Class 8

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Analysis of Ideal Reactors

Class 8 provides an overview of the modeling of a single, ideal reactor. Selection of reactor design equations, common tasks that require them, and a workflow for completing them are introduced. A procedure for qualitative prediction of reactor performance is also presented.

Learning Outcomes

After completing Class 8 you should…

  • Know
    • the definition of an exchange fluid, sensible heat, latent heat, and reactor operations that are steady-state, transient, isothermal, adiabatic, non-isothermal, isobaric, and/or isochoric
    • the equations for an energy balance on an exchange fluid that transfers sensible heat and an exchange fluid that transfers latent heat
  • Be able to
    • identify response, optimizatization, design, and parameter estimation tasks
    • determine the minimum number of mole balances and whether reacting fluid energy, exchange fluid energy, and momentum balances are needed for modeling a given reactor
    • qualitatively describe how the reaction rate, composition, temperature, and related quantities evolve with reaction time, given appropriate information about rate expressions, reaction exothermicity, and reactor heat exchange

Prepare

  • Read Chapter 5 of REB, The Book
  • Watch the Class 8 Preparation Video

Participate

to be added; in the activity, formulate design equations for Class 9 activity and qualitatively predict response

Practice

to be added

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