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Stability of loop reactors
Author(s) -
Luss Dan,
Amundson Neal R.
Publication year - 1967
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.690130218
Subject(s) - plug flow reactor model , transient (computer programming) , plug flow , steady state (chemistry) , stability (learning theory) , loop (graph theory) , computation , control theory (sociology) , nuclear engineering , flow (mathematics) , mechanics , continuous stirred tank reactor , mathematics , process engineering , engineering , computer science , chemistry , physics , chemical engineering , algorithm , control (management) , combinatorics , machine learning , artificial intelligence , operating system
A method of determining all the possible steady states of a tubular recycle reactor with plug flow is presented. The information needed to determine the steady states can be used to ascertain the asymptotic and global stability of the reactor without performing transient computations. The effects of changes in the recycle ratio and start‐up conditions are examined. Several numerical examples are included to demonstrate the use of the method for various types of recycle reactors.