About this nonfiction
Kinetics of Multistep Reactions (Volume 40) (Comprehensive Chemical Kinetics, Volume 40) by Friedrich G. Helfferich is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
This book addresses primarily the engineer in industrial process development, the research chemist in academia and industry, and the graduate student intending to become a reaction engineer. In industry, competitive pressures put a premium on scale-up by large factors to cut development time. To be safe, such development should be based on "fundamental" kinetics that reflect the elementary steps of which the reaction consists. The book forges fundamental kinetics into a practical tool by presenting new, effective methods for elucidation of mechanisms and reduction of complexity without unacceptable sacrifice in accuracy: fewer equations (lesser computational load), fewer coefficients (fewer experiment to determine them). For network elucidation, new rules relating network configurations to observable kinetic behaviour allow incorrect networks to be ruled out by whole classes instead of one by one. For modelling, general equations and algorithms are given from which equations for specific networks can be recovered by simple substitutions. The procedures are illustrated with examples of industrial reactions including, among others, paraffin oxidation, ethoxylation, hydroformylation,
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Friedrich G. Helfferich
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780444416315
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Chemistry, Engineering