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Determination of optimal reactor type
J.D. Paynter,D.E. Haskins +1 more
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In this paper, the problem of determining the optimal reactor type as dictated by reaction kinetics is considered, and the problem is formulated such that the axial dispersion coefficient is chosen as a function of reactor residence time to optimize reactor performance.About:
This article is published in Chemical Engineering Science.The article was published on 1970-09-01. It has received 22 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Plug flow reactor model & Continuous stirred-tank reactor.read more
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Variable density fluid reactor network synthesis—Construction of the attainable region through the IDEAS approach
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors apply the shrink-wrap algorithm to variable density fluid (VDF) Reactor Network Synthesis (RNS) with a variety of convex (linear) objective functions, such as maximization of concentration, yield, selectivity, or economic considerations like minimization of total reactor volume, or attainable region construction.
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A systematic generation of reactor designs: II. Non-isothermal conditions
TL;DR: The objective is to find the sequence and size of ideal reactors, the distribution of extra feed streams, the heat transfer distribution along the reactor path and the total reaction time that maximizes the space–time yield of the key product component.
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Identification of the Attainable Region for Batch Reactor Networks
TL;DR: This work establishes that a simple batch reactor model possesses the properties that allow application of the IDEAS framework, and formulates the resulting IDEAS Infinite Linear Program (ILP) whose solution is guaranteed to identify the globally optimal network of batch reactors.
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The attainable region for systems with mixing and multiple-rate processes: finding optimal reactor structures
TL;DR: In this paper, the approach is extended to find three-dimensional attainable regions for systems in which mixing and two independent vector processes are allowed to occur in a plug flow reactor.
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Quasi-linearization, non-linear boundary value problems and optimization
TL;DR: In this paper, a quasi-linearization technique was used to solve non-linear differential equations of the two-point boundary value type encountered in chemical engineering, which can be used to overcome the boundary value difficulties in the calculus of variation.