{"product_id":"catalyst-engineering-technology-isbn-9781119634942","title":"Catalyst Engineering Technology","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book gives a comprehensive explanation of what governs the breakage of extruded materials, and what techniques are used to measure it. The breakage during impact aka collision is explained using basic laws of nature allowing readers to determine the handling severity of catalyst manufacturing equipment and the severity of entire plants. This information can then be used to improve on the architecture of existing plants and how to design grass-roots plants. The book begins with a summary of particle forming techniques in the particle technology industry. It covers extrusion technology in more detail since extrusion is one of the workhorses for particle manufacture. A section is also dedicated on how to describe transport and chemical reaction in such particulates for of course their final use. It presents the fundamentals of the study of breakage by relating basic laws in different fields (mechanics and physics) and this leads to two novel dimensionless groups that govern breakage. These topics are then apply these topics to R\u0026amp;D scale-up and manufacturing and shows how this approach is directly applicable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Catalyst Preparation Techniques and Equipment 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Forming of Catalysts 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Impregnation and Drying 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Rotary Calcination 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 From the Laboratory to a Commercial Plant 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNomenclature 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Extrusion Technology 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Background 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Rheology 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Extrusion 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNomenclature 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Aspect Ratio of an Extruded Catalyst: An In-depth Study 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 General 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Introduction to Catalyst Strength and Catalyst Breakage 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Mechanical Strength of Catalysts 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Experimental Measurement of Mechanical Strength 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Breakage by Collision 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Breakage by Stress in a Fixed Bed 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Breakage in Contiguous Equipment 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Statistical Methods Applied to Manufacturing Materials 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNomenclature 159 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreek Symbols 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubscripts 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Steady-state Diffusion and First-order Reaction in Catalyst Networks 165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 165 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Classic Continuum Approach 169 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 The Network Approach 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNomenclature 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreek Symbols 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4.1 Diffusion in a simple network 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4.2 Property of the semi-inverse 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4.3 Diffusion and reaction in a simple network 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4.4 Matrix properties for diffusion and reaction in a simple network 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4.5 Perturbation in a simple network 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4.6 A random variable 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4.7 Diffusion along a string of nodes 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4.8 Diffusion in a rectangular strip with an equal number of nodes 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4.9 Diffusion in a rectangular strip with an unequal number of nodes 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4.10 Diffusion and first-order reaction in a very deep network of 500 layers deep and five nodes per layer 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4.11 Diffusion and first-order reaction 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 281\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJEAN W. L. BEECKMAN\u003c\/b\u003e obtained his chemical engineering degree in 1975 and later his doctorate in 1979 at the Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Belgium. Since 2001, the author has been with ExxonMobil in Annandale, NJ. His entire career has been in the area of catalyst development, catalyst manufacturing and mathematical modeling. Jean has over 35 patents and over 25 peer reviewed technical publications.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePROVIDES THE READER FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE TO QUANTIFY THE LENGTH TO DIAMETER RATIO OF CATALYSTS DURING SCALE-UP AND MANUFACTURE AND FURTHER INTRODUCES VERY DEEP NETWORK PERTURBATION TO MODEL REACTION AND DIFFUSION WITH WHITE NOISE VARIABILITY IN CATALYST PROPERTIES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatalyst Engineering Technology: Fundamentals and Applications\u003c\/i\u003e gives a comprehensive explanation of what governs the breakage of extruded materials, and what techniques are used to measure it. The breakage during impact aka collision is explained using basic laws of nature allowing readers to determine the handling severity of catalyst manufacturing equipment and the severity of entire plants. In addition, the author introduces Very Deep Network Perturbation (VDNP) for handling white noise variability in catalyst modeling. This information can then be used in R\u0026amp;D scale-up, to improve on the architecture of existing plants and how to design grass-roots plants. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book begins with a summary of the diverse particle forming techniques used in laboratories and commercial plants. It also covers the typical equipment and process variables used for impregnation and rotary calcination. \u003ci\u003eCatalyst Engineering Technology\u003c\/i\u003e further expands into the mathematical modeling of extrusion technology as extrusion is one of the workhorses for particle manufacture covering particle shear, particle friction and extrusion paste rheology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book further goes into a comprehensive explanation of what governs the breakage and length to diameter ratio of extruded catalysts and is modeled using Newton's second law and the modulus of rupture. This approach introduces two dimensionless groups that play a key role in catalyst extrudate breakage and this methodology allows to determine the catalyst handling severity of individual equipment as well as the severity of entire plants. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final chapter is dedicated to the description of steady state diffusion and first order reaction in catalyst particles through the use of Very Deep Network Perturbation allowing one to obtain specific solutions in the presence of white noise variability for mass transfer, surface area and the kinetic rate coefficient.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988892270821,"sku":"NP9781119634942","price":146.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119634942.jpg?v=1761781944","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/catalyst-engineering-technology-isbn-9781119634942","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}