Multiphase Reactors in Fine Chemistry: Simplifying Design for Students and Practicing Engineers

About Jacob A. MoulijnVishwas G. Pangarkar

Vishwas G. Pangarkar until recently was Professor and head of the Chemical Engineering Department of the University Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai India and actively engaged as a consultant in the chemical industry since 1974 for both Indian and overseas companies. His research interests include photocatalysis for environmental applications membrane and adsorptive separations mass transfer in multiphase reactors and process intensification. He is the (co)author of three books and over 130 professional papers. The only Indian winner of both Herdillia and NOCIL Awards which are for excellence in such diverse fields as basic research and industrial innovations and indicate the very broad range of Pangarkar's contributions to education and research in chemical engineering and in the entire spectrum of the chemical industry. Jacob A. Moulijn is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Delft University of Technology and Leiden University The Netherlands. The use of structured reactors for multiphase applications is a major current research topic. He is editor of five books (co)author of over 500 professional papers and two books and the holder of several international patents. He was visiting professor i.e. at the University of Delaware the Technical University of Wroclav the Technische Universitat Karlsruhe the University of Gent the University of Mumbai and the National University of Singapore. He was CTA for the United Nations in China from 1995 to 2000.