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Organic hydroxy compounds: Alcohols and phenols
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EllguKaus sclmcc Vd 35 p 167
PergamonRess Ud
1980 Prmted m Great Bntam
Book
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...*... Book Review Chemtstry of Catalytic Roresscs
Katzer and G C A Schlut
By Bruce C Gates, James R
Chenucal and technoloacal apphcatlons of catalysts are mamfestly important, for it Is by such means that new commercml processes are developed Textbooks and treatises on fundamental prmclples of catalysis abound On the one hand there are classic and neoclassic works wluch treat, m conslderable detad, the chemistry of catalysts and the physics of the associated porous sohd catalysis structures There are also more recent books wluch set down the engmeermg prmclples concerned with the transport of mass and heat wlthm porous solids and which offer predlctlons of the effects which such mtrawcle phys>cal processes have on the cherrnca! reaction Conslderatlons of chenncal reactor design and operation are a natural conconutant part of these latter engmeenng texts The design and operation IS seen to be synthesrsed from the fundamental pnnclples and this IS held to be a tune honoured and well estabhshed method of teachmg and also offers accsptabb ways of proceedmg m practice The text under review, however, Integrates and weaves together essentml chem&ry and process operation prmclples so that one Is able to mew an exlstmg commercml process as a whole and yet dlscem much detad m depth The book by Drs Gates, Katzer and Schutt 1s thus a very welcome complement to the sclentic and engmeenng texts on catalyst As a result of thus well conceived book, students of. and researchers m, catalysis, wall be etched by readmg through Its pages To moddy slightly a well worn phrase, readers wdl be helped to see the wood m spite of the trees This book IS divided mto five mam chapters, each one dealmg with a well estabhshed commercml process The tirst chapter discusses catalytic crackmg, a process which IS regammg Its former populartty as the world economy moves toward the need for processmg high bodmg pomt hydrocarbons to yield lower
bollmg pomt gasobnes With the ava&tbdlty of very active acid zeohte catalysts the scale of the catalwc crackmg umt Is now only a fraction of the hold-up requuements of the formerly used flmdmed bed converters Crackmg processes have therefore VEtually been completely redesigned m recent years Adequate and careful explanation of the chenucal pnnciples winch descnhe the mechamsms by which acid catalysis occurs IS the prmcipal feature of the first chapter and provides the background for the process and engmeenng descnpnons which follow The other chapters which follow the first on catalytic crackmg are all set m this vem Each of the chapters commences with the chenucal prmclples of catalysis and a discussion of catalyst surface states and bondmg Thus Is then followed by an outline of the processers employed IIIpracwe and an analysts of some of the plant operatmg problems and design dticulties The second chapter deals with catalysis by transrtlon metal complexes, the third chapter with the ubiquitous problem of reforming, the fourth chapter wrth the partial catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons and the ammomdation of propylene, while the fifth and final chapter discusses hydrodesulphursation Havmg waxed enthusmstrcally about this new text the reviewer nevertheless feels that it ISa pity that the authors did not take the opportumty of devotmg some space to the Important question of catalyst preparanon Reproduciblllty of catalyst acnvity IS vital m any commercml process and It IS also a factor to be senously considered m catalysts research The whole text Is not only well rotten and carefully orgamsed but IS also produced to the lughest ed&onal and pnntmg standards It IS handsomely bound m the usual nnpeccable style of the McGraw Hdl engmeermg senes of texts It ISa volume whch all researchers m catalysm can profitably read, and those who study the development of mndustnalprocesses should benefit unmeasurably from a close perusal W J THOMAS
warn not to use without Judgment the given parameters for the five different actwlty coefficient equations. as consistency checks have not been feasible m all cases, eg. m aIdehyde_water mutures Finally readers are asked to send preprints of unpublished experunental data to author’s office (Lehrstuhl Techmsche Cheuue B, Umversltit Dortmund, West Germany), to have Uus data mcluded in the following Vols 3-8 The mformation mven has the same structure as m the two precedmg parts Antome constants for mdlcated temperature regon, constants for M&rgules, van L.aar-, W&on-, NRTG and Umquac- equauon. experunental data (with ddferences m T and yI agamst these correlatmn) equations and a small y/x-equlllbnum
OIganic Hydroxy compolds~ AICOMS lllld Phenofs. (Axha chemastry Data Series, Vapor-tiqutd Equdtbnum Ozta Collectlon Vol I, Part 2b) By J Gmehhng, U Onken and W Ark Dechema, Deutsche Gesellschaft fiir Cheunsches Apparatewesen, Frankfurt/M 1978,556 pp The thud part of the Dechema chenustry data series, the volume contammg tables and dmgrams of data for bmary and multicomponent mixtures for systems contammg alcohols and phenols (up to moderate pressures) as well as constants of correlation equations for computer use, has already appeared tis part covers systems v&h 35 alcohols mcludmg those hke furfuryl alcohol. a-phenylethanol and Sethyl-2-nonanol, but excludmg methanol, ethanol and I-propanol, whch were presented m Part 2a The editors announce one supplement at least covenng also hydroxy compounds, because many addltronal systems and data sets have been pubhshed m between Furthermore the authors
The volume IS equally useful as Part 1 and Part 2a for all people concerned w&h &sWiahon problems and other operations vhere vapor bqlud equihbrm are needed H HOFMANN
