Chemical Micro Process Engineering, 2 Volume Set

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