Chapter 13: Unsteady State Nonisothermal Reactor Design

Text Example 13-2

Example 9-2 on reactor safety. Describes a 1969 explosion at Monsanto in Sauget, Illinois, during exothermic nitroaniline production. Includes reaction diagram and photo of the damaged plant.


Text describing reactor conditions at 175°C. Mentions temporary cooling halt and a safety relief valve that activates at 700 psi to prevent overheating.


Graph showing reactor temperature over time during cooling failure and recovery. Includes equations for dT/dt representing heat balance in a semibatch reactor.


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