Material removal rate mathematical equations

The present chapter is not meant to be exhaustive. Rather, an attempt has been made to introduce the reader to the major concepts and tools used by catalytic reaction engineers. Section 2 gives a review of the most important reactor types. This is deliberately not done in a narrative way, i.e. by describing the physical appearance of chemical reactors. Emphasis is placed on the way mathematical model equations are constructed for each category of reactor. Basically, this boils down to the application of the conservation laws of mass, energy and possibly momentum. Section 7.3 presents an analysis of the effect of the finite rate at which reaction components and/or heat are supplied to or removed from the locus of reaction, i.e. the catalytic site. Finally, the material developed in Sections 7.2 and 7.3 is applied to the design of laboratory reactors and to the analysis of rate data in Section 7.4. 

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