Integral balance simplified

For a differential balance on a continuous process (material flows in and out throughout the process) at steady-state (no process variables change with time), the accumulation term in the balance (the rate of buildup or depletion of the balanced species) equals zero. For an integral balance on a batch process (no material flows in or out during the process), the input and output terms equal zero and accumulation = initial input — final output. In both cases, the balance simplifies to... 

Rigorously, an unsteady-state balance should take into account variable concentration profiles in units such as columns, or even in pipelines. Such a balance then, in fact, takes the form of a differential balance cf. Appendix C. In some cases, the balance can be simplified for example in a stirred reactor, we can approximate the -th species content (accumulation) as Y where V is (fixed) volume, is (generally time-dependent) averaged (integral mean) volume concentration of species. Then the unsteady-state balance is again an integral (volume-integrated) balance, extended by accumulation terms. 

Putting up with this impreciseness, let us give an example of simplified integral balances. Let us consider as a set of one or more apparatuses (a production unit) in steady-state operation. Hence the left-hand sides in (C.25 and 26) equal zero. The boundaries of % can schematically be divided into impermeable walls (W), inlets and outlets ( / j), and free boundaries (such as the surface of liquid in a vat), plus some randomly distributed permeable boundaries and leaks. The latter three items cause material losses and uncontrollable mixing with the surroundings for simplicity, they can be considered as some Active inlets and outlets. So let us decompose the oriented boundary... 

If simplifying conditions such as adiabatic behavior and temperature-independence of (—AHra) and CP are not valid, the material and energy balances may have to be integrated numerically as a system of two coupled ordinary differential equations. 

Since the fiber phase is not stationary, the surface integral cannot be set to zero without further considerations. As shown earlier, dBr/dt = 1/V js Ur hids (see Eq. 5.10). Because der/dt = 0 in the IP process, the contribution of the surface integral to the overall mass balance is negligible. Based on this observation Equation 5.50 can be simplified mid the appropriate equation for a conservation of mass in this process can be obtained (i.e., V Ur) = 0). Using this, Equation 5.18 can be simplified and the appropriate species balance equation for the IP process can be obtained. This equation is similar to the equation obtained for the RTM process. 

This quick test does not, however, tell us that there will be only one stable limit cycle, or give any information about how the oscillatory solutions are born and grow, nor whether there can be oscillations under conditions where the stationary state is stable. We must also be careful in applying this theorem. If we consider the simplified version of our model, with no uncatalysed step, then we know that there is a unique unstable stationary state for all reactant concentrations such that /i < 1. However, if we integrate the mass-balance equations with /i = 0.9, say, we do not find limit cycle behaviour. Instead the concentration of B tends to zero and that for A become infinitely large (growing linearly with time). In fact for all values of fi less than 0.90032, the concentration of A becomes unbounded and so the Poincare-Bendixson theorem does not apply. 

The mass transfer coefficient can be found using the mass halance given by equation 3-17, simplified for QL = 0, and, if ozone decay is negligible, rL = 0. The integrated mass balance is then ... 

A simplified procedure is to assume - AH/cp as constant. If equation 3.90 (the heat balance equation) is divided by equation 3.87 (the mass balance equation) and integrated, we immediately obtain ... 

Considering the models in Table I, it follows that the response of model III-T will be more close to reality due to (i) the correct way the transfer phenomena in and between phases is set up, and (ii) radial gradients are taken into account. Therefore, the responses of the different models will be compared to that one. It is obvious that the different models can be derived from model III-T under certain assumptions. If the mass and heat transfer interfacial resistances are negligible, model I-T will be obtained and its response will be correct under these conditions. If the radial heat transfer is lumped into the fluid phase, model II-T will be obtained. This introduces an error in the set up of the heat balances, and the deviations of type II models responses will become larger when the radial heat flux across the solid phase becomes more important. On the other hand, the one-dimensional models are obtained from the integration on a cross section of the respective two-dimensional versions. In order to adequately compare the different models, the transfer parameters of the simplified models must be calculated from the basic transfer... 

