CLASSIFICATION OF LABORATORY REACTOR MODELS

The models that were actually used in the estimation of kinetic and thermodynamic parameters are reviewed here. Roughly speaking, two kinds of models are very dominating, namely algebraic models and differential models. Algebraic models consist of nonlinear equation systems (linear equation systems are obtained only for linear kinetics under isothermal conditions), whereas differential models consist of ODEs (provided that ideal flow conditions prevail in the test reactor). 

Differential models can generally be described by ODEs, such as 

TABLE A9.1 Summary ofTest Reactor Models Reactor Model 

Homogeneous batch and semibatch reactor Differential Homogeneous tube reactor Differential 

Kangas, M., Salmi, T., and Murzin, D., Skeletal isomerization of butene in fixed beds. Part 2, Kinetic and flow modelling, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 47, 5413-5426,2008. 

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