Should macrokinetics or intrinsic kinetics be used for reactor calculations?
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Should reactor calculations use macrokinetic equations or intrinsic kinetic equations?
If macroscopic dynamics can be found, use the equations of macroscopic dynamics
The reactor size is calculated using macroscopic kinetic equations; some parameters of these equations can be related to actual values through empirical formulas to determine the size
Theoretically, it is best to have intrinsic kinetics, with the other factors having no relation to the reaction; these can be determined or calculated through indifference tests.