Seeking advice on the emergency cooling of stainless steel reaction vessels
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The last edit to this post was made by That’s it on 2020-5-26 at 14:25. The temperature of the material inside the stainless steel container is 200°C; can it be immediately cooled using circulating water in case of overheating?
It probably won’t work. First of all, is the quality of the circulating water suitable? With such a large temperature difference, scaling and corrosion (CL) are likely to occur ； Second, if the water volume is insufficient, there is a risk of vaporization; the design pressure of the cooling jacket increases (it is difficult to determine whether overheating will occur), and the heat exchange efficiency deteriorates after vaporization.
If temperature control is the goal, low-temperature oil cooling is more suitable. I previously built a setup in which, after the reaction was complete, cooling took place, and circulating water was used at that time.