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Optimal operation of a variable‐volume stirred tank reactor
Author(s) -
Lund Monty M.,
Seagrave Richard C.
Publication year - 1971
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.690170110
Subject(s) - yield (engineering) , volume (thermodynamics) , steady state (chemistry) , adiabatic process , continuous stirred tank reactor , isothermal process , process engineering , variable (mathematics) , computation , control theory (sociology) , engineering , thermodynamics , mechanics , mathematics , computer science , chemistry , chemical engineering , algorithm , physics , mathematical analysis , control (management) , artificial intelligence
For certain classes of chemical reactions, it is possible to increase the yield of the desired products by choosing appropriate variable‐volume operating policies. An analysis of the steady state and semibatch operation of a stirred tank reactor demonstrates operating policies for both the isothermal and adiabatic case to maximize the steady state yield and to produce an improved semibatch yield. Computations carried out by using an analogue computer with a digital logic expansion system demonstrate further relationships between yield increase and operating policy.