Reaction and Catalysis Engineering – A multi - scale , integrated approach

This third volume of Perspectives in Reaction Engineering and Catalysis presents articles by world experts on various aspects that are essential for the intensification of chemical processes. These perspective articles demonstrate that rigorous modelling of the reaction kinetics of increasingly complex systems, and of non-uniform multiphase transport phenomena, as well as the inclusion of transients and dynamics, is not only gradually becoming possible, but is indispensable for improving reactor design relevant to industrial practice. Key is to integrate these insights, and to use a systems approach that incorporates an accurate, fundamentally rooted representation at all length and time scales. The message here is that complexity can be modelled, and can be exploited by design, but this requires rigour in the multi-scale modelling approach. In addition, instrumentation that is capable to measure properties under relevant process conditions is essential to guide process analysis and design.