767
EllguKaus sclmcc Vd 35 p 167
PergamonRess Ud
1980 Prmted m Great Bntam
Book
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...*... Book Review Chemtstry of Catalytic Roresscs
Katzer and G C A Schlut
By Bruce C Gates, James R
Chenucal and technoloacal apphcatlons of catalysts are mamfestly important, for it Is by such means that new commercml processes are developed Textbooks and treatises on fundamental prmclples of catalysis abound On the one hand there are classic and neoclassic works wluch treat, m conslderable detad, the chemistry of catalysts and the physics of the associated porous sohd catalysis structures There are also more recent books wluch set down the engmeermg prmclples concerned with the transport of mass and heat wlthm porous solids and which offer predlctlons of the effects which such mtrawcle phys>cal processes have on the cherrnca! reaction Conslderatlons of chenncal reactor design and operation are a natural conconutant part of these latter engmeenng texts The design and operation IS seen to be synthesrsed from the fundamental pnnclples and this IS held to be a tune honoured and well estabhshed method of teachmg and also offers accsptabb ways of proceedmg m practice The text under review, however, Integrates and weaves together essentml chem&ry and process operation prmclples so that one Is able to mew an exlstmg commercml process as a whole and yet dlscem much detad m depth The book by Drs Gates, Katzer and Schutt 1s thus a very welcome complement to the sclentic and engmeenng texts on catalyst As a result of thus well conceived book, students of. and researchers m, catalysis, wall be etched by readmg through Its pages To moddy slightly a well worn phrase, readers wdl be helped to see the wood m spite of the trees This book IS divided mto five mam chapters, each one dealmg with a well estabhshed commercml process The tirst chapter discusses catalytic crackmg, a process which IS regammg Its former populartty as the world economy moves toward the need for processmg high bodmg pomt hydrocarbons to yield lower
bollmg pomt gasobnes With the ava&tbdlty of very active acid zeohte catalysts the scale of the catalwc crackmg umt Is now only a fraction of the hold-up requuements of the formerly used flmdmed bed converters Crackmg processes have therefore VEtually been completely redesigned m recent years Adequate and careful explanation of the chenucal pnnciples winch descnhe the mechamsms by which acid catalysis occurs IS the prmcipal feature of the first chapter and provides the background for the process and engmeenng descnpnons which follow The other chapters which follow the first on catalytic crackmg are all set m this vem Each of the chapters commences with the chenucal prmclples of catalysis and a discussion of catalyst surface states and bondmg Thus Is then followed by an outline of the processers employed IIIpracwe and an analysts of some of the plant operatmg problems and design dticulties The second chapter deals with catalysis by transrtlon metal complexes, the third chapter with the ubiquitous problem of reforming, the fourth chapter wrth the partial catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons and the ammomdation of propylene, while the fifth and final chapter discusses hydrodesulphursation Havmg waxed enthusmstrcally about this new text the reviewer nevertheless feels that it ISa pity that the authors did not take the opportumty of devotmg some space to the Important question of catalyst preparanon Reproduciblllty of catalyst acnvity IS vital m any commercml process and It IS also a factor to be senously considered m catalysts research The whole text Is not only well rotten and carefully orgamsed but IS also produced to the lughest ed&onal and pnntmg standards It IS handsomely bound m the usual nnpeccable style of the McGraw Hdl engmeermg senes of texts It ISa volume whch all researchers m catalysm can profitably read, and those who study the development of mndustnalprocesses should benefit unmeasurably from a close perusal W J THOMAS
warn not to use without Judgment the given parameters for the five different actwlty coefficient equations. as consistency checks have not been feasible m all cases, eg. m aIdehyde_water mutures Finally readers are asked to send preprints of unpublished experunental data to author’s office (Lehrstuhl Techmsche Cheuue B, Umversltit Dortmund, West Germany), to have Uus data mcluded in the following Vols 3-8 The mformation mven has the same structure as m the two precedmg parts Antome constants for mdlcated temperature regon, constants for M&rgules, van L.aar-, W&on-, NRTG and Umquac- equauon. experunental data (with ddferences m T and yI agamst these correlatmn) equations and a small y/x-equlllbnum
OIganic Hydroxy compolds~ AICOMS lllld Phenofs. (Axha chemastry Data Series, Vapor-tiqutd Equdtbnum Ozta Collectlon Vol I, Part 2b) By J Gmehhng, U Onken and W Ark Dechema, Deutsche Gesellschaft fiir Cheunsches Apparatewesen, Frankfurt/M 1978,556 pp The thud part of the Dechema chenustry data series, the volume contammg tables and dmgrams of data for bmary and multicomponent mixtures for systems contammg alcohols and phenols (up to moderate pressures) as well as constants of correlation equations for computer use, has already appeared tis part covers systems v&h 35 alcohols mcludmg those hke furfuryl alcohol. a-phenylethanol and Sethyl-2-nonanol, but excludmg methanol, ethanol and I-propanol, whch were presented m Part 2a The editors announce one supplement at least covenng also hydroxy compounds, because many addltronal systems and data sets have been pubhshed m between Furthermore the authors
The volume IS equally useful as Part 1 and Part 2a for all people concerned w&h &sWiahon problems and other operations vhere vapor bqlud equihbrm are needed H HOFMANN
767