Chemical Micro Process Engineering, 2 Volume Set

Micro process engineering is approaching both academia and industry. With the provision of micro devices and systems by commercial suppliers, one main barrier for using these units has been eliminated. This work focuses on processes rather than on devices: what is 'before' and 'behind' micro device fabrication - and gives a comprehensive and detailed overview on - A multi-faceted, hierarchic analysis of chemical micro process technology - Modelling and simulation of micro reactors - Liquid- and liquid/liquid-phase reactions - Gas/liquid reactions - Gas-phase reactions (heterogeneous catalysis) - Plants and applications like mixing, emulsion formation, heat exchange, organic and inorganic synthesis, multiphase and gas phase processes, periodic concentration and temperature cycling, catalyst screening, fine-chemical production, cosmetic, food, and others.

Table of Contents:
VOLUME 1 A MULTI-FACETED, HIERARCHIC ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL MICRO PROCESS TECHNOLOGY Micro Reactor Differentiation and Process Intensification Consequences of Chemical Micro Processing Physical and Chemical Fundaments Impact on Chemical Engineering Impact on Process Engineering Impact on Process Results Impact on Society and Ecology Impact on Economy Application Fields and Markets for Micro Reactors MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF MICRO REACTORS Flow Phenomena on the Microscale Methods of Computational Fluid Dynamics Flow Distributions Heat Transfer Mass Transfer and Mixing Reaction Kinetics and Modelling Free Surface Flow Flow in Porous Media GAS-PHASE REACTIONS Catalyst Coatings in Micro Channels Micro Reactors for Gas-Phase Reactions Oxidations Hydrogenations Dehydrogenations Substitutions Eliminations Additions and Coupling Reactions LIQUID- AND LIQUID/LIQUID-PHASE REACTIONS Micro Reactors for Liquid-Phase and Liquid/Liquid-Phase Reactions Aliphatic Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Substitution such as Esterification, Acylation of Amines, Thiocyanation, and much more Aromatic Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Substitution such as Nitrations, Amino-de-halogenations, Diazo Chemistry, and much more Metal-catalyzed Aromatic Substitution such as Suzuki and Sonogashira Couplings, and more Free Radical Substitution such as Alkane Nitration Addition to Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-hetero Multiple Bonds such as the Michael Addition, the Diels-Alder-Reaction, the Aldol Reaction, and much more Oxidations and Reductions Eliminations and Rearrangements Inorganic Reactions such as the Belousov-Zhabotinskii-Reaction, Complex Formations, and much more GAS/LIQUID CONTACTING Micro Reactors for Gas/Liquid Contacting Aromatic Electrophilic Substitution such as Direct Fluorinations Free Radical Substitution such as Alkane Fluorinations and Chlorinations Addition to Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-hetero Multiple Bonds such as Nitro-group Hydrogenation, Cycloalkane Hydrogenation, and more Oxidations and Reductions such as Alcohol Oxidation, Photo Diels-Alder Reactions, and more Inorganic Reactions such as Sulfite Oxidation VOLUME 2 MIXING OF MISCIBLE FLUIDS Mixing in Micro Spaces - Drivers, Principles, Designs and Uses Active Mixing Passive Mixing MICRO STRUCTURED FUEL PROCESSORS FOR ENERGY GENERATION Outline and Definitions Factors Affecting the Competitiveness of Fuel Processors Design Concepts of Micro Structured Reactors for Fuel Processing Applications Micro Structured Test Reactors for Fuel Processing Combustion in Micro Channels as Energy Source for Fuel Processors Micro Structured Reactors for Gas Purification (CO Clean-up) Integrated Micro Structured Reactor Fuel Processing Concepts Comparison of Micro Structured Fuel Processor Systems with Conventional Technologies Fabrication Techniques for Micro Structured Energy Generation Systems Catalyst Coating Techniques for Micro Structures and Their Application in Fuel Processing CATALYST SCREENING Introduction Catalyst Preparation Methodology Parallel Batch Screening Reactors Screening Reactors for Steady Continuous Operation Reactors for Transient/Dynamic Operation Computational Evaluation Methods MICRO STRUCTURED REACTOR PLANT CONCEPTS Micro Reactor or Micro Structured Reactor Plant (MRP) Applicable Principles for MRP Design Process Conception and Economics Early Concepts for MRP Design Fluidic and Electrical Interconnects - Device-to-Device and Device-to-World Table-top Laboratory-scale Plants Hybrid Plants Mobile Plants Production Plants Plant Installations and Supplier-specific Assemblies Process Management Process Engineering New Processes for Cost-efficient Reactor Manufacturing