Optimal Feed Distribution to a Reactor with Maximal Rate

Moshe Shelntuch, Ovadia Lev, Shlomo Mendelbaum, Benny David

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Abstract

Solutions for the optimal locations and flow rates of N feed side streams into a tubular reactor are derived for the case of a nonmonotonic rate expression. Application of these criteria for a Langmuir-Hinshelwood expression exhibits a significant reduction in the required volume of an isothermal reactor and an order of magnitude decrease when the reactor is isothermal. Mass-transfer resistance effects are also analyzed. The proposed scheme is superior to mixing and/or subsurface catalyst deposition since it is simpler mechanically and free from problems of steady-state multiplicity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)228-233
Number of pages6
JournalIndustrial and Engineering Chemistry Fundamentals
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1986
Externally publishedYes

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