In: Chemistry
The design of large-scale industrial reactors is much about solving several transport equations at the same time. Discuss which and why. This is a key subject in Chemical Engineering.
Trasport equations required:
Heat transfer,
- how it will be cooled/heated in order to increase/decrease Temperature to achieve kinetics
- Enthalpy of reaction
Equations:
*Ahrrenius equations
Momentum Transport Equations
- Pressure drop
- Head of the system (i.e. pressure gain/loss)
- Friction coefficient
- Piping profile i.e. velocity profiles
Mass transport
- Diffusion (fick law)
- concentration gradients
- Concentration profiles
- Conversion
Reaciton Kinetics
- Selectivity
- Ahrrenius equations
- Rate of reaction for each Type of reaction/reactor
Physical equilibrium
- Clasisus Clapeyron
- Fugacity diagrams