SEARCH Articles Figures Tables Temperature vs heat generation or removal in estabHshing stationary states. The heavy line shows the effect of reaction temperature on heat-generation rates for an exothermic first-order reaction. Curve A represents a high rate of heat removal resulting in the reactor operating at a low temperature with low conversion, ie, stationary state at a B represents a low rate of heat removal and consequently both a high temperature and high conversion at its stationary state, b and at intermediate heat removal rates, ie, C, multiple stationary states are attainable, c and The stationary state at c [Publishers Imprint]