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Second‐order chemical reactions in a nonhomogeneous turbulent fluid
Author(s) -
Vassilatos George,
Toor H. L.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690110419
Subject(s) - chemical reaction , chemistry , mixing (physics) , turbulence , thermodynamics , chemical kinetics , isothermal process , diffusion , reaction rate constant , reaction rate , order of reaction , chemical reactor , kinetics , turbulent diffusion , flow (mathematics) , mechanics , classical mechanics , physics , organic chemistry , catalysis , quantum mechanics
Very rapid, rapid, and slow second‐order reactions were studied in an isothermal turbulent flow reactor. The two aqueous reactant solutions were separately introduced through many alternate jets and the reaction took place in the resulting nonhomogeneous mixture. Very rapid reactions were diffusion controlled and were in agreement with earlier theory. All reactions followed second‐order rate laws based on time average quantities. The apparent reaction velocity constant was controlled by the mixing for very rapid reactions, by the chemical kinetics for slow reactions, and by both mechanisms for rapid reactions.