Find Mixing Success through Failures Part 1
Abstract
A designing experiment for a plug-flow chemical reactor has led to a study on mixing theory to understand the reasons of mixing failure in the laboratory, so as to avoid a similar failure in a production scale reactor. the study has explored the basic mixing theory and relationship between mixing chemical reactions, and then illustrated the application of mixing theory to design the reactor. the analysis has also applied the mixing theory to stirred-tank reactors proposed, contributed to the protocols for scale-up of homogeneous mixed reactors, and also analyzed the use of simulation to refine scale-up. the study suggests that if the analysts pursue the experiments to characterize the chemical reactions and the yield, they should conduct them over a range of Damkoehler numbers, such that it may enable the determination of critical mixing rate for yield success. the knowledge of reaction kinetics may lead to a considerable success with a numerical integration approach for the reactors.
Recommended Citation
D. S. Dickey and G. K. Patterson, "Find Mixing Success through Failures Part 1," Chemical Engineering Progress, vol. 104, no. 10, pp. 40 - 47, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Oct 2008.
Department(s)
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0360-7275
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
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Publication Date
01 Oct 2008
