Calderón Medina Daniela

applications of linear algebra

in chemical engineering
Figure 1
 1. Establish the equations
corresponding to each reactor
Reactor #1

200 + Q21 C2 =Q13 C1 +Q12C 1

200 + 30C 2 =40C 1 +90C1
30C2 -130C1 =200 Reactor #2
Q12C1 =Q21 C2 +Q23C2
90C1 =30C2 +60C2
90C1 -90C2 =0
 1. Establish the equations
corresponding to each reactor
Reactor #3

Q13C1 +Q23C2 +500 =Q33C3

40C1 +60C2 +500 = 120C3
40C1 +60C2 -120C3 = -500
 2. solve the system of equations to find the
concentration of the three reactors.

C1 C2 C3 B

R1 130 -30 0 200

R2 90 -90 0 0
R3 40 60 120 -500
R1 /130

C1 C2 C3 B

R1 1 -3/13 0 20/13
R2 90 -90 0 0
R3 40 60 120 -500
 R1 (-90)+R2
R1 (-40)+R3

C1 C2 C3 B

R1 1 -3/13 0 20/13
R2
0 -900/13 0 -1800/3
R3
0 900/13 120 -7300/13
 R2 (1)+R3
R2 (13/90)

C1 C2 C3 B

R1 1 -3/13 0 20/13
R2
0 -10 0 -20
R3
0 0 120 -700
120 C3 = -700 C1 -3/13 C2 = 20/13
C3 = -700/120
C1 = 20/13 +3/13 C2
C3 = -35/6
C1 = 20/13 +(3/13) (2)
-10 C2 = -20 C1 = 2
C2 = -20/-10
C2 = 2