Chapter 1 Reactions and reactors
Basic concepts
Chapter objectives
This chapter is intended as a review for students with chemical engineering background and as a quick introduction to chemical engineering graduate students with interdisciplinary backgrounds.
Upon successful completion of this chapter, the students should be able to
• Differentiate between batch, semibatch, and continuous operations around ideal reactors.
• Specify the flow characteristics and isotropy around the ideal reactors called plug-flow reactors (PFRs) and continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTRs).
• Set up and solve material balance equations around an ideal chemical reactor.
• Set up and solve energy balances around an ideal chemical reactor.
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