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Kinetics of complex isothermal reversible first‐order reaction systems involving three components
Author(s) -
Faith Larry E.,
Vermeulen Theodore
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.690130522
Subject(s) - isothermal process , continuous stirred tank reactor , thermodynamics , component (thermodynamics) , flow (mathematics) , kinetics , chemistry , mathematics , first order , computer science , mechanics , physics , classical mechanics
Abstract A new calculation method presented here for interpreting batch or tubular‐flow reactor data (and also CSTR data) on three‐component, three‐reaction reversible systems is based upon the general analyses of Jost and of Wei and Prater. With advance knowledge of the pertinent equilibria, even a very few experimental points can be matched easily and rapidly to the given figures and equations. The simplification involved when one reaction disappears, with the divariant system thus becoming monovariant, is also described. Representative concentration‐time curves are given for design purposes.