Product Distribution Curves for Laminar, Plug, and Mixed Flows

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reaction rate constants:
A → B
0.5
B → C
0.5
Consider a two-step first-order irreversible reaction in series, A → B → C. This Demonstration gives product distribution curves for the laminar flow (LFR), the plug flow (PFR), and the mixed flow (MFR) reactors. The amount of intermediate formed increases from MFR (red curve) to LFR (green curve) and finally to PFR (blue curve). Deriving expressions for the LFR case is involved (see reference 1).

References

[1] M. M. Johnson, "Correlation of Kinetic Data from Laminar Flow–Tubular Reactors", Industrial & Engineering Chemical Fundamentals, 9(4), 1970 pp. 681–684.
[2] O. Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd ed., New York, NY: Wiley, 1999.

External Links

Selection of Optimum Chemical Reactor Design (Wolfram Library Archive)

Permanent Citation

Housam Binous
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​"Product Distribution Curves for Laminar, Plug, and Mixed Flows"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ProductDistributionCurvesForLaminarPlugAndMixedFlows/​
​Wolfram Demonstrations Project​
​Published: April 10, 2008