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Studies on yield in gas‐liquid contacting reactors
Author(s) -
Ohki Yoshihiro,
Inoue Hakuai
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450470617
Subject(s) - countercurrent exchange , yield (engineering) , mass transfer , volumetric flow rate , plug flow , flow (mathematics) , mechanics , thermodynamics , plug flow reactor model , chemistry , materials science , chemical engineering , continuous stirred tank reactor , engineering , physics
Analytical solutions giving the yield of a first order consecutive reaction in a gas‐liquid contacting reactor are derived for cocurrent, countercurrent plug flow and perfectly mixed flow systems. The general solutions derived from the consideration of both reaction and transfer processes by a new mathematical method clarify the effect of mass transfer rate on the yield. Special solutions with the condition of infinite mass transfer rates can be used to choose the best flow system and to calculate the operating conditions for the greatest reactor yield.