Updated edition of a fundamental text on the synergy of transport phenomena and chemical reactor design

Approached from microscopic heat and mass transfer principles, Transport Phenomena for Chemical and Biological Reaction Engineering provides a unique approach to the subject by meshing transport phenomena and chemical reactor design, two mainstream subject areas in the field of chemical engineering. The book includes numerical solutions of complex problems in which all supporting equations are provided for quantitative understanding. Detailed illustrations are also included throughout to elucidate key concepts.

Highlighting bioreactors, biomaterials, catalytic pellets, and other transport/reactor applications, this newly revised and updated Second Edition explains and features cutting-edge knowledge on Maxwell-Stefan multicomponent mass transfer, external-field-stimulated kinetics, porous biomaterials for tissue engineering, and many other topics. The introductory section offers a review of elementary concepts in chemical reactor design as well as computer-aided problems that address coupled heat and mass transfer. At a more advanced level, boundary-layer theory, surface science, and stress-sensitive kinetic rate expressions are included in various formulations of the reaction-diffusion equation.

Content features:

• Adiabatic temperature increase for exothermic reactions in isolated catalysts yields modifications to the original Prater equation when considering collision integrals, Soret diffusion, and Dufour conduction
• Stress-kinetic couplings in tubular and rotational bioreactors when cells respond to viscous shear at the fluid-solid interface
• Tissue regeneration in porous viscoelastic biomaterials when anchorage-dependent cells proliferate in response to oscillatory strain excitation
• Why stress-sensitive thresholds, quantified via dimensionless numbers in transport phenomena, must be considered to design bioreactors for tissue regeneration in living systems

Transport Phenomena for Chemical and Biological Reaction Engineering is an essential reference for professionals and graduate students in biomedical, biochemical, chemical, geothermal, civil, and mechanical engineering. Readers in the fields of material science, geology, hydrology, chemistry, and polymer science will also find it valuable.

Larry A. Belfiore, PhD, is an Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. More recently, he is an active participant at the Aspen Center for Theoretical Physics.

Miguel Angel Gomez-Garcia, PhD, DSc (Dr. habil.), is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL Manizales). He is co-author of more than 100 scientific publications and seven academic textbooks.