Reactors for Conversion or Formation of Inorganic Solids

Summary

In this chapter the emphasis is on two groups of inorganic processes: low temperature solid/liquid processes and high temperature solid/gas processes. In these processes solids are either converted or formed, or both. When converting solid reactants, the change of the solid structure is related to the reaction rate. In forming solid products, nucleation and agglomeration may play important parts. No attempt is made to cover any of these areas. Several examples will be presented, with the purpose of showing the reader how these and similar problems may be dealt with. Though there are as yet no design procedures with a general validity for these types of processes, a semi-quantitative insight in the relevant phenomena may be a helpful guideline for experimental work.