Octave Levenspiel
Octave Levenspiel (born July 6, 1926 in Shanghai , China , † March 5, 2017 in Portland , Oregon ) was an American professor of chemical engineering at Oregon State University .
He was regarded as the founder of Chemical Reaction Engineering , a branch of chemical engineering that deals with the study of reaction kinetics for the purpose of designing chemical reactors.
Levenspiel was born in Shanghai, where he attended a German elementary school, an English high school and a French university. He studied at the University of Berkeley and Oregon State University, where he earned a doctorate in 1952.
He was the inventor of the so-called "Levenspiel fountain" (see web link), a special type of diffusion machine.
Levenspiel received numerous honors and awards, including A. the R. H. Wilhelm Prize of the AIChE , the W. K. Lewis Prize of the AIChE , the Founders Prize with gold medal of the AIChE , the ChE Lectureship Prize of the ASEE , the P.- V. Danckwerts Prize from the IChE , honorary doctorates in France, Serbia and the Colorado School of Mines, admission to the National Academy of Engineering (2000) and the Amundson Prize from (ISCRE / NASCRE).
Books
- Chemical Reaction Engineering . Wiley; 3 Sub edition, 1998, ISBN 047125424X
- The Chemical Reactor Omnibook . Oregon St Univ Bookstores, 1993, ISBN 0882461605
- Fluidization Engineering (co-author). Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1991, ISBN 0409902330
- Engineering Flow and Heat Exchange . Plenum Pub Corp, 1984, ISBN 0306415992
- Understanding Engineering Thermo . Prentice Hall PTR, 1996, ISBN 0135312035
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Oregon State University obituary , accessed April 12, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Levenspiel, Octave |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shanghai , China |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th March 2017 |
| Place of death | Portland , Oregon |