THE EFFECT OF MICROMIXING ON STEADY-STATE MULTIPLICITY FOR AUTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS IN A NONIDEAL MIXING OF CSTR

The effect of micromixing on steady-state multiplicity is not displaye d by the universal reaction model (URM) since this URM has considered any chemical species having the same mixing time constant. The modifie d universal reaction model(MURM) is derived for overcoming the above l imitation. The design equations are first derived. Furthermore, the MU RM is employed for studying the effect of micromixing on the multiplic ity for autocatalytic, isothermal reactions of the type A + B --> (eta + 1)B + product with the overall rate expression being - gamma(a) = k C(a)(p)C(b)(r) in a CSTR. The effects of micromixing on necessary and sufficient conditions for multiplicity are presented.