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MULTIPLE STEADY STATES OF ADIABATIC FIXED-BED REACTORS
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MULTIPLE STEADY STATES OF ADIABATIC FIXED-BED REACTORS

RICHARD C. Dougherty, JOHN R. Thygeson and RAYMOND HU
Chemical engineering communications, v 126(1)
01 Sep 1993

Abstract

Adiabatic Fixed-bed reactor Singularity theory Steady state multiplicity
Singularity theory is applied to a steady state heterogeneous fixed-bed reactor model in which backconduction of heat through the catalyst is assumed. A maximum of five solutions exist when either adiabatic or Danckwerts boundary conditions are assumed for the catalyst temperature although heat loss at the bed inlet increases the exothermicity of the reaction required for five solutions to exist. An empirical uniqueness criteria for this model, based on the zero and infinite solid phase conductivity limiting cases, is presented.

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