Turbulent Mixing and Chemical Reactions

Turbulent Mixing and Chemical Reactions Jerzy Ba???dyga, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland John R. Bourne, Visiting Professor, University of Birmingham, UK and Emeritus Professor, ETH Zurich, Switzerland The way in which reagents are mixed can greatly influence the yield and range of products formed by fast, multiple chemical reactions. Understanding this phenomenon enables chemists to carry out reactions more selectively, make better use of raw materials and simplify product workup and separation. Turbulent Mixing and Chemical Reactions presents a balanced treatment of the connection between mixing and reaction. It contains theoretical aspects, experimental methods and expected results as well as worked examples to illustrate problem solving. This book will be of interest to all scientists involved in chemical engineering, physical chemistry, and synthetic chemists in the fine chemical and pharmaceuticals industry.Aktuellste Entwicklungen bei der Erforschung der Natur von Turbulenzen finden mittlerweile ihre Anwendung auf dem Gebiet der mischungsabhängigen Selektivität. Zwei Wissenschaftler, die auf diesem Gebiet an vorderster Front arbeiten, vermitteln hier Fakten, die man sonst nirgends findet. Eine benutzerfreundliche Monographie, die für Forschung und Industrie relevant ist. (11/98)

Preface xvi

Guide to Notation xx

Chapter 1 Introduction—Mixing and Reaction 1

Chapter 2 Bulk Flow Patterns and the Selectivity of Slow Reactions 8

Chapter 3 Fast Reactions and the Limits of Classical Methods 38

Chapter 4 The Nature and Definition of Turbulence 49

Chapter 5 Theory of Turbulence and Models of Turbulent Flow 102

Chapter 6 Mixing of Non-reacting Materials: from Turbulent Diffusion to Mixing on Molecular Scale 294

Chapter 7 Analysis and Modelling of Mixing of Reactive Materials 427

Chapter 8 Mixing and Chemical Reaction in a Lagrangian Framework Mechanistic Models 532

Chapter 9 The Evaluation of Mixing Models General Considerations 637

Chapter 10 Mechanisms and Kinetics of some Test Reactions 642

Chapter 11 Model-Experiment Comparisons when Micromixing Controls 671

Chapter 12 Model-Experiment Comparisons when Micro- and Mesomixing Control 730

Chapter 13 Characteristics of Various Mixers 804

Chapter 14 Precipitation 810

Chapter 15 Further Applications 841

Index 865

"Bridging the gap between advances in the field of turbulence and methods used in chemical reaction engineering, this book brings together material that has been published in numerous journals." (La Doc Sti, Vol. 368, December 1998)

Jerzy BaBdyga and John R. Bourne are the authors of Turbulent Mixing and Chemical Reactions, published by Wiley. Turbulent Mixing and Chemical Reactions Jerzy Ba???dyga, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland John R. Bourne, Visiting Professor, University of Birmingham, UK and Emeritus Professor, ETH Zurich, Switzerland The way in which reagents are mixed can greatly influence the yield and range of products formed by fast, multiple chemical reactions. Understanding this phenomenon enables chemists to carry out reactions more selectively, make better use of raw materials and simplify product workup and separation. Turbulent Mixing and Chemical Reactions presents a balanced treatment of the connection between mixing and reaction. It contains theoretical aspects, experimental methods and expected results as well as worked examples to illustrate problem solving. This book will be of interest to all scientists involved in chemical engineering, physical chemistry, and synthetic chemists in the fine chemical and pharmaceuticals industry.