Preface |
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About the author |
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1 Chemical technology as science |
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1.1.1 Continuous or batch? |
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1.1.2 Multilevel chemical processing |
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1.1.3 Large or small chemical plants? |
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1.2 Alternative production routes |
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1.3 Evaluation of chemical processes |
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1.4 Chemical process design |
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1.4.3 Sustainable and safe chemical technology: process intensification |
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1.4.5 Conceptual process design |
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2 Physico-chemical foundations of chemical processes |
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3 Chemical processes and unit operations |
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3.1 Overview of unit operations |
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3.2.2 Cyclonic separation by gravitation |
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3.3 Mass transfer processes |
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3.4.1 Homogeneous processes |
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3.4.2 Non-catalytic heterogeneous processes |
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3.4.3.1 Two-phase catalytic reactors |
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3.4.3.2 Three-phase catalytic reactors |
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4 Chemical process industry |
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4.2 Feedstock for chemical process industries |
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4.4 Natural gas processing |
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5 Hydrogen and syngas generation |
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5.1 Steam reforming of natural gas |
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5.3 Water-gas shift reaction |
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6 Cracking |
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6.4 Fluid catalytic cracking |
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7 Catalytic reforming of gasoline fractions: combining isomerization and dehydrogenation |
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8 Halogenation |
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8.1.1 Liquid-phase chlorination |
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8.1.2 Gas-phase chlorination |
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8.2 Catalytic chlorination |
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9 Oxidation |
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9.1 Oxidation of inorganic compounds |
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9.2 Oxidation of organic compounds |
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9.2.1 Heterogeneous catalytic oxidation |
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9.2.1.1 Ethylene and propylene oxide |
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9.2.1.5 Phthalic anhydride |
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9.2.2 Liquid-phase oxidation |
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9.2.2.1 Cyclohexane oxidation |
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9.2.2.2 Cyclohexanol oxidation |
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9.2.2.3 Xylene oxidation to terephthalic acid |
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9.2.2.4 Wacker process: oxidation of ethylene to acetaldehyde |
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9.2.2.5 Synthesis of phenol and acetone by isopropylbenzene oxidation |
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10 Hydrogenation and dehydrogenation |
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10.3 Gas-phase hydrogenation |
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10.4 Liquid-phase hydrogenation |
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10.6.1 Dehydrogenation of light alkanes |
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10.6.2 Dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene |
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11 Reactions involving water: hydration, dehydration, etherification, hydrolysis, and esterification |
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11.1 Hydration and dehydration |
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11.2.1 Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of wood |
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11.2.2 Enzymatic hydrolysis of acyl-L-amino acids |
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11.2.3 Hydrolysis of fatty acids triglycerides |
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12 Alkylation |
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12.1 Alkylation of aromatics |
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12.2 Alkylation of olefins |
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13 Reactions with CO, CO2, and synthesis gas |
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13.2.1 Kolbe-Schmidt synthesis |
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13.2.2 Urea from CO2 and ammonia |
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13.2.3 Synthesis of melamine |
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13.3 Methanol from synthesis gas |
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13.4 Hydrocarbons from synthesis gas: Fischer-Tropsch synthesis |
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13.5 Reactions of olefins with synthesis gas: hydroformylation |
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14 Key reactions in the synthesis of intermediates: nitration, sulfation, sulfonation, alkali fusion, ketone, and aldehyde condensation |
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14.2 Sulfation and sulfonation |
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14.4 Carbonyl condensation reactions |
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14.4.1 Condensation with aromatic compounds |
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14.4.2 Aldol condensation |
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14.5 Caprolactam production |
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14.5.1 Condensation of cyclohexanone to cyclohexanone oxime and subsequent Beckmann rearrangement |
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14.5.2 Methods for caprolactam production |
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15 Polymerization |
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15.2 Step-growth polymerization |
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15.3 Polymerization process options |
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15.3.1 Homogeneous polymerization in substance |
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15.3.2 Homogeneous polymerization in solution |
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15.4 Heterogeneous polymerization |
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15.4.1 Precipitation polymerization |
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15.4.2 Suspension and emulsion polymerization |
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Final words |
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Index |
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