Derivation and Application of a Steady Stale Mathematical Model of an Isopropanol-Acetne Reactor
As a part of the study of the computer control and optimisation of a pilot scale plant, a mathematical model is derived for the steady-state of the process in which acetone and methyl-isobutyl ketone are made from isopropanol by heterogeneous catalysis in a tubular reactor. Using the model as an ana...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
1969-11-01
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| Series: | Measurement + Control |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/002029406900201103 |
| Summary: | As a part of the study of the computer control and optimisation of a pilot scale plant, a mathematical model is derived for the steady-state of the process in which acetone and methyl-isobutyl ketone are made from isopropanol by heterogeneous catalysis in a tubular reactor. Using the model as an analogue computer program, the kinetics of the two reactions involved have been evaluated from results taken from a laboratory reactor. Using these kinetics and the model written as a digital computer program, the behaviour of a pilot-scale reactor has been calculated and this is compared with measured performance. A phase-space analysis of the model is made to illustrate how this technique may be used to predict the expected control characteristics of the process. |
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| ISSN: | 0020-2940 |