The Theory of Recycle Processes in Chemical Engineering

Foreword to the English EditionIntroductionI. Elementary Principles of the Theory of Recycle Processes 1. The Physical Essentials of Recycle Processes A. Recycle Process with Repeated Processing of the Entire Unreacted Raw Material B. Recycle Process with Repeated Processing of Part of the Unreacted Raw Material C. Permissible Error on Reaching the Virtuauy Steady State D. The Consecutive Chemical Conversion of Unreacted Raw Material E. Common Features of Continuous and Consecutive Processes in the Chemical Conversion of Unreacted Raw Material F. Connexion Between Reaction Time and Recycling Coefficient 2. Single-Reactor System with Multi-Component Recycle Stocks A. Recycle Process for Multi-Component System with Repeated Processing of the Entire Unreacted Raw Material B. Recycle Process for a Multi-Component System with Repeated Processing of Part of the Unreacted Raw Material C. Determining the Required Quantity of Fresh Feed Stock Components for a Given Constant Component Ratio in the Total Reactor Charge D. Practical Example 3. Process with Simple and Conjugate Recycling in Single-Reactor Systems A. Conversion of Single-Component Fresh Feed Stock with the Production of Conjugate Recycle Stock B. Conversion of A Single-Component Feed Stock with Simple Recycling, and of Reaction Products with Simple and Conjugate RecyclingII. Theory of Recycling Processes with Unrestricted Composition of Reactor Charge 1. Combinaton of Once-Through Chemical Processes and Recycle Processes 2. Theory of Recycle Processes with Unrestricted Ratio of the Charge Components 3. Pracήcal Application of the Recycling Theory to Systems with Unrestricted Ratio of Reactor Charge Components A. Material Balance for the Synthesis of Adipinic Acid for Synthetic Fibre (Nylon) Manufacture B. Material Balance for the Synthesis of the Detergent Alkylaryl Sulphonate (Dodecylbenzene Sulphonate) C. Material Balance for the Synthesis of Dimethylterephthalate for Synthetic Fibre (Terylene) Manufacture D. Material Balance for the Complex Processing of Straight-Run Fuel OilIII. Law and Rules for the Making-Up of Complex Mixtures Law of Making-Up Complex Mixtures Rule I Rule II Rule III Rule IVIV. General Theory of Recycle Processes 1. Derivation of Basic Equations 2. The Number of Possible Alternative Calculations for the System 3. Calculating the Total Mateioal Balance for a Multi-Stage Complex System 4. Example of the Determination of the Efficiencies of Various Alternatives for the Complex Processing of Chemical StocksV. Experimental Determination of the Steady-State Parameters of Chemical Processes 1. Determination of the Steady-State Parameters of Simple Reaction Systems A. Method of Consecutive Chemical Conversion of Recycle Stocks B. Pseudo-Continuous Method with Recycling 2. Determination of the Steady-State Parameters of Conjugately-Operating Complex Reacton Systems A. Three-Reactor System Β. Multi-Reactor and Multi-Component System C. Examples of Determination of the Steady-State Parameters of Conjugate Recycling Systems Thermal Cracking of Fuel Oil with Recycling of the Debitumenized Cracking Residue Synthesis of Dimethylterephthalate 3. Application of Methods for Determining the Steady-State Parameters to the Solution of Practical Problems in Chemical Engineering A. Experimental Study of the Light Thermal Cracking of Fuel Oil with Recycling of the Distillates for Repeated Light Cracking Short Description of Technological Diagram Study of Light Cracking of Fuel Oil with Recycling of the Heavy Reflux Study of the Light Cracking of Fuel Oil with Recycling of the Heavy Reflux Obtained by Vacuum Distillation of Cracking ResidueVI. Conversion of the Terms in the Basic Recycling Equations from Weight to Molar UnitsVII. Development of Elements for the Technological Process Leading to High Efficiencies Per Unit Volume of Reactor Space 1. Determination of the Minimum Reactor Volume for the Isomerizaton Reacton A. Process with Recycling B. Two-Stage Process 2. Determination of the Maximum Yields of the Intermediate Product in Consecunve Reactons Carried Out with Recycling 3. Development of the Flow Diagram of a Reacton Unit for Propylene Hydrochlorination A. Derivation of Calculation Equations Single-Stage Direct-Flow Hydrochlorination Systems System without Recycling (Diagram I) System with Recycling of the Unreacted Raw Material (Diagram II) Two-Stage Hydrochlorination Systems with Counterflow Between Stages Simplest Two-Stage System (Diagram III) Two-Stage System with Removal of Reaction Product Between Stages (Diagram IV) Two-Stage System with Recycling of Unreacted Raw Material (Diagram V) Three-Stage Hydrochlorination System with Counterflow of the Reacting Components and Removal of the Reaction Product Between Stages (Diagram VI) Single-Stage Counterflow (Hypothetical) Hydrochlorination Systems System Without Recycling (Diagram VII) System with Recycling of Unreacted Raw Material (Diagram VIII) B. Determination of Minimum Reaction Volume and of Maximum Yield of End-Product in Process of Catalytic Hydrochlorination of PropyleneReferencesIndex