THEORY

The CSTR is the idealized opposite of the well-stirred batch and tubular plug-flow reactors.
CSTR run at steady state with continuous flow of reactants and products. The feed is assumes a
uniform composition throughout the reactor which means exit stream will has the same
composition as in the tank.

Different between batch, plug flow reactor and cstr

Two tanks in series. The output of the first tank is the input of the second tank.

General Mole Balance Equation

Assumptions
1) Steady state therefore

2) Well mixed therefore rA is the same throughout the reactor

Rearranging the generation

In terms of conversion

CONCLUSION
As for conclusion, the step-change input does effect the concentration at the reactor. The
effect of the step change to the concentration for the 3 reactors is the same. It can be seen from
the result that when the step change of solute concentration was introduced at the feed of tank 1,
the concentration in the tank will increase. As the time increased, the concentration of all of the
three reactors almost become constant. It can be say that the objective of the experiment is
achieved.

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