Reactor Theory

Denbigh, K. G., and Turner, J. C. R., Chemical Reactor Theory, 3d ed., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 1984. 

J. R. Lamarsh, Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Theory, Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1972. 

Denbigh and Turner, Chemical Reactor Theory, Cambridge, 1971. 

FIG. 23-23 Batch and continuous polymerizations, (a) Polyethylene in a tiihiilar flow reactor, up to 2 km long hy 6,4 cm ID, (h) Batch process for polystyrene, (c) Batch-continuous process for polystyrene, (d) Suspension (head) process for polyvinylchloride, (e) Emulsion process for polyvinylchloride, (Ray and Laurence, in Lapidus and Amundson, eds, Chemical Reactor Theory Review, Frentice-Hall, 1977. )... 

A number of successful devices have been in use for finding mass-transfer coefficients, some of which are sketched in Fig. 23-29, and all of which have known or adjustable interfacial areas. Such laboratoiy testing is reviewed, for example, by Danckwerts (Ga.s-Liquid Reac-tion.s, McGraw-Hih, 1970) and Charpentier (in Ginetto and Silveston, eds., Multiphase Chemical Reactor Theory, De.sign, Scaleup, Hemisphere, 1986). 

Molecular weight distribution function for the case where the length of the growth stage is short compared to the residence time in reactor. (Reprinted with permission from Chemical Reactor Theory, by K. G. Denbigh and J. C. R. Turner. Copyright 1971 by Cambridge University Press.)... 

The Department of Energy (DOE) Fundamentals Handbooks consist of ten academic subjects, which include Mathematics Classical Physics Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, and Fluid Flow Instrumentation and Control Electrical Science Material Science Mechanical Science Chemistry Engineering Symbology, Prints, and Drawings and Nuclear Physics and Reactor Theory. The handbooks are provided as an aid to DOE nuclear facility contractors. 

Gianetto, A., and P.L. Silveston (editors), Multiphase Chemical Reactors Theory, Design, Scale-up, Hemisphere, Washington, 1986. 

Lapidus, L., and N.R Amundson (editors), Chemical Reactor Theory A Review, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1977. 

S. Glasstone and M. C. Edlund, Elements of Nuclear Reactor Theory, Van Nostrand, New York (1952). 

In the discussion of premixed turbulent flames, the case of infinitely fast mixing of reactants and products was introduced. Generally this concept is referred to as a stirred reactor. Many investigators have employed stirred reactor theory not only to describe turbulent flame phenomena, but also to determine overall reaction kinetic rates [23] and to understand stabilization in high-velocity streams [62], Stirred reactor theory is also important from a practical point of view because it predicts the maximum energy release rate possible in a fixed volume at a particular pressure. 

Now the great simplicity in stirred reactor theory is realizable. Since (F), (A), and Tr are constant in the reactor, the rate of conversion is constant. It is now possible to represent the mass rate of burning in terms of the preceding chemical kinetic expression ... 

Considering the wake of a flame holder as a stirred reactor may be inconsistent with experimental data. It has been shown [66] that as blowoff is approached, the temperature of the recirculating gases remains essentially constant furthermore, their composition is practically all products. Both of these observations are contrary to what is expected from stirred reactor theory. Conceivably, the primary zone of a gas turbine combustor might approach a state that could be considered completely stirred. Nevertheless, as will be shown, all three theories give essentially the same correlation. 

Stirred reactor theory was initially applied to stabilization in gas turbine combustor cans in which the primary zone was treated as a completely stirred region. This theory has sometimes been extended to bluff-body stabilization, even though aspects of the theory appear inconsistent with experimental measurements made in the wake of a flame holder. Nevertheless, it would appear that stirred reactor theory gives the same functional dependence as the other correlations developed. In the previous section, it was found from stirred reactor considerations that... 

K.G. Denbigh and J.C.R. Turner, Chemical Reactor Theory, Cambridge University Press, London, 1971. 

Denbigh, K.G.and Turner, J.C.R., (1971) CHEMICAL REACTOR THEORY AN INTRODUCTION, 2nd Ed., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, ENGLAND. 

Application of Chemical Reactor Theory to Combustion Processes... 

WOODWARD—CHEMICAL REACTOR THEORY AND COMBUSTION PROCESSES... 

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