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Book SynopsisPrinciples and Applications of Chemical Microreactors provides the information chemists and engineers need to evaluate the use of microreactors, covering the technical, operational, and economic considerations for various applications.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction (Thomas Dietrich). 1.1 The Impact of Micro-Technologies in Chemical Processing (Jean F. Jenck).
Chapter 2: Microfluidic Modules.
2.1 Materials and Production Technology.
2.1.1 Micro-reactors built of metallic materials (Frank N. Herbstritt).
2.1.2 Microreactors built of insulating materials (Norbert Schwesinger and Andreas Freitag).
2.2 Unit Operations.
2.2.1: Micromixers (Joölle Aubin and Catherine Xuereb).
2.2.2. Micro-Channel Heat Exchangers and Reactors (Mark George Kirby and Svend Rumbold).
2.2.3. Separation Units (Asterios Gavriilidis and John Edward Andrew Shaw).
2.3 Calculations and Simulations (Dieter Bothe).
Chapter 3: Peripheric Equipment.
3.1. Dosage Equipment (Asif Karim and Wolfgang Loth).
3.2 Micromachined sensors for microreactors (Jan Dziuban).
3.3 Automating Micro Process Systems (Thomas Mller-Heinzerling).
Chapter 4: Microreaction Plants.
4.1 Strategies for lab scale development (Dirk Kischneck).
4.2. Microreaction Systems for Education (Marcel A. Liauw and Dina E. Treu).
4.3 Microreaction Systems for Large-Scale Production (Anna Lee Y. Tonkovich and Eric A. Daymo).
4.4 Process intensification (Michael Matlosz and Ing. Hab. Laurent Falk).
4.5 Standardisation in Micro Process Engineering (Alexis Bazzanella).
Chapter 5: Applications.
5.1 Polymerization in Microfluidic Reactors (Eugenia Kumacheva, Hong Zhang, and Zhihong Nie).
5.2. Photo Reactions (Teijiro Ichimura, Yoshihisa Matsushita, Kosaku Sakeda, Tadashi Suzuki).
5.3 Intensification of catalytic process by micro-structured reactors: opportunities and limits (Kiwi Minsker and Albert Renken).
5.4 Separation Units (Bernd Nidetzky and Malene S. Thomsen).
5.5 Multiphase Reactions (J.G.E. (Han) Gardeniers).
