Alle Teildisziplinen der chemischen Technologie unter einem Dach: Chemie, thermische und mechanische Grundoperationen, chemische Reaktionstechnik, allgemeine Technologie. Ein Technikbuch für Chemiker und gleichzeitig ein Chemiebuch für Ingenieure! Besprochen wird nicht nur der Entwurf von Reaktoren, sondern auch die Vor- und Nachbehandlung von Ausgangsstoffen und Produkten. Dabei werden viele Probleme deutlich, denen der Praktiker regelmäßig gegenübersteht. Nach dem allgemein gehaltenen ersten Teil widmet sich der zweite Teil konkret 20 wichtigen Industrieprozessen.

1 Introduction 1.1 What is Chemical Technology? 1.2 The Chemical Industry 2 Chemical Aspects of Industrial Chemistry 2.1 Stability and Reactivity of Chemical Bonds 2.2 General Classification of Reactions 2.3 Catalysis 3 Thermal and Mechanical Unit Operations 3.1 Properties of Gases, Liquids, and Solids 3.2 Heat and Mass Transfer in Chemical Engineering 3.3 Thermal Unit Operations 3.4 Mechanical Unit Operations 4 Chemical Reaction Engineering 4.1 Main Aspects and Basic Definitions of Chemical Reaction Engineering 4.2 Chemical Thermodynamics 4.3 Kinetics of Homogeneous Reactions 4.4 Kinetics of Fluid?Fluid Reactions 4.5 Kinetics of Heterogeneously Catalyzed Reactions 4.6 Kinetics of Gas?Solid Reactions 4.7 Criteria used to Exclude Interphase and Intraparticle Mass and Heat Transport Limitations in Gas?Solid Reactions and Heterogeneously Catalyzed Reactions 4.8 Kinetics of Homogeneously or Enzyme Catalyzed Reactions 4.9 Kinetics of Gas?Liquid Reactions on Solid Catalysts 4.10 Chemical Reactors 4.11 Measurement and Evaluation of Kinetic Data 5 Raw Materials, Products, Environmental Aspects, and Costs of Chemical Technology 5.1 Raw Materials and Energy Sources 5.2 Inorganic Products 5.3 Organic Intermediates and Final Products 5.4 Environmental Aspects of Chemical Technology 5.5 Production Costs of Fuels and Chemicals Manufacturing 6 Examples of Industrial Processes 6.1 Ammonia Synthesis 6.2 Syngas and Hydrogen 6.3 Sulfuric Acid 6.5 Coke and Steel 6.6 Basic Chemicals by Steam Cracking 6.7 Liquid Fuels by Cracking of Heavy Oils 6.8 Clean Liquid Fuels by Hydrotreating 6.9 High Octane Gasoline by Catalytic Reforming 6.10 Refinery Alkylation 6.11 Fuels and Chemicals from Syngas: Methanol and Fischer?Tropsch Synthesis 6.12 Ethylene and Propylene Oxide 6.13 Catalytic Oxidation of o-Xylene to Phthalic Acid Anhydride 6.14 Hydroformylation (Oxosynthesis) 6.15 Acetic Acid 6.16 Ethylene Oligomerization Processes for Linear 1-Alkene Production 6.17 Production of Fine Chemicals (Example Menthol) 6.18 Treatment of Exhaust Gases from Mobile and Stationary Sources 6.19 Industrial Electrolysis 6.20 Polyethene Production References Index