Design of Multiphase Reactors

Details simple design methods for multiphase reactors in the chemical process industries

• Includes basic aspects of transport in multiphase reactors and the importance of relatively reliable and simple procedures for predicting mass transfer parameters
• Details of design and scale up aspects of several important types of multiphase reactors
• Examples illustrated through design methodologies presenting different reactors for reactions that are industrially important
• Includes simple spreadsheet packages rather than complex algorithms / programs or computational aid

Keywords: Simplified process design; Multiphase reactors; ventury loop reactor; stirred and three phase sparged reactors, slurry bubble columns; cell culture technology, Industrial Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, Environmental Engineering