Reactor selection for PRO/II simulation
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When using PRO/II to simulate the pyrolysis gas separation process, the overhead gas from the deethanizer enters a C2 hydrogenation reactor for reaction, while the overhead gas from the debutanizer enters a C3 hydrogenation reactor. What type of reactor should be chosen? I read the English explanation provided by the software, but I still don’t understand it. a. Conversion Reactor, b. Equilibrium Reactor, c. Plug Flow Reactor, d. CSTR, e. Gibbs