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