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Chemical reactors
The reactors, in which chemicals are made in industry, vary in size from a few cm3 to the vast structures that…
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Plug flow reactor model
The plug flow reactor model (PFR, sometimes called continuous tubular reactor, CTR, or piston flow reactors) is a model used to describe chemical reactions in continuous, flowing…
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TYPES OF BIOREACTORS
STIRRED TANK FERMENTER Microbial fermentations received prominence during 1940’s namely for the production of life saving antibiotics. Stirred tank reactor…
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STATE OF EQUILIBRIUM
In a reversible reaction, both forward and backward reactions take place simultaneously. When the rate of the forward reaction becomes…
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RATE OF A CHEMICAL REACTION
So far we discussed various types of chemical reactions and the nature of the reactants and products. Let us consider…
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Classification based on the direction of the reaction
You know that innumerable changes occur every day around us. Are all they permanent? For example, liquid water freezes into…
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Classification based on the nature of rearrangements of atoms
So far you studied about a chemical reaction and how it can be described as a chemical equation. A large…
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Types of Chemical Reactions
1. Classification based on the nature of rearrangements of atoms 2. Classification based on the direction of the reaction …
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Plug Flow Reactors (PFRs)
General Mole Balance Equation At steady state- Differentiating, that gives- For single reactions in terms of conversion- The differential form…
