1. Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) is the field that studies the rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions and the design of the reactors in which they take place. Lecture 23

2. Web Lecture 23 Class Lecture 21 - Tuesday 3/22/2011 CSTR With Heat Effects Multiple Steady States Ignition and Extinction Temperatures 2

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4. Using Neglect 4

5. We obtain after some manipulation: Collecting terms with and high coolant flow rates,and 5

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8. 8 If G(T) > R(T) Temperature Increases If R(T) > G(T) Temperature Decreases

9. At Steady State 9 Solving for X.

10. Solving for X Solving for T 10

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13. R(T) T Variation of heat removal line with inlet temperature. Increasing T 0 13

14. R(T) T0T0 TaTa T κ =∞ κ =0 Increase κ Variation of heat removal line with κ ( κ =UA/C P0 F A0 ) 14

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17. Variation of heat generation curve with space-time. 17

18. Finding Multiple Steady States with T 0 varied 18

19. Finding Multiple Steady States with T 0 varied 19

20. Temperature ignition-extinction curve 20

21. Stability of multiple state temperatures 21

22. Need to solve for X after combining mole balance rate law and stoichiometry. 22

23. For a first order irreversible reaction Parameters Then plot G and R as a function of T. 23

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