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chemical reaction engineering / December 18, 2021

Plug Flow Reactors (PFRs)

General Mole Balance Equation At steady state- Differentiating, that gives- For single reactions in terms of conversion- The differential form of the PFR mole balance is- The integral form is-

By · December 18, 2021 · 1 min read

General Mole Balance Equation

At steady state-

Differentiating, that gives-


For single reactions in terms of conversion-


The differential form of the PFR mole balance is-


The integral form is-