Octave Levenspiel

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Octave Levenspiel

Chemistry

#344

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#663

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#167

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Chemical Engineering

#11

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#15

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According to Wikipedia, Octave Levenspiel was a professor of chemical engineering at Oregon State University . His principal interest was chemical reaction engineering, and he was the author of a major textbook Chemical Reaction Engineering as well as numerous research publications.

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Octave Levenspiel's Published Works

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Published Works

Chemical Reaction Engineering (1972) (7275)
Drag coefficient and terminal velocity of spherical and nonspherical particles (1989) (1612)
Fluidization engineering, 2nd edition (1991) (549)
A short note on the drag correlation for spheres (1986) (378)
The chemical reactor minibook (1979) (354)
Extended monod kinetics for substrate, product, and cell inhibition (1988) (341)
Notes on the diffusion-type model for the longitudinal mixing of fluids in flow (1995) (315)
The monod equation: A revisit and a generalization to product inhibition situations (1980) (293)
Patterns of Flow in Chemical Process Vessels (1964) (200)
Fluid dispersion-generalization and comparison of mathematical models—I generalization of models (1962) (183)
Circulating fluidized-bed reactors (1997) (156)
Experimental search for a simple rate equation to describe deactivating porous catalyst particles (1972) (148)
Fluidized reactor models. 1. For bubbling beds of fine, intermediate, and large particles. 2. For the lean phase: freeboard and fast fluidization (1990) (145)
A Monte Carlo treatment for reacting and coalescing dispersed phase systems (1965) (144)
Engineering Flow and Heat Exchange (1984) (143)
Bubbling Bed Model. Model for Flow of Gas through a Fluidized Bed (1968) (127)
New scale-up and design method for stirrer agitated batch mixing vessels (1976) (117)
Entrainment of solids from fluidized beds I. Hold-up of solids in the freeboard II. Operation of fast fluidized beds (1990) (109)
The crackling core model for the reaction of solid particles (1975) (107)
Bubbling Bed Model for Kinetic Processes in Fluidized Beds. Gas-Solid Mass and Heat Transfer and Catalytic Reactions (1968) (94)
Longitudinal Mixing of Fluids Flowing in Circular Pipes (1958) (93)
Fluid dispersion—generalization and comparison of mathematical models—II comparison of models (1962) (93)
Optimal temperature policies for reactors subject to catalyst deactivation—I Batch reactor (1968) (91)
Two-Phase Flow in Packed Beds. Evaluation of Axial Dispersion and Holdup by Moment Analysis (1966) (90)
The interpretation of residence-time experiments (1970) (85)
Chemical reaction engineering : an introduction to the design of chemical reactors (1962) (80)
Vibrating beds of fine particles: Estimation of interparticle forces from expansion and pressure drop experiments (1992) (80)
Elutriation from fluidized beds (1984) (79)
The Osmotic Pump: In principle, but probably not in practice, fresh water can be extracted from our oceans for no expenditure of energy. (1974) (76)
The processing of solids of changing size in bubbling fluidized beds (1968) (67)
A gradientless contactor for experimental study of interphase mass transfer with/without reaction (1974) (66)
Tracer Technology: Modeling the Flow of Fluids (2011) (61)
The K-L reactor model for circulating fluidized beds (2000) (55)
Modeling in chemical engineering (2002) (52)
Spiral distributor for fluidized beds (1986) (51)
A Warning on the misuse of the dispersion model (1983) (48)
Tracer curves and the residence time distribution (1970) (48)
What Will Come after Petroleum (2005) (46)
Plume model for large particle fluidized-bed combustors. (1981) (41)
The uses of magnetic fields in the processing of solids (1983) (38)
The Suitability of an nth-Order Rate Form to Represent Deactivating Catalyst Pellets (1973) (37)
Mixed models to represent flow of fluids through vessels (1962) (36)
Backmixing in the Design of Chemical Reactors (1959) (34)
Collapse of Steam Bubbles in Water (1959) (33)
G/S reactor models—packed beds, bubbling fluidized beds, turbulent fluidized beds and circulating (fast) fluidized beds (2002) (30)
Notes on the diffusion-type model for the longitudinal mixing of fluids in flow: O. Levenspiel and W. K. Smith, Chem. Engng Sci.6: 227–233, 1957 (1995) (30)
Effects of Hydrogen and Temperature on the Kinetics of the Fluidized‐Bed Nitridation of Silicon (1994) (29)
37 A comparison of the plume model with currently used models for atmospheric fluidized bed combustion (1980) (28)
The coming-of-age of chemical reaction engineering (1980) (28)
ENTRAPMENT AND ELUTRIATION FROM FLUIDIZED BEDS (1969) (28)
A general equation for the heat-transfer coefficient at wall surfaces of gas/solid contactors (1991) (25)
Comparison of the tanks-in-series and the dispersion models for non ideal flow of fluid (1962) (25)
Effect of exit geometry on the vertical distribution of solids in circulating fluidized beds. Part I: solution of fundamental equations; Part II: analysis of reported data and prediction (1995) (24)
Heat transfer mechanisms between wall surface and fluidized bed (1969) (24)
An experimental method to determine the heat transfer coefficient between fine fluidized particles and air via changes in magnetic properties (1989) (24)
Gas-Solid Film Coefficients of Heat Transfer in Fluidized Coal Beds. (1952) (23)
Design of long heat regenerators by use of the dispersion model (1983) (21)
LATERAL DISPERSION OF SOLID IN FLUIDIZED BEDS (1969) (18)
The Magnetic Distributor—Downcomer (MDD) for fluidized beds (1984) (17)
The discharge of gases from a reservoir through a pipe (1977) (17)
Chemical engineering's grand adventure (1988) (17)
A magnetic control valve for flowing solids: exploratory studies (1982) (16)
Heat transfer between moving bed of solids and immersed cylinders (1984) (16)
Axial Dispersion of Gas in Bubbling Fluidized Beds (1969) (15)
Flow Through Packed Beds (2014) (15)
The crackling core model for the multistep reaction of solid particles (1977) (15)
Theory and operational characteristics of the magnetic valve for solids Part II: Collar design (1984) (14)
Longitudinal dispersion in packed beds of porous adsorbing solids (1968) (14)
Difficulties in Trying To Model and Scale-Up the Bubbling Fluidized Bed (BFB) Reactor (2007) (13)
A Model for Heat Transfer to Horizontal Tubes Immersed in a Fluidized Bed of Large Particles (1980) (13)
Optimal product distribution from laminar flow reactors: Newtonian and other power-law fluids (1999) (12)
The Mixing of Tracer Gas in Fluidized Beds of Large Particles (1980) (12)
Lateral dispersion of gas in fluidized beds (1969) (11)
How to narrow the residence time distribution of fluids in laminar flow in pipes (1990) (11)
Optimization of Backmix Reactors in Series for a Single Reaction (1964) (11)
Understanding Engineering Thermo (2000) (10)
Phase interchange coefficients in bubbling fluidized beds (1991) (10)
Solid circulation system with shrinking core kinetics in both reactor and regenerator (1979) (10)
Correspondence. Reaction Rate Constant May Modify the Effects of Backmixing (1961) (9)
Theory and operational characteristics of the magnetic valve for solids (MVS). III. external coil design (1985) (9)
Heat transfer from fluidized beds to immersed fine wires (1987) (9)
Optimum Operating Cycle for Systems with Deactivating Catalysts. 2. Applications to Reactors (1976) (8)
Plume model for sulphur capture in largescale, atmospheric fludized-bed combustors (AFBC) (1982) (8)
Shringking core model/reaction control for a wide size distribution of solids (1986) (8)
The Tanks-in-Series Model (2012) (7)
The optimum temperature policy for a deactivating catalytic packed bed reactor-Reply (1978) (7)
The Dispersion Model (2012) (7)
CHAPTER 11 – Particle-to-Gas Mass and Heat Transfer (1991) (7)
A Numerical Solution to Dimensional Analysis (1956) (7)
Unsteady State Heat Transfer to Variously Shaped Objects (1984) (7)
Simple experimental method for finding the kinetics of gas-solid reactions (1983) (6)
Temperature Excursions in Adiabatic Packed Bed Reactors (1977) (6)
Effect of Particles in Bubbles on Fluidized Bed Mass and Heat Transfer Kinetics (1991) (6)
Novel rotary gas/solid contactor (1998) (5)
Optimum Operating Cycle for Systems with Deactivating Catalysts. 1. General Formulation and Method of Solution (1976) (5)
The Three Mechanisms of Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation (2014) (5)
Reaction between two immiscible fluids in countercurrent flow in a series of stirred tanks: Design equations and optimum operations (1968) (4)
The Mean and Variance of a Tracer Curve (2012) (4)
Dispersion in Smooth Pipes with Adsorbing Walls (1969) (4)
Performance and Design Charts for Heat Exchangers (1984) (4)
CHAPTER 16 – Design for Physical Operations (1991) (4)
Charts for the performance and design of heat exchangers (1986) (3)
Earth's atmosphere before the age of dinosaurs (2000) (3)
Comment on mean residence time in flow systems (1985) (3)
Comments on the general environment model for micromixing (1974) (3)
Response to Professor Yablonsky (2000) (3)
Magnetic filter for solids: theory and experiment (1989) (2)
Comments on "Optimization of consecutive reactions with recovery and reuse of unconverted reactant" (1988) (2)
Complex First-Order Reactions in Fluidized Reactors: Application of the KL Model (1978) (2)
The Tracer Method (2012) (2)
Unsteady-State Heating and Cooling of Solid Objects (1998) (2)
The age of our universe (2008) (1)
The E and Eθ Curves from Pulse and Step Tracer Experiments (2012) (1)
Performance Charts for the Three-Step Series-Parallel Reactions (1979) (1)
Preliminary study of a radiantly heated fluidized bed for the production of high-purity silicon (1983) (1)
Engineering Flow and Heat Exchange 3rd Edition (2020) (1)
On models for flow of fluids through vessels (1963) (1)
Basic Equations for Flowing Streams (2014) (1)
The Stirred Tank: Mixing Time and Power Requirement (2012) (1)
Heat Regenerators: Direct-Contact Heat Storing Exchangers Using a Batch of Solids (2014) (1)
Two Ideal Flow Models: Plug Flow and Mixed Flow (2012) (1)
Atmospheric pressure at the time of dinosaurs (2006) (1)
Preliminary study of a radiantly heated bed for the production of high-purity silicon (1984) (1)
Intermixing of Flowing Fluids (2012) (0)
Comments on “Transient analysis of isothermal fluid—solid reaction systems: modeling the sigmoidal conversion—time behavior of a gas—solid reaction” (1978) (0)
A Hydrostatic Oil Bearing Turntable System for the Laboratory Study of Some Aspects of Weightlessness (1960) (0)
Convection Model for Laminar Flow in Pipes (2012) (0)
Potpourri of Problems (2014) (0)
Effects of Hydrogen and Temperature on the Kinetics of the Fluidized- Bed Nitridation of Silicon. (1994) (0)
Combination of Heat Transfer Resistances (2014) (0)
Correspondence on analysis of gas flow in fluidized bed reactors (1979) (0)
Data correlation experiment (1964) (0)
Compressible Flow of Gases (2014) (0)
OPTIMUM DESIGN FOR SOLIDS CIRCULATION SYSTEM WITH SHRINKING CORE KINETICS IN BOTH REACTOR AND REGENERATOR (1979) (0)
Solid Particles Falling Through Fluids (2014) (0)
Flow in Fluidized Beds (2014) (0)
Chemical Reaction Engineering Third Edition Octave Levenspiel (2020) (0)
Bed-wall heat transfer coefficients in a fluidized system (1952) (0)
Theory and operational characteristics of the magnetic value for solids: Part I: Grate design (1984) (0)
Response : Osmotic Power Plant (1974) (0)
Heat transfer in fluidized systems (1949) (0)
Meandering Flow and Lateral Dispersion (2012) (0)
Agglomeration-Free Distributor for Fluidized Beds (1986) (0)
Response to Zenz and Altiner (1985) (0)
A Duplex Rotator for Experimental Control of Vestibular Stimulation (1960) (0)
A comparison of the plume wih currently used models for AFBC. (1980) (0)
Direct-Contact Gas—Solid Nonstoring Exchangers (2014) (0)
Recuperators: Through-The-Wall Nonstoring Exchangers (2014) (0)
Letters to the editor. (1974) (0)
Corrections - "A Numerical Solution to Dimensional Analysis" (1956) (0)
Flow of Incompressible Newtonian Fluids in Pipes (2014) (0)
Non-Newtonian Fluids (2014) (0)
Introduction to Heat Exchangers (2014) (0)

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