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Green Chemical Engineering
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Green Chemical Engineering

by S. Suresh, S. Sundaramoorthy
December 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
541 pages
17h 38m
English
CRC Press
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39Introduction to Kinetics and Chemical Reactors
2.1.8 Multiple Reactions
Multiple reactions are broadly classied as ‘series reactions’ and ‘parallel reactions’. A
series reaction is a reaction in which a reactant A gets converted into a product C in two
steps with the formation of an intermediate product B.
ABC
kk
12
→→
In the case of a parallel reaction, the reactant A gets converted simultaneously into a
number of products, say B, C and D
A
k
1
k
3
k
2
B
D
C
Series–parallel reactions are reactions that are combinations of both series and parallel
reactions. For example
A
k
1
B
k
2
k
3
C
D
2.1.8.1 Series Reaction
Consider a series reaction
ABC
kk
12
→→
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