CSTR with Transfer to Polymer

The algorithm is similar to that for the batch reactor, but now the residence time distribution (RTD) has to be taken into account, while the expressions for the (conditional) probability are also slightly modified. The RTD in terms of the reduced residence time 9 = t/r, where t is the average residence time, is given by  

It follows from the steady-state variants of the balances of monomer and branching density, Eqs. (135)-(137), that the average branching density p is related to (steady-state) conversion x, according to  

The actual number of branch points on the first pp again follows from the binomial distribution, Eq. (138). The residence time u of each of these pps that has 

Sampling is easily performed by applying Eq. (143) and adding 0 to the value found. 

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Fig. 9.3. Radical polymerization in CSTR with transfer to polymer. Reactor and kinetic data initiator feed I2J = 5 x 10 kmol m monomer feed Mf - 16.75 kmol m residence time t = 30 s = 0.5 1 s ...

Comparison of Galerkin-FEM Classes Model and CSTR with Transfer to Polymer... 

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