M. Chidambaram, PERIODIC OPERATION OF ISOTHERMAL PLUG-FLOW REACTORS WITH INPUT MULTIPLICITIES, Canadian journal of chemical engineering, 71(3), 1993, pp. 477-480
The performance of isothermal plug-flow tubular reactors under periodi
c inlet concentrations is theoretically analyzed for improvement in yi
eld for homogeneous consecutive reactions A --> B --> C which, under c
onventional steady-state operation, show input multiplicities in the f
low rate on the yield of B. Two values of flow rate give an identical
yield of B under steady-state operation. For periodic operation, a rec
tangular pulse is assumed for the inlet concentration. It is shown in
three numerical examples that under concentration forcing the yield is
significantly different for these two inlet flow rates. Under periodi
c operation the larger value of flow rate gives a higher yield of B.