Continuous Equilibrium Reaction

General Description

This operation can handle any number of equilibrium reactions and supports a wide variety of reaction equilibrium expressions. It computes the conversion for any number of simultaneous reactions based on the equilibrium constants, the stoichiometric coefficients, and the component concentration exponents that the user specifies.

Unit Procedure Availability

●      Continuous Equilibrium Reaction (in a CSTR)

Continuous Equilibrium Reaction: Modeling Calculations

Material Balances, Thermal Mode and Power Consumption

See Equilibrium Reaction Operations: Modeling Calculations.

Equipment Sizing

See Vessel Sizing (Continuous Operations).

Vacuum Pump Power Consumption

See Vacuum Pump Auxiliary Equipment Calculations.

Continuous Equilibrium Reaction: Interface

The interface of this operation has the following tabs:

●      Oper. Cond’s, see Continuous Reaction Operations: Oper. Conds Tab

●      Volumes, see Continuous Vessel Operations (Design Mode): Volumes Tab and Continuous Vessel Operations (Rating Mode): Volumes Tab

●      Reactions, see Equilibrium Reaction Operations: Reactions Tab

●      Split, see Continuous Reaction / Storage Operations: Split Tab

●      Vent/Emissions, see Reaction Operations: Vent/Emissions Tab

●      Labor, etc, see Operations Dialog: Labor etc. Tab

●      Description, see Operations Dialog: Description Tab

●      Batch Sheet, see Operations Dialog: Batch Sheet Tab

●      Scheduling, see Operations Dialog: Scheduling Tab