LAB no.

3 Dynamic simulation
of a series of CSTRs
Flavio Manenti, CMIC Giulio Natta Dept.

Series of CSTRs
F0 , cA0

V1, k1

F1, cA1

V2 , k2

F2 , cA2

V3 , k3

The system:

F3 , cA3

Constant holdups
Irreversible reaction AB
Initial conditions: cA0 = 0.8; cA1 = 0.4; cA2 = 0.2; cA3 = 0.1 [kmol/m3]
k = Aexp(-E/RT) = 0.5 (at the operating conditions)
F0 = 1 [m3/s]; V1 = V2 = V3 = V = 2 [m3] (A = 2 [m2])

Flavio Manenti Dipartimento CMIC Giulio Natta

Series of CSTRs
Task 1:

Steady-state simulation with the assigned conditions

Task 2:

Dynamic simulation with:

cA0 = 1.8 [kmol/m3]
at i = 6 [s]
(run 20 [s])

Additional tasks:

Task 3:

System with variable holdups

Task 4:

Closed-loop simulation
Composition controller cA3_set = 0.1 [kmol/m3]
MV is the F0

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Results
Open-loop:
1.8

"Res.ris" u 1:2

1.6

[kmol/m3]

[kmol/m3]

cA1

cA0

1.4
1.2
1
0.8
0

10

15

cA2

cA3

0.3
0.25
0.2
5

10
time [s]

0.35

time [s]

"Res.ris" u 1:4

0.4

"Res.ris" u 1:3

20

[kmol/m3]

[kmol/m3]

0.45

0.9
0.85
0.8
0.75
0.7
0.65
0.6
0.55
0.5
0.45
0.4

10

15

20

time [s]
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0.24
0.22
0.2
0.18
0.16
0.14
0.12
0.1
0.08

15

20

15

20

"Res.ris" u 1:5

10
time [s]

Results (homeworks)
1
0.95
0.9
0.85
0.8
0.75
0.7
0.65
0.6
0.55

cA1

"Res.ris" u 1:2

0.4
0.38
0.36
0.34
0.32
0.3
0.28
0.26
0.24
0.22
0.2
0.18

10

20

30

40

10

"Res.ris" u 1:3

10

20

30

time [s]

time [s]

cA2

cA3

"Res.ris" u 1:4

0.9
0.85
0.8
0.75
0.7
0.65
0.6
0.55
0.5
0.45
0.4

50

[kmol/m3]

[kmol/m3]

F0

[kmol/m3]

[m3/s]

Closed-loop:

20

30

40

time [s]
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50

0.18
0.17
0.16
0.15
0.14
0.13
0.12
0.11
0.1
0.09

40

50

40

50

"Res.ris" u 1:5

10

20

30

time [s]