BIFURCATION SEQUENCES IN AN INCOMPLETELY MACROMIXED STIRRED-TANK

Complex periodic and aperiodic dynamics have been reported in a model of an incompletely macromixed stirred tank reactor. A route to chaos f ollowing a 1(j) bifurcation (j can be odd or even depending on the spa ce time and reflux ratios) was identified. We demonstrate that Farey a rithmetics describe the even-j bifurcation sequence. The firing number versus reflux ratio staircase exhibits a fractal dimension. No such r elation exists in the odd-j bifurcation sequence.