Green Chemical Engineering

The second edition of this textbook, published more than a decade after the first edition (2014), incorporates extensive academic feedback to introduce new perspectives, topics, and chapters. The book is divided into two sections: Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Engineering and Applications to Green Chemical Processes. The chapters cover green chemical engineering, chemical kinetics, homogeneous and heterogeneous reactor design, and advanced topics such as membrane steam reformers for hydrogen production and biofuel reactor design. Key Features: - Covers the fundamental principles of reaction kinetics and reaction engineering - Presents methods for estimating kinetic parameters and graphical procedures for reactor design from batch data, with illustrative examples - Discusses membrane steam reformers to produce hydrogen (green energy) from natural gas - Includes the design and operation of batch, semi-batch, and flow reactors to produce biodiesel (green fuel) - Utilizes MATLAB software to develop computer codes for solving numerous examples and homework problems This textbook is valuable resource for teaching and research in green chemical processes.

S. Suresh is the Professor and the former Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India. He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from IIT Roorkee. His broad research areas include Environmental Engineering, Catalysis, Reaction Engineering and Nanomaterials. He is the recipient of Post-Doctoral Fellowship awarded by IUSSTF - Government of India. He has collaborated and worked with experts from a number Universities including The City University of New York (CUNY) USA, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Thailand and International Centre for Materials Science (JNCASR) Bengaluru, India . He has Guest Edited Special Issues in several internationally reputed Journals: Environmental Science and Pollution Research & Carbon Capture Science and Technology. He is the recipient of several awards and honors including National Innovation Award (from President of India), Young Scientist Award; Visiting Research Fellowship; Prof R C Singh Medal and IEI Young Engineers Award. S. Sundaramoorthy is the Former Professor of Chemical Engineering at Puducherry Technological University (Erstwhile Pondicherry Engineering College), Puducherry, India and at National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India. He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from IIT Madras. His broad areas of research include Process Control, Process Systems Engineering, Process Modeling and Optimization. With more than 39 years of teaching and research experience in Chemical Engineering domain, he also served as a Visiting Researcher at National University of Singapore in the year 2009. He has held several academic and administrative positions in Puducherry Technological University including the Founding Head of Chemical Engineering Department, Dean (Academics), Academic Coordinator and the Academic Nodal Officer of World Bank funded TEQIP project.

1. Introduction Section I: Chemical Kinetics, Reaction Engineering and Reactor Design 2. Introduction to Kinetics and Chemical Reactors 3. Homogeneous Reactors 4. Heterogeneous Reactors Section II : Green Chemical Processes and Applications 5. Hydrogen Production by Methane Steam Reforming 6. Design and Operation of Reactors for Biodiesel Production