Adiabatic operation, batch plug flow reactor

R9.5. Adiabatic Operation of a Batch Reactor R9.6. Unsteady Operation of Plug-Flow Reactors... 

With regard to the physics, BHR believe that a large scale adiabatic reactor could be used with high mass transfer and near plug flow. Temperature is around 100°C and the residence time can be seconds to a few minutes. The reactor pressure should be sufficient to suppress methanol boiling at the desired temperature. Challenges are associated with the mixing duty and the fact that operation is currently mainly batch mode. 

Reactors. The way in which reactors are specified depends on a combination of the input information required and the reactor category. Generally there are four categories of reactor stoichiometric reactor, kinetic (plug flow or CSTR) reactor, equilibrium reactor, and batch reactor. All these reactor configurations require input concerning the thermal mode of operation adiabatic, isothermal, amount of heat removed or added. Additional information is also required. Each reactor type is considered separately below. 

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