Tenth International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering

ISCRE 10 Tenth International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering documents the proceedings of the symposium which brought together experts from all over the world to discuss developments in CRE. Efforts were made to cover high added value substances and to encourage papers from industry. Some success was achieved, but there remain significant gaps between Chemists and Chemical Engineers when considering high added value products as well as between researchers and practitioners of CRE. The volume begins with plenary papers covering topics such as challenges in reactor modeling; bioreactor engineering; the design of reaction systems for specialty organic chemicals. This is followed by papers presented during the eight technical sessions. Technical session A focused on the modeling and control of chemical reactions. Technical session B was devoted to studies on biotechnology. Technical session C covered mixing while Technical session D dealt with special reactor systems and chemicals. The papers in Technical session E examined reactions for emission control and recycling. Technical session F covered the safety aspects of CRE. Technical session G focused on the experiments with multiphase reactions while Technical session H dealt with catalytic reactors.

PrefaceList of ReviewersPlenary Papers Challenges and Cul-de-Sacs in Reactor Modeling Bioreactor Engineering: The Design and Optimization of Reactors with Living Cells Multiphase Reactions in the Manufacture of Fine Chemicals Chemical Reaction Engineering for Safety Design of Reaction Systems for Specialty Organic Chemicals Examples of Process Improvements in the Fine Chemicals IndustryFor Shinnar Paper See P. 2303Technical Session A: Modeling and Control A1. A Model for Catalytic Reactions in Packed Beds Based on Alternating Flow Model A2. Simulation of Steam Reformers for Methane A3. Modeling of Biomass Fractionation by Prehydrolysisdelignification A4. An On-Line Model for Estimating the Melting Zone in a Blast Furnace A5. Modeling of Multifunctional Step Growth Polymerization in Presence of Cyclization A6. Multiple Steady States in FCC unit Operations A7. A Detailed Kinetic andHheat Transport Model for the Hydrolysis of Lignocellulose by Anhydrous Hydrogen Fluoride Vapor A8. Chemical Reaction Equilibrium at Supercritical Conditions A9. Comparison between Batch and Continuous Tubular Reactors Used for the Study of Reaction Kinetics in Heterogeneous Systems A10. Kinetics of Ethylene Hydrogenation on Supported Platinum. Analysis of Multiplicity and Nonuniformly Active Catalyst Particle Behavior A11. Mathematical Modeling of Ethylene Oligomerization A12. Operational Flexibility and Stability in Relation to Optimal Design of Reactors Al3. Computer Aided Experimentation in Countercurrent Reaction Chromatography and Simulated Countercurrent Chromatography A14. Diffusion and Consecutive Reactions in Stochastic Pore NetworksTechnical Session B: Biotechnology B1. Mass Transfer, Batch and Continuous Kinetics, in a Luminous Strain of Xanthomonas campestris B2. Continuous Extraction Loop Reactor (CELR): Alcoholic Fermentation by Fluidized Entrapped Biomass B3. Application of Digital Simulation Languages with Personal Computers in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Education B4. Fermenter Scale-Up Using an Oxygen-Sensitive Culture B5. Comparison of Estimation Methods for Biotechnological Processes B6. Application of Adaptive Estimation in Microbial Fermentation ProcessesTechnical Session C: Mixing C1. Micromixing in a Chemical Quenching Apparatus for Fast Kinetics C2. Measurement of Partial Segregation via Step Response Analysis of Reactive Tracers C3. Numerical Simulation of Velocity and Concentration Fields in a Continuous Flow Reactor C4. Local pH Gradients and the Selectivity of Fast Reactions I. Mathematical Model of Micromixing C5. The Effects of Micromixing and the Manner of Reactor Feeding on Precipitation in Stirred Tank Reactors C6. Micromixing in a Static Mixer and an Empty Tube by a Chemical Method C7. Circulation Time Prediction in the Scale-Up of Polymerization Reactors with Helical Ribbon Agitators C8. Imidization Reaction Parameters in Inert Molten Polymers for Micromixing Tracer Studies C9. Agitated Thin-Film Reactors and Tubular Reactors with Static Mixers for a Rapid Exothermic Multiple ReactionTechnical Session D: Special Reactor Systems and Chemicals D1. Mass Transfer and Liquid-Phase Reactions in a Segmented Two-Phase Flow Monolithic Catalyst Reactor D2. A Model for Fluid/Fluid Reactions Using Electrochemically Generated Mediators D3. An Isothermal Fixed-Bed Reactor with Nonuniformly Active Catalysts: Experiments and Theory D4. Application of Modeling and Simulation to Electro-organic Reaction Processes to Enhance Process Control Strategy D5. Dicyclopentadiene Dissociation in a Chromatographic Reactor Using a Liquid Crystal as Stationary Phase D6. The Effect of Flow on Mixing and Performance of Radial Flow Electrochemical Reactors D7. Preliminary Study on the Role Played by the Third Liquid Phase in Phase Transfer Catalysis D8.