Advances in Chemical Engineering, Volume 24 (Advances in Chemical Engineering)

This volume is comprised of reviews to inform the chemical engineering community about important developments in science and technology, and to serve as starting points for further advances. Included are chapters on chemical reactions of all sorts, combustion synthesis, fluid dynamics and the analysis and design of chemical reactors, and industrial cases in environmental engineering. Content: Edited by Page iii Copyright page Page iv Dedication Page v Contributors Page xi Preface Page xiii James Wei Kinetics and Thermodynamics in Multicomponent Mixtures Original Research Article Pages 1-78 Raffaella Ocone, Gianni Astarita Combustion Synthesis of Advanced Materials: Principles and Applications Original Research Article Pages 79-226 Arvind Varma, Alexander S. Rogachev, Alexander S. Mukasyan, Stephen Hwang Computational Fluid Dynamics Applied To Chemical Reaction Engineering Original Research Article Pages 227-328 J.A.M. Kuipers, W.P.M. van Swaaij Using Relative Risk Analysis to Set Priorities For Pollution Prevention At A Petroleum Refinery Original Research Article Pages 329-399 Ronald E. Schmitt, Howard Klee, Debora M. Sparks, Mahesh K. Podar Index Pages 401-410 In principle, mixtures containing a very large number of components behave in a way described by the same general laws that regulate the behavior of mixtures containing only a comparatively small number of components.