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Preface Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Trickle bed reactors 1.1.1 Basic configuration and operation of trickle beds 1.1.2 Comparison wi th other reactors and applications 1.2 Reactor engineering of trickl e bed reactors 1.2.1 Key issues 1.2.2 Multi-scale approach for rea ctor engineering of trickle beds 1.3 Organization of this book Ch apter 2: Hydrodynamics and Flow Regimes 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Gas-l iquid flow through packed beds: Flow Regimes 2.2.1 Trickle flow regim e 2.2.2 Pulse flow regime 2.2.3 Spray flow regime 2.2.4 Bubbly flow regime 2.3 Trickle to pulse flow regime transition 2.4 Estima tion of key hydrodynamic parameters 2.4.1 Pressure drop 2.4.2 Liqu id hold-up 2.4.3 Wetting of catalyst particles 2.4.4 Gas-liquid ma ss transfer 2.4.5 Liquid-solid mass transfer 2.4.6 Axial dispersio n 2.4.7 Heat transfer 2.5 Summary 2.6 References Chapter-3 : Reaction Engineering of Trickle Beds 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Overa ll Rate of Reaction 3.2.1 Completely Wetted Catalyst Particles 3.2 .2 Partially Wetted Catalyst Particles 3.2.2.1 Liquid phase limited r

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Vivek V. Ranade leads the industrial flow modeling group at the Chemical Engineering Division of the National Chemical Laboratory, India, where he has worked since 1990. His research interests center on reactor engineering and modeling of industrial flow processes.

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