Download E-books Dynamics of surfaces and reaction kinetics in heterogeneous catalysis: proceedings of the international symposium, Antwerp, Belgium, September 15-17, 1997 PDF

By G.F. Froment, K.C. Waugh

Many strategies of the chemical are dependent upon heterogeneous catalysis. very important goods of those strategies are the advance of the catalyst itself and the layout and optimization of the reactor. either facets would receive advantages from rigorous and actual kinetic modeling, established upon info at the operating catalyst won from classical regular nation experimentation, but in addition from reviews utilizing floor technology ideas, from quantum chemical calculations supplying extra perception into attainable response pathways and from brief experimentation facing reactions and reactors. this knowledge is seldom mixed right into a kinetic version and right into a quantitative description of the method. mostly the catalytic features are handled via chemists and via physicists, whereas the chemical engineers are referred to as upon for mechanical features of the reactor layout and its keep watch over. The symposium "Dynamics of Surfaces and response Kinetics in Heterogeneous Catalysis" goals at illustrating a extra international and concerted procedure via a few prestigious keynote lectures and seriously screened oral and poster displays.