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Kinetics of Catalytic Reactions

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  • © 2005

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Authors:
  1. M. Albert Vannice

    1. Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University

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  • Is unique in describing how to conduct kinetic experiments with heterogeneous catalysts, analyze and model the results, and characterize the catalysts
  • Is also unique in its detailed analysis of mass transfer in liquid phase reactions involving porous catalysts. This is important to the fine chemicals and pharmaceutical industries. Hence the appeal of this book to many researchers in both industry and academia (chemical engineering and chemistry departments)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-4

  3. Definitions and Concepts

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    Pages 5-13

  4. Catalyst Characterization

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    Pages 14-37

  5. Acquisition and Evaluation of Reaction Rate Data

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    Pages 38-86

  6. Adsorption and Desorption Processes

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    Pages 87-105

  7. Kinetic Data Analysis and Evaluation of Model Parameters for Uniform (Ideal) Surfaces

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    Pages 106-140

  8. Modeling Reactions on Uniform (Ideal) Surfaces

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    Pages 141-207

  9. Modeling Reactions on Nonuniform (Nonideal) Surfaces

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    Pages 208-222

  10. Kinetics of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions

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    Pages 223-233

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 234-240
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Heterogeneous catalysis has shaped our past and will shape our future. Already involved in a trillion dollar’s worth of gross domestic product, catalysis holds the key to near term impact areas such as improved chemical process efficiency, environmental remediation, development of new energy sources, and new materials. Furthermore, recent advances in understanding and computing chemical reactivity at the quantum level are opening new pathways that will accelerate the design of catalysts for specific functions. This enormous potential will ultimately be turned into reality in laboratory reactors and have its impact on society and the economy in the industrial reactors that lie at the heart of all chemical processes. Because the quanti- tive measure of catalyst performance is the reaction rate, its measurement is central to progress in catalysis. The pages that follow are a comprehensive guide to success for reaction rate measurements and analysis in catalytic systems. The topics chosen, the clarity of presentation, and the liberal use of specific examples illuminate the full slate of issues that must be mastered to produce reliable kinetic results. The unique combination of characterization techniques, thorough disc- sion of how to test for and eliminate heat and mass transfer artifacts, evaluation of and validity tests for rate parameters, and justification of the uniform surface approximation, along with the more standard ideal reactor analyses and development of rate expressions from sequences of elementary steps, will enrich readers from both science and engineering backgrounds.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University

    M. Albert Vannice

About the author

After doing undergraduate work at Michigan State University, and graduate work at Stanford, Dr. Vannice did a post doc at Sun Oil Company before joining Exxon. In 1976 he moved to Pennsylvania State University, where he remains. After holding the M.R. Fenske Professor of Chemical Engineering, he became the W.H. Joyce Chair in Chemical Engineering, which position he holds now.

Dr. Vannice belongs to ACS, AIChE, has served first as Secretary and then as Director of the New York Catalysis Society, and has served on the Board of Directors of, as the Vice-President of, and then as President of the North American Catalysis Society. He spent seven years as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Catalysis, and continues on its Editorial Board.

Dr. Vannice has received numerous honors from his colleagues, including the Emmett Award (North American Catalysis Society), the Humboldt Senior Research Award, and the Senior Fulbright Award.

Dr. Vannice has over 250 publications and 9 patents.

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