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Lumping nonlinear kinetics in a CSTR
Author(s) -
Astarita Gianni,
Nigam Abhash
Publication year - 1989
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.690351203
Subject(s) - continuous stirred tank reactor , plug flow reactor model , plug flow , nonlinear system , continuous flow , kinetics , flow (mathematics) , chemistry , batch reactor , thermodynamics , control theory (sociology) , mechanics , computer science , physics , catalysis , classical mechanics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , control (management) , artificial intelligence
Abstract The model of uniform nonlinear kinetics recently developed for the continuous description of a multicomponent mixture reacting in a batch or plug flow reactor (Astarita, 1989) is applied to the analysis of a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR). It is shown that most of the equations can be solved in general, independently of the specific kinetic mechanism. Some specific mechanisms are discussed. The difference between the behavior in a plug flow reactor (PFR) and a CSTR turns out to be quite dissimilar from what one would expect by considering the single‐component case.