Electrochemical Process Engineering: A Guide to the Design of Electrolytic PlantAs the subtitle indicates, the overriding intention of the authors has been to provide a practical guide to the design of electrolytic plant. We wanted to show that the procedures for the design and optimization of such a plant are essentially simple and can be performed by readers comparatively new to the electrochemical field. It was important to realize that electrochemical engineering should not be confused with applied electrochemistry but had to be based on the principles of chemical engineering. For this reason, reference is often made to standard chemical engineering texts. Since this is a practical guide rather than a textbook, we have included a large number of worked examples on the principle that a good worked example is worth many paragraphs of text. In some examples we have quoted costs, e.g., of chemicals, plant or services. These costs are merely illustrative; current values will have to be obtained from manufacturers or journals. If this is not possible, approximate methods are available for updating costs to present-day values (see Refs. 1 and 3, Chapter 6). |
Contents
Introduction to Electrochemical Engineering | 1 |
Aspects of Mass and Heat Transfer and the Energetics | 17 |
Rate Processes and Reaction Models | 91 |
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Electrochemical Process Engineering: A Guide to the Design of Electrolytic Plant F. Goodridge,K. Scott No preview available - 2013 |
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A/m² adsorption anode anolyte batch reactor boundary layer calculated capital costs cathode cathode area cathodic reaction catholyte cell stack cell voltage Chapter charge transfer chemical yield concentration conductivity conversion current density current efficiency cylinder determined diaphragm diffusion effect electrical electrochemical reactor Electrochemistry electrode potential electrode surface electrolyte flow electrolytic cells electrolytic reactor electrosynthesis energy balance enthalpy equation equilibrium example FIGURE flow rate fluidized free energy Gibbs free energy glyoxylic acid H₂ heat transfer hydrogen evolution i₁ J/mol k₁ k₂ kmol kmol/m³ laminar limiting current mass transfer coefficient mass transfer rates obtained ohmic open-circuit voltage operation optimization optimum overpotential parallel plate parameters plant polarization curve potentiostatic primary current distribution production costs pumps rate-determining step reactant reaction model reaction rate reactor design recirculation resistance Reynolds number rotating scale-up Section solution species Table Tafel temperature turbulence promoters U(VI variables velocity
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Leadership and Entrepreneurship in Electrochemical Engineering: A Tutorial G. Pillay, R. Savinell No preview available - 2008 |