"Hydrodynamics of Gas-Liquid Reactors: Normal Operation and Upset Conditions" by B. J. Azzopardi, et al.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the practical aspects of multiphase reactor design and operation with an emphasis on safety and clean technology. It considers not only standard operation conditions, but also the problems of runaway reaction conditions and protection against ensuing over-pressure.

This book is an expression of the realization that there is the need for more and more complex modeling methods. There are also requirements to consider not just mixing but also separation of gas and liquid and to look into the upset conditions, which might lead to accidents, as well as a steady state. All of these have found a place in this book from the point of view of multiphase flows, in a combination of well proven engineering concepts and modern developments, both numerically and experimentally.

The book addresses both practical and theoretical aspects of this topic. Initial chapters discuss various different types of gas/liquid reactors from a practical viewpoint, and later chapters focus on the modelling of multiphase systems and computational methods for reactor design and problem solving.

Contents
Preface
List of Figures
List of Tables
Nomenclature
1 Introduction
Part One
2 Bubble Columns
3 Sparged Stirred Vessels
4 Thin Film Reactors
5 Macroscale Modelling
6 Mesoscale Modelling Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method
Part Two
7 Upset Conditions
8 Behaviour of Vessel Contents and Outflow Calculations
9 Choked Flow
Part Three
10 Measurement Techniques
Index