THE EFFECT OF THE LEVEL OF MICROMIXING ON THE OPTIMAL-DESIGN OF CSTRS PERFORMING MICHAELIS-MENTEN REACTIONS

• Tipo: Outra Publicação em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 1990

Autores

F. Xavier Malcata (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Vol. 68

Páginas: 330-336

ISSN: 0008-4034

Editora: Wiley-Blackwell

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ID Authenticus: P-001-RVP

Abstract (EN): Considerable attention has been given to reactor systems consisting of a series of continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTR's) due to the simplicity of the required analysis and the great practical importance of such systems. An analytical formula for the calculation of the substrate conversion under complete segregation conditions in a CSTR performing a biochemical reaction following Michaelis-Menten kinetics is obtained. The errors on the expected conversion arising from using an optimal reactor design based on the assumption of complete micromixing condition are discussed. Methods for the determination of the optimal reactor size profile for a series of CSTR's under complete segregation conditions are reported, using the minimum of the overall space time as the objective function.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 7