Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1987, 52, 1454-1460
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19871454
Analysis of the oscillatory behaviour of an industrial reactor for the oxonation of propene. Evaluation of flow models based on the response to a pulse signal
Josef Horáka, Zdeněk Bělohlava and František Madronb
a Department of Organic Technology, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, 166 28 Prague 6
b Research Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, 400 60 Ústí nad Labem
Abstract
The response of an industrial reactor for the oxonation of propene to its spiking with a radioactive tracer was compared with simulated responses obtained for models of various structures, viz. a cascade of two perfectly stirred cells of different size, a cascade of two perfectly stirred cells of the same size with recirculation of the reaction mixture, a cascade of two perfectly stirred cells of the same size with inflow into both cells, and a system of two perfectly stirred cells with back-flow involving a plug-flow element. None of the flow models fitted the experiment perfectly; the best fit was obtained for the combination of perfectly stirred cells and back-flow with a plug-flow element.
