Open AccessTubular flow reactors with first-order kinetics
Author(s) -
Robert L. Brown
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of research of the national bureau of standards
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2376-5259
pISSN - 0160-1741
DOI - 10.6028/jres.083.001
Subject(s) - kinetics , order (exchange) , flow (mathematics) , mechanics , thermodynamics , materials science , nuclear engineering , physics , business , engineering , classical mechanics , finance
A method is presented for automatically calculating true first order rate constants for gas phase and wall reactions from experimentally observed decay parameters in tubular flow reactors. It includes the effects of axial and radial diffusion and Poiseuille flow.