Analysis of RTD from Pulse Input

The diserete data ean be analyzed from the residenee time distribution by using either the histogram method or the trapezoidal rule 

In the trapezoidal rule method, the area under the response eurve is  

A pulse of traeer is fed to the reaetor and the following exit eoneentrations are reported. Determine the mean residenee time, varianee, E(6), F(6), and 1(6) distribution eurves from the effluent traeer eoneentration as shown in Table 8-2. 

The mean residenee time [ is obtained from Equation 8-39, whieh is the first moment. 

698 Modeling of Chemioal Kinetios and Reaotor Design The exit age residenee time distribution funetion E(t) is 

The Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (Example8-l.xls) was developed to calculate the moments (mean residence time and variance) and the 

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