Point stable node

The whole concentration space can be filled with one or more residue curve bundles. Each residue curve bundle has its own initial point (unstable node) and its own final point (stable node). Various bundles differ from each other by initial or final points. 

FiC. 3.4. Representations of the different singular points in the concentration phase plane (a) stable node, sn (b) stable focus, sf (c) unstable focus uf (d) unstable node, un (e) saddle. point, sp. 

Fig. 2.1. A stable node. Four solutions of the Lotka model, equations (2.1.22)—(2.1.23) with the distinctive parameter Kp/401 = 2 are presented. The starting point of each trajectory is...

The way in which the solution rij(f) approaches its stationary value n = rii(oo) for a system with two degrees of freedom can be easily illustrated in a phase space (tia,wb) after eliminating time t - Fig. 2.1. This type of singular point is called a stable node. 

FIGURE 5 Subharmonic saddle-node bifurcations, (a). The subharmonic period 3 isola for the surface model (o/o0 = 1.4, o0 = 0.001). One coordinate of the fixed points of the third iterate of the stroboscopic map is plotted vs. the varying frequency ratio oi/eio. Six such points (S, N) exist simultaneously, three of them (N) lying on the stable node period 3 and three (S) on the saddle period 3. Notice the two triple turning point bifurcations at o>/o>o = 2.9965 and 3.0286. In (b) the PFM of these trajectories on the isola Is also plotted, (c) shows another saddle-node bifurcation occurring (for a>o = 3) as this time the forcing amplitude is increased to o/o0 = I.6SS. 

In the 1/1 entrainment region each side of the resonance horn terminates at points C and D respectively. These points are codimension-two bifurcations and correspond to double +1 multipliers. As the saddle-node curve at the right horn boundary rises from zero amplitude towards point D, one multiplier remains at unity (the criterion for a saddle-node bifurcation) as the other free-multiplier of the saddle-node increases until it is also equal to unity upon arrival at point D. The same thing occurs for the left boundary of the resonance horn. The arc CD is also a saddle-node bifurcation curve but is different from those on the sides of the resonance horn. As arc CD is crossed from below, the period 1 saddle combines not with its companion stable node, but with the unstable node that was in the centre of the phase locked torus. As the pair collides, the invariant circle is lost and only the stable node remains. Exactly the same scenario is observed for the 1/2 resonance horn as well. 

Fig. 2. Types of stationary points on the plane, (a), (c), (e) Stable nodes (b), (d), (f) unstable nodes (g) saddle point (h) stable focus (i) unstable focus, (k) whirl.

The character of trajectories is illustrated in Fig. 2(c)where v is a straight line specified by the equation = C12/C22. In both cases the rest point is also called a stable node. 

The principle of detailed equilibrium accounts for the specific features of closed systems. For kinetic equations derived in terms of the law of mass/ surface action, it can be proved that (1) in such systems a positive equilibrium point is unique and stable [22-25] and (2) a non-steady-state behaviour of the closed system near this positive point of equilibrium is very simple. In this case even damped oscillations cannot take place, i.e. the positive point is a stable node [11, 26-28]. 

The bursting dynamics ends in a different type of process, referred to as a global (or homoclinic) bifurcation. In the interval of coexisting stable solutions, the stable manifold of (or the inset to) the saddle point defines the boundary of the basins of attraction for the stable node and limit cycle solutions. (The basin of attraction for a stable solution represents the set of initial conditions from which trajectories asymptotically approach the solution. The stable manifold to the saddle point is the set of points from which the trajectories go to the saddle point). When the limit cycle for increasing values of S hits its basin of attraction, it ceases to exist, and... 

Fig. 4.7(c). For Dar> 0.166 (Fig. 4.7(d)), only three singular points remain in the system pure MeOH which is a stable node at any Damkohler number pure isobutene which is a saddle point at any Damkohler number and the above-mentioned unstable node which is located outside the triangle. 

