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Four environment model of mixing and chemical reaction. Part I. Model development
Author(s) -
Mehta R. V.,
Tarbell J. M.
Publication year - 1983
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.690290221
Subject(s) - micromixing , turbulence , mixing (physics) , chemical reaction , ordinary differential equation , residence time (fluid dynamics) , mechanics , flow (mathematics) , chemical reactor , mathematical model , chemical process , statistical physics , differential equation , residence time distribution , biological system , chemistry , mathematics , thermodynamics , physics , engineering , statistics , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , biology , viscosity
A new mathematical model (the four environment model) to describe turbulent flow chemical reactors with complex reactions and separate reactant feed streams is developed. The feed stream residence time distributions, the batch chemical kinetics, and a single turbulent micromixing parameter, which may be estimated from direct turbulence theory, are required as input information to the model. The model is computationally efficient as it involves only ordinary differential equations.