A new approach to evaluate the energetic efficiency of batch-jacketed reactors

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2001

Authors

martins, fg (Author) FEUP; coelho, man (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Vol. 79

Pages: 828-833

ISSN: 0008-4034

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-007-A2A

DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450790520

Abstract (EN): This paper presents a new heat transfer configuration for exothermic batch-jacketed reactors. The proposed design for the heat transfer scheme comprises an additional heat exchanger in the jacket-cooling loop. A detailed comparison study considering the new concept and the conventional process is presented in terms of energetic efficiency (refrigerated fluid consumption per batch cycle) and process control (control of reaction temperature). The simulation results of the new heat transfer configuration show a substantial decrease in the total volume of refrigerated fluid injected in the cooling loop, whereas the process control performance was practically unaffected.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6