The population balance simulator has been developed for three-dimensional porous media. It is based on the integrated experimental and theoretical studies of the Shell group (38,39,41,74,75). As described above, experiments have shown that dispersion mobility is dominated by droplet size and that droplet sizes in turn are sensitive to flow through porous media. Hence, the Shell model seeks to incorporate all mechanisms of formation, division, destruction, and transport of lamellae to obtain the steady-state distribution of droplet sizes for the dispersed phase when the various "forward and backward mechanisms become balanced. For incorporation in a reservoir simulator, the resulting equations are coupled to the flow equations found in a conventional simulator by means of the mobility in Darcy s Law. A simplified one-dimensional transient solution to the bubble population balance equations for capillary snap-off was presented and experimentally verified earlier. Patzek s chapter (Chapter 16) generalizes and extends this method to obtain the population balance averaged over the volume of mobile and stationary dispersions. The resulting equations are reduced by a series expansion to a simplified form for direct incorporation into reservoir simulators. 

In cases in which the external forces applied to the beam are concentrated in a specific section, then in the regions of the beam where the forces do not act, the balance equation is greatly simplified. Actually, if q = 0, then T is constant. Integration of Eq. (17.17) gives... 

To derive the overall kinetics of a gas/liquid-phase reaction it is required to consider a volume element at the gas/liquid interface and to set up mass balances including the mass transport processes and the catalytic reaction. These balances are either differential in time (batch reactor) or in location (continuous operation). By making suitable assumptions on the hydrodynamics and, hence, the interfacial mass transfer rates, in both phases the concentration of the reactants and products can be calculated by integration of the respective differential equations either as a function of reaction time (batch reactor) or of location (continuously operated reactor). In continuous operation, certain simplifications in setting up the balances are possible if one or all of the phases are well mixed, as in continuously stirred tank reactor, hereby the mathematical treatment is significantly simplified. 

To discuss some general features equation (6.5) is further simplified by assuming steady, uniform flow, and by integrating over the depth, H. Wind stress is also neglected, although in some instances this can play a role in the momentum balance near the water surface [317]... 

While the film and surface-renewal theories are based on a simplified physical model of the flow situation at the interface, the boundary layer methods couple the heat and mass transfer equation directly with the momentum balance. These theories thus result in anal3dical solutions that may be considered more accurate in comparison to the film or surface-renewal models. However, to be able to solve the governing equations analytically, only very idealized flow situations can be considered. Alternatively, more realistic functional forms of the local velocity, species concentration and temperature profiles can be postulated while the functions themselves are specified under certain constraints on integral conservation. Prom these integral relationships models for the shear stress (momentum transfer), the conductive heat flux (heat transfer) and the species diffusive flux (mass transfer) can be obtained. 

Lehr and Mewes [67] included a model for a var3dng local bubble size in their 3D dynamic two-fluid calculations of bubble column flows performed by use of a commercial CFD code. A transport equation for the interfacial area density in bubbly flow was adopted from Millies and Mewes [82]. In deriving the simplified population balance equation it was assumed that a dynamic equilibrium between coalescence and breakage was reached, so that the relative volume fraction of large and small bubbles remain constant. The population balance was then integrated analytically in an approximate manner. 

SOLUTION The distance can be calculated approximately by integration of the simplified force balance on the particle ... 

Although the preparation of a good source may in some cases be difficult, an adequate absorber can usually be made quite easily. A few general remarks may be useful to illustrate the balance of factors involved, and several texts with full mathematical equations are available [49-52]. Integration of equation 1.20 for simplified cases shows that the measured linewidth will increase... 

The simplified overall (total, integral) material balance of the batch precipitation states that the mass increase due to the growth of precipitate crystals of the molecular weight M from the initial size Lo to an arbitrary size L, in an arbitrary time t, is equal to the mass of the solute of volume V delivered by the equimolar doublejet whose molar concentration Cr... 

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