to main test page| Term | Link | remarks |
| Adiabatic temperature rise | X | valid for all adiabatic reactors |
| Area Method | X | Get conversion from RTD and kinetics, graphical/numerical |
| Autocatalytic reaction | X | example for the necessity of reactor combinations (see first the task and then further links) |
| Autothermal process | X | see a slide for information |
| Axial Disper- sion Bo-number |
X | modelling of real behavoiour in TFRs |
| Contacting Pattern | X | maybe the best english term for that what we call Macro-Mixing |
| Continuous flow method | X | application of reaction engineering knowledge to kinetic measurements |
| differential reactor | X | a reactor with very low conversion (differential) |
| differential loop reactor | X | the 'ideal' reactor for kinetic measurements |
| General heat balance of reactors | X | no 'exotic' terms as e.g. radiation !! Blackboard sketch of several possibilities for the thermal conducting of the process in the 3 basic reactor types |
| General material balance of reactors | X | no 'exotic' terms as e.g. phase-transfer !! |
| integral reactor | X | the 'ideal production reactor' |
| Logistic equation | X | no reaction engineering term, - concerns with real-time simulations, as used in this course: difference quotient form of differential equations |
| Loop reactors | X | 3 slides, sketches and material balance, see also 'optimal recirculation factor' (scroll down) |
| Macro-Mixing | X | quality and characteristics of the contacting pattern |
| Macrofluid | X | English for: segregated fluid |
| Micro-Mixing | X | quality of the fluid |
| Microfluid | X | English for: molecular dispersed state |
| Mixing terminology | X | overview |
| Optimization of space time | X | conversion orientated optimization, optimization by controlling concentration levels |
| Optimization of space time at a glance | X | when you are well instructed on the matter |
| Optimal recirculation factor in a loop reactor | X | example: autocatalytic reaction, but general procedure |
| Peclet number | X | the 'Bo-number' for packed tubes |
| Reactor Characteristics | X | 'totally' and 'totally not' back-mixed |
| Reactor combinations | X | examples |
| Reactor combinations | X | usefulness |
| RTD-spectrum /accumulative Curve |
X | Dirac pulse, step function |
| RTD, Sketch of: CSTR, TFR, CASCADE | X | see snapshots of simulations |
| RTD: which information supplies the RTD ? | X | Characteristics and quality of macro-mixing (contacting pattern) |
| Segregation | X | in the author's opinion a 'subdivision' of micro-mixing |
| Simultaneous solution of heat and material balances | X | graphical example, don't forget the numerical possibilities (cf. also simulations: logistic equations, try to understand the formulas in the formula window) |
| Stability, thermal | X | Stability diagram for adiabatic and polytropic CSTRs |
| Stationary State, stationary instationary |
X | 'versatile' expression, e.g. for operating mode or mixing status |
| Thermal operation modes of reactors | X | isothermal, adiabatic, polytropic
see a blackboard sketch of the various possibilities for the 3 basic reactor types |
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