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    PEN-202 Polymer Reaction Engineering

    Lecture 2

    Dr. Hari Prakash Veluswamy


    Assistant Professor
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    IIT Roorkee

    10 JAN 2022
    Reactor types
    • Reactor is the heart of all chemical processes

    Input Output Performance equation:


    Reactor Output = f (Input, Kinetics, Contacting)

    • Batch
    • Continuous
    • Mixed flow (Stirred tank reactor)
    • Plug flow (Tubular flow reactor)

    2
    Batch Reactor
    • Well mixed contents
    • Concentration and Temperature uniform spatially
    • Unsteady state (Change in concentration with time)
    • Small capacities
    • Predominantly used in pharmaceutical industries, fermentation processes etc.
    • Long residence time
    • High operating cost
    • Effective time for batch reaction = Time for reaction + Time for processing
    • Processing time
    • Time for removing products
    • Time for cleaning
    • Time for filling new batch

    3
    Continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR)
    • Well mixed contents
    • Concentration and Temperature uniform spatially
    • Steady state (No change in concentration with time)
    • One step change in concentration
    • Low conversion
    • Convenient for liquid phase reactions
    • No Processing time

    4
    Plug flow reactor (PFR)
    • Steady state
    • Concentration does not vary with time
    • Concentration varies with position
    • High conversion hence small size
    • No processing time

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