ABSTRACT
The reactors considered in the previous chapters form the core of chemical reaction engineering, that is, classical, well-established structures, for which a number of practical industrial applications exist. For existing reactor configurations, even the mathematical modeling, simulation, and optimization are in a mature stage. Plug flow, laminar flow, axial dispersion, and complete backmixing models are the dominant ones for conventional reactor technology. Considerable deviations from these flow models are treated by detailed flow modeling, computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Particularly, the modeling of fluidized beds requires a very advanced approach, combining kinetics, mass transfer, and detailed fluid description.
