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Reactor Analysis

Reactor Analysis

Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 58
ISBN13: 9781522594413|ISBN10: 1522594418|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522594581|EISBN13: 9781522594420
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9441-3.ch002
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Athar Hussain and Ayushman Bhattacharya. "Reactor Analysis." Advanced Design of Wastewater Treatment Plants: Emerging Research and Opportunities, IGI Global, 2019, pp.30-87. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9441-3.ch002

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A. Hussain & A. Bhattacharya (2019). Reactor Analysis. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9441-3.ch002

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Athar Hussain and Ayushman Bhattacharya. "Reactor Analysis." In Advanced Design of Wastewater Treatment Plants: Emerging Research and Opportunities. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9441-3.ch002

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Abstract

Reactor is a device or vessel within which chemical processes are carried out for experimental or manufacturing purposes. The most common basic types of reactors are tanks (where the reactants mix in the whole volume) and pipes or tubes (for laminar flow reactors and plug flow reactors). Both types can be used as continuous reactors or batch reactors, and either may accommodate one or more solids (reagents, catalysts, or inert materials), but the reagents and products are typically fluids (liquids or gases). Reactors in continuous processes are typically run at steady-state, whereas reactors in batch processes are necessarily operated in a transient state. When a reactor is brought into operation, either for the first time or after a shutdown, it is in a transient state, and key process variables change with time. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the types of the reactors used in the wastewater treatment, modeling ideal, non-ideal flows in the reactor and treatment kinetics. Furthermore, the chapter considers both kinetic and hydrodynamic aspect while designing the reactor.

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