ISSN:
0001-1541
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
Multiplicity features of autocatalytic reactions in isothermal catalyst particles with diffusion interaction are presented. Discussed also are two types of autocatalytic reactions - A + B → 2B (quadratic) and A + 2B → 3B (cubic) - and a decay reaction for autocatalyst B, B → C, and a nonautocatalytic reaction, A → B, which generates the autocatalyst. For quadratic reactions, the bifurcation diagrams for a catalyst particle are similar to those for a CSTR. The location of the branch solution, however, is somewhat different. For cubic autocatalytic reactions, the exact parameter regions, where the isola, mushroom, reverse-S, and reverse-S-plus-isola patterns of bifurcation exist, are determined. Furthermore, the parameter space, where a unique solution exists for all Thiele moduli, is also given.
Additional Material:
13 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690360304
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