16.1 The Role of Separating Reactors in Reactor Engineering.16.2 Current Development Status of Different Types of Cyclic Separating Reactors.16.3 Predictions for the Future.16.4 Expected Direction of Research on Cyclic Separating Reactors.16.5 Final Word.List of Symbols.References.Author Index.Subject Index.

"Although its usefulness to scientists and engineers already in the field is immeasurable, (this book) would also be most uniquely valuable to students getting initiated to this discipline.Takashi Aida and Peter Silveston have succeeded admirably in collecting together in a single volume a timely and valuable summary of the literature available to the engineer. This book is a must for anyone seriously interested in acquiring a proper evaluation and knowledge on cyclic operating reactors." (Current Engineering Practice)