As can be seen from Fig. 4.7, the kinetic tangent pinch point at the critical Damkohler number Dar = 0.166 has an important role for the topology of the maps. This is also reflected by the feasibility diagrams given in Fig. 4.8(a-c). In Fig. 4.8(c), the stable node branch at positive Damkohler numbers are collected from the singular point analyses of the reactive condenser (Fig. 4.8(a)) and the reactive reboiler... 

Collect the stable nodes along the singular point branches and display them in feasibility diagrams. 

Figure 4.27 shows residue curve maps for the reactive reboiler at three different Damkohler numbers. In the nonreactive case (Da = 0 Fig. 4.27(a)), the map topology is structured by one unstable node (pure B), one saddle point (pure C), and one stable node (pure A). Since pure A is the only stable node of nonreactive distillation, this is the feasible bottom product to be expected in a continuous distillation process. 

At kinetically controlled reactive conditions (Da = 1), Fig. 4.28(b) shows that the stable node moves into the composition triangle, as in reactive distillation (Fig. 4.27(b)). This point is termed the kinetic arheotrope because its location in the phase diagram depends on the membrane mass transfer resistances and also on the rate of chemical reaction. The kinetic arheotrope moves towards the B vertex with increasing C-selectivity of the membrane. At infinite Damkohler number, the system is chemical equilibrium-controlled (Fig. 4.28(c)), and therefore the arheotrope is located exactly on the chemical equilibrium curve. In this limiting case, it is called a reactive arheotrope . 

At Da = 0.4 (Fig. 4.29(b)), the two saddle points from the pure vertices move into the composition triangle. The stable node from the 1,4-BD vertex moves to the kinetic azeotrope at x = (0.0328, 0.6935). Pure water and pure THF now become stable nodes. The unstable node between water and THF remains unmoved, and forms two separatrices with the two saddle points. Thereby, the whole composition space is divided into three subspaces which have each a stable node, namely pure water, pure THF and the kinetic azeotrope. 

The effect of a Knudsen-membrane on process behavior is illustrated in Fig. 4.30(a), which is valid at nonreactive conditions. Compared to Fig. 4.29(a), the unstable node on the THF-water edge is moved closer to the water vertex by application of the Knudsen-membrane, while the two saddle points and stable node are not affected. 

Fig. 4.31. Potential singular point surfaces and stable node bifurcation behavior of reactive membrane separation at different mass transfer conditions B + C< > A Keq = 5 ccba = 5.0, acA = 3.0.

Figure 4.33 illustrates the PSPS and bifurcation behavior of a simple batch reactive distillation process. Qualitatively, the surface of potential singular points is shaped in the form of a hyperbola due to the boiling sequence of the involved components. Along the left-hand part of the PSPS, the stable node branch and the saddle point branch 1 coming from the water vertex, meet each other at the kinetic tangent pinch point x = (0.0246, 0.7462) at the critical Damkohler number Da = 0.414. The right-hand part of the PSPS is the saddle point branch 2, which runs from pure THF to the binary azeotrope between THF and water. 

Direction of residue curves, pointing from lower to higher temperatures. An unstable node is a point from which trajectories emerge the lowest boiler. A stable node is a point to which trajectories end up the highest boiler. A saddle is an intermediate transition point (intermediate boiler) to which trajectories go and leave. 

Figure A.2 (left) shows the construction of a distillation for an ideal ternary system in which A and C are the light (stable node) and the heavy (unstable node) boilers, while B is an intermediate boiler (saddle). The initial point xiA produces the vapor y, that by condensation gives a liquid with the same composition such that the next point is xi 2 = y,, etc. Accordingly, the distillation line describes the evolution of composition on the stages of a distillation column at equilibrium and total reflux from the bottom to the top. The slope of a distillation line is a measure of the relative volatility of components. The analysis in RCM or DCM leads to the same results.

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