Date of Award

January 2015

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Chemical Engineering

First Advisor

Arvind Varma

Committee Member 1

Doraiswami Ramkrishna

Committee Member 2

Fabio H Ribeiro

Committee Member 3

Shripad Revankar

Abstract

A biphasic stirred tank reactor and a trickle bed reactor were studied to understand complex multiphase reactor behavior arising from mass transfer effects on reactions and to improve modeling accuracy for rational design and optimization.

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