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Effect of imperfect mixing on autorefrigerated reactorstability
Author(s) -
Luben W. L.
Publication year - 1968
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.690140612
Subject(s) - mixing (physics) , imperfect , stability (learning theory) , chemical reactor , mechanics , continuous stirred tank reactor , control theory (sociology) , materials science , environmental science , thermodynamics , engineering , computer science , chemical engineering , physics , philosophy , linguistics , quantum mechanics , machine learning , artificial intelligence , control (management)
This paper discusses the effects of imperfect mixing on the stability of autorefrigerated chemical reactors. Mixing is shown to strongly influence stability in these evaporatively‐cooled systems. A modified van Heerdensteady state stability analysis is presented. Computer simulation of a typical system illustrates the occurrence ofrunaways and local hot spots. Both continuous stirred tank reactors and batch reactors are considered.