PEN-202 Polymer Reaction Engineering

Lecture 14
Dr. Hari Prakash Veluswamy
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
IIT Roorkee

07 FEB 2022
 Series reactions

Maximum possible amount of any and all intermediates is obtained if

fluids of different compositions and at different stages of conversion are
not allowed to mix

Levenspiel O., “Chemical Reaction Engineering”, 3rd Ed., John Wiley. 2

 Series reactions
Which contacting pattern can give a higher concentration of any
intermediate, left or right?

Levenspiel O., “Chemical Reaction Engineering”, 3rd Ed., John Wiley. 3

 Series reactions in plug flow or batch reactor

Levenspiel O., “Chemical Reaction Engineering”, 3rd Ed., John Wiley. 4

 Series reactions in mixed flow reactor

Levenspiel O., “Chemical Reaction Engineering”, 3rd Ed., John Wiley. 5