Chapter 18: Models for Nonideal Reactors

Additional Homework Problems

CDP18-AC

  Figure CDP14-A shows a combination of ideal reactors used to model a real reactor. Each CSTR is1/2 14eq64.gifthe volume of the PFR.
     
     
   


Figure CDP14-A
     
    (a) Qualitatively sketch the RTD (i.e., E(t ), F (t)) that would result if two of the following combinations of ideal reactors were connected in series (i.e. n = 1).
(b) How would your results change if two were connected in series (i.e. n = 2)?
(c) How about n = 5 or 10?

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