About the Book
Micro process engineering is approaching both academia and industry. With the provision of micro devices and systems by commercial suppliers, one main barrier for using these units has been eliminated.
This work focuses on processes rather than on devices: what is 'before' and 'behind' micro device fabrication - and gives a comprehensive and detailed overview on
- A multi-faceted, hierarchic analysis of chemical micro process technology
- Modelling and simulation of micro reactors
- Liquid- and liquid/liquid-phase reactions
- Gas/liquid reactions
- Gas-phase reactions (heterogeneous catalysis)
- Plants and applications like mixing, emulsion formation, heat exchange, organic and inorganic synthesis, multiphase and gas phase processes, periodic concentration and temperature cycling, catalyst screening, fine-chemical production, cosmetic, food, and others.
Table of Contents:
VOLUME 1
A MULTI-FACETED, HIERARCHIC ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL MICRO PROCESS TECHNOLOGY
Micro Reactor Differentiation and Process Intensification
Consequences of Chemical Micro Processing
Physical and Chemical Fundaments
Impact on Chemical Engineering
Impact on Process Engineering
Impact on Process Results
Impact on Society and Ecology
Impact on Economy
Application Fields and Markets for Micro Reactors
MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF MICRO REACTORS
Flow Phenomena on the Microscale
Methods of Computational Fluid Dynamics
Flow Distributions
Heat Transfer
Mass Transfer and Mixing
Reaction Kinetics and Modelling
Free Surface Flow
Flow in Porous Media
GAS-PHASE REACTIONS
Catalyst Coatings in Micro Channels
Micro Reactors for Gas-Phase Reactions
Oxidations
Hydrogenations
Dehydrogenations
Substitutions
Eliminations
Additions and Coupling Reactions
LIQUID- AND LIQUID/LIQUID-PHASE REACTIONS
Micro Reactors for Liquid-Phase and Liquid/Liquid-Phase Reactions
Aliphatic Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Substitution such as Esterification, Acylation of Amines, Thiocyanation, and much more
Aromatic Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Substitution such as Nitrations, Amino-de-halogenations, Diazo Chemistry, and much more
Metal-catalyzed Aromatic Substitution such as Suzuki and Sonogashira Couplings, and more
Free Radical Substitution such as Alkane Nitration
Addition to Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-hetero Multiple Bonds such as the Michael Addition, the Diels-Alder-Reaction, the Aldol Reaction, and much more
Oxidations and Reductions
Eliminations and Rearrangements
Inorganic Reactions such as the Belousov-Zhabotinskii-Reaction, Complex Formations, and much more
GAS/LIQUID CONTACTING
Micro Reactors for Gas/Liquid Contacting
Aromatic Electrophilic Substitution such as Direct Fluorinations
Free Radical Substitution such as Alkane Fluorinations and Chlorinations
Addition to Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-hetero Multiple Bonds such as Nitro-group Hydrogenation, Cycloalkane Hydrogenation, and more
Oxidations and Reductions such as Alcohol Oxidation, Photo Diels-Alder Reactions, and more
Inorganic Reactions such as Sulfite Oxidation
VOLUME 2
MIXING OF MISCIBLE FLUIDS
Mixing in Micro Spaces -
Drivers, Principles, Designs and Uses
Active Mixing
Passive Mixing
MICRO STRUCTURED FUEL PROCESSORS FOR ENERGY GENERATION
Outline and Definitions
Factors Affecting the Competitiveness of Fuel Processors
Design Concepts of Micro Structured Reactors for Fuel Processing Applications
Micro Structured Test Reactors for Fuel Processing
Combustion in Micro Channels as Energy Source for Fuel Processors
Micro Structured Reactors for Gas Purification (CO Clean-up)
Integrated Micro Structured Reactor Fuel Processing Concepts
Comparison of Micro Structured Fuel Processor Systems with Conventional Technologies
Fabrication Techniques for Micro Structured Energy Generation Systems
Catalyst Coating Techniques for Micro Structures and Their Application in Fuel Processing
CATALYST SCREENING
Introduction
Catalyst Preparation Methodology
Parallel Batch Screening Reactors
Screening Reactors for Steady Continuous Operation
Reactors for Transient/Dynamic Operation
Computational Evaluation Methods
MICRO STRUCTURED REACTOR PLANT CONCEPTS
Micro Reactor or Micro Structured Reactor Plant (MRP)
Applicable Principles for MRP Design
Process Conception and Economics
Early Concepts for MRP Design
Fluidic and Electrical Interconnects -
Device-to-Device and Device-to-World
Table-top Laboratory-scale Plants
Hybrid Plants
Mobile Plants
Production Plants
Plant Installations and Supplier-specific Assemblies
Process Management
Process Engineering
New Processes for Cost-efficient Reactor Manufacturing
About the Author :
Volker Hessel, born 1964, was appointed Vice Director R&D and Head of the Chemical Process Technology Department at the Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH (IMM) in 2002. His department focuses on mixing, fine chemistry, and energy generation by fuel processing using microstructured reactors. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Mainz on organic chemistry in 1993, investigating structure-property relations of supramolecular structures. After having been appointed Group Leader for Microreaction Technology at the IMM in 1996, he became Head of the newly founded Department of Microreaction Technology in 1999. He is author of more than 90 peer-reviewed publications in the field of organic chemistry and chemical micro process engineering, 200 papers in total, 3 books and 15 patents.
Holger Löwe, born in 1953, was appointed as Professor for Chemical Micro Process Technology at the Chemistry, Pharmaceutics and Earth Sciences Department of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in 2005. He studied chemistry at the University of Leipzig and obtained his Ph.D. on alkylation of phenols in 1984 after working as Research Group Leader at the Filmfabrik Wolffen from 1977 to 1984. The same year, he moved to the Faculty of Electrochemistry at the Technical University in Ilmenau, where he was Head of the Chemistry Section at the internal college. He joined the IMM in 1991. After becoming Leader of the Electrochemistry Group and subsequently, Head of the Chemistry/Microreaction Technology Department, he was appointed Director of R&D in 1999. He is author of more than 280 publications and 30 patents.
Andreas Müller has been working as manager of the Application Technology Department of KIEFEL Extrusion GmbH since 2004. He graduated from the Technical University of Darmstadt in mechanical and process engineering in 1993, then joined Lurgi-Zimmer AG as a process engineer and worked later as a R&D manager for the development of fiber extrusion plants. In 1999, he changed to the IMM, where he finished his Ph.D. in 2003. From 2001 to 2004, he was a group leader in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the same institute. He holds several patents, has published more than 20 contributions in refereed journals and conference proceedings, and is co-author of a book about catalyst screening.
Gunther Kolb, born 1963, was appointed Leader for Heterogeneous Catalysis and Process Engineering Group at the IMM in 2001. The group's activities are focused on fuel processing for fuel cells. He studied chemical engineering and obtained his Ph.D. in reaction engineering at the University of Erlangen in 1993, after which he joined the Federal Export Office in Eschborn to work on the implementation of the Chemical Weapon Convention. In 1995, he joined GRACE Davison Europe in Worms working as professional in the Catalyst Evaluation and Catalyst Development departments. He is the author of more than 20 publications in the fields of zeolite catalysis, supercritical fluids and fuel processing in microstructured devices.
Review :
From reviews to the project proposal:
'Dr. Hessel is regarded as one of the top three international experts in this field.'
(Ronald S. Besser, Louisiana Tech University, USA)
'... There is no book with such a strong engineering focus on the market. All authors are internationally known for their work ...'
(S.J. Haswell, University of Hull, UK)
'The authors are leading in this field and have an outstanding international reputation.'
(Dr. Handa, BP Chemicals, UK)
'The reputation of the authors is very high, they are leading experts in the area of microtechnology.'
(Dr. Bayer, Siemens Axiva, Frankfurt/M., Germany)
'The authors are recognized and competent experts on the topic of microtechnology.'
(Prof. Hönicke, TU Chemnitz, Germany)
"Besides being practical and informative, it's also a book a chemical engineer might have on his or her coffee table."
Dr. Gerald S. Ondrey
"In conclusion this is an excellent, comprehensive summary of the state-of-the-art in micro reactors and should be read by all process chemists and engineers interested in the field. ... every industrial library involved in process R&D and chemical manufacture should purchase a copy."
Dr. Trevor Laird, Organic Process Research & Development
