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Improvement of the performance of a fixed‐bed catalytic reactor by relaxed steady state operation
Author(s) -
Bailey J. E.,
Horn F. J. M.
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.690170313
Subject(s) - inlet , steady state (chemistry) , catalysis , invariant (physics) , control theory (sociology) , mechanics , chemical reactor , chemistry , thermodynamics , process engineering , materials science , environmental science , mathematics , engineering , control (management) , physics , computer science , mechanical engineering , organic chemistry , artificial intelligence , mathematical physics
The relaxed steady state operation of a tubular fixed‐bed catalytic reactor under control of the inlet composition is investigated. It is shown that the performance of such a reactor can be improved under certain conditions by periodically varying inlet concentrations rather than keeping these concentrations time invariant.