SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF TUBULAR PACKED-BED REACTOR BY PSEUDOHOMOGENEOUS 2-D MODEL

The sensitivity behavior of the fired-bed catalytic reactors is examin ed using the pseudohomogeneous two-dimensional model with radial dispe rsion for the first-order irreversible reaction. The sensitivity crite ria developed are tested. The relations between self-similarity and th ermal runaway are studied. The pseudoadiabatic type of operation is ta ken into consideration. The boundaries of the sensitivity region in th e space Da-Pe are compared with those predicted by the standard one-di mensional model and the criterion of Hagan et al. The sensitivity beha vior of the system in the space alpha-Bi is also discussed.