TY - JOUR
T1 - Couple, double, toil and trouble
T2 - A computer assisted study of two coupled CSTRs
AU - Taylor, Mark A.
AU - Kevrekidis, Ioannis G.
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Acknowledgements-This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (grant nos EC358717787 and CTS-8957213) and a Packard Foundation Fellowship (I. G. K.). M. A. T. acknowledges a John von Neumann Fellowship in Supercomputing. Several discussions with Professors B. B.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - A study of the dynamic behavior of two coupled nonisothermal CSTRs carrying out an irreversible first-order reaction is presented. In particular, we study the case where the behavior of both-not necessarily identical-reactors is oscillatory when uncoupled. Emphasis is placed on the way the dynamics develop with increasing coupling strength from the asymptotic limit of weak coupling where the behavior can be deduced from that of the individual reactors. The detailed two-parameter study provides a coherent framework in which many previous experimental and computational studies can be consistently integrated. A scenario of common dynamic features emerges, which is independent of the order of the reaction, whether the reaction is isothermal or catalytic, the details of the mechanism, or the particular form of the coupling. A strong qualitative relation between this framework and the dynamic behavior of periodically forced chemical reactors is also noted.
AB - A study of the dynamic behavior of two coupled nonisothermal CSTRs carrying out an irreversible first-order reaction is presented. In particular, we study the case where the behavior of both-not necessarily identical-reactors is oscillatory when uncoupled. Emphasis is placed on the way the dynamics develop with increasing coupling strength from the asymptotic limit of weak coupling where the behavior can be deduced from that of the individual reactors. The detailed two-parameter study provides a coherent framework in which many previous experimental and computational studies can be consistently integrated. A scenario of common dynamic features emerges, which is independent of the order of the reaction, whether the reaction is isothermal or catalytic, the details of the mechanism, or the particular form of the coupling. A strong qualitative relation between this framework and the dynamic behavior of periodically forced chemical reactors is also noted.
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U2 - 10.1016/0009-2509(93)80088-8
DO - 10.1016/0009-2509(93)80088-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027611436
SN - 0009-2509
VL - 48
SP - 2129
EP - 2149
JO - Chemical Engineering Science
JF - Chemical Engineering Science
IS - 11
ER -