This comprehensive review‎,‎ prepared by 24 experts‎,‎ many of whom are pioneers of the subject‎,‎ brings together in one place over 40 years of research in this unique publication‎.‎ This book will assist R & D specialists‎,‎ research chemists‎,‎ chemical engineers or process managers harnessing periodic operations to improve their process plant performance‎.‎ "Periodic Operation of Reactors" covers process fundamentals‎,‎ research equipment and methods and provides "the state of the art" for the periodic operation of many industrially important catalytic reactions‎.‎ Emphasis is on experimental results‎,‎ modeling and simulation‎.‎ Combined reaction and separation are dealt with‎,‎ including simulated moving bed chromatographic‎,‎ pressure and temperature swing and circulating bed reactors‎.‎ Thus‎,‎ "Periodic Operation of Reactors" offers readers a single comprehensive source for the broad and diverse new subject‎.‎ This exciting new publication is a "must have" for any professional working in chemical process research and development‎.‎ Key features‎:‎ provides the only comprehensive reference on the fundamentals‎,‎ development and applications of periodic reactor operation‎,‎ using contributions from the research pioneers‎.‎ This authoritative reference focuses on applications helping readers to use this book to deliver results in their own work‎.‎ Complete literature references will be an invaluable assistance for readers collecting data and models from past research‎.‎ About the editors‎:‎ Peter L‎.‎ Silveston is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo in Canada‎.‎ Professor Silveston has authored or co‎-authored three previous books on reactor engineering topics as well as close to 300 research publications‎.‎ He is a graduate of M‎.‎I‎.‎T‎.‎ and the Technical University of Munich ‎(‎Germany‎)‎‎.‎ Robert Hudgins is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo‎.‎ His research interests are reactor engineering‎,‎ specifically periodic operation of catalytic reactors‎,‎ and he has about 250 research publications‎.‎ He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Princeton University‎.‎ Feature‎:‎ a comprehensive reference on the fundamentals‎,‎ development and applications of periodic operation‎.‎ Benefit‎:‎ provides readers with a single comprehensive source for this extremely broad and diverse subject‎.‎ Feature‎:‎ contributors and editors include the pioneers of the subject as well as the leading researchers in the field‎.‎ Benefit‎:‎ has the authority and experience of the leading players in the field‎.‎ Feature‎:‎ covers both fundamentals and the state of the art for each operation scenario‎,‎ and brings all types of periodic operation together in a single volume‎.‎ Benefit‎:‎ provides a succinct reference to the most important applications in the filed‎,‎ allowing readers to understand how to apply techniques or technologies to their own situation‎.‎ Feature‎:‎ discussion is focused on experimental results rather than theoretical ones‎;‎ provides a rich source of experimental data‎,‎ plus process models‎.‎ Benefit‎:‎ applied approach that is geared helping practicing engineers and researchers solve problems‎.‎ Feature‎:‎ accompanying website with modelling data‎.‎ Benefit‎:‎ engineers can engage with experimental and actual performance data‎.‎