Chapter 13: Unsteady State Nonisothermal Reactor Design

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. For the startup of a CSTR, example 13-4, why does it assume that there is no outlet and has the same equation as a semi-batch reactor?

   See the derivation for a semibatch, the volume is changing.

2. How do you find the phase-plane of the concentration vs. temperature graph. Is it by gradient and slope fields?

   You have both concentration (C) and temperature (T) as a function of time (t). So just use POLYMATH to plot C vs. T.