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Reactor Design Economics

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plot
profit
concentration
reactor
CSTR
PFR
reaction
first order
autocatalytic
feed concentrations (mol/L)
reactant
5
product
2
value and cost ($/mol)
product
50
reactant
10
cost ($/L/min)
reactor
5
optimize
profit = $333/min
conversion = 0.67
This Demonstration shows a calculation of the monetary profit for running a continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR) or a plug-flow reactor (PFR), as a function of reactor volume. Model either a first-order or an autocatalytic reaction and set the feed concentrations of reactant and product with sliders. Use sliders to set the value of the product and the costs of the reactant and reactor. Display plots for profit or for reactant and product concentrations versus reactor volume. Click and drag the black dot on the profit versus reactor volume plot; profit and conversion at the selected volume are displayed below. Check "optimize" to solve for the reactor volume with the highest profit. The cost of separations is assumed to be negligible and unreacted reactant is recycled back into the feed.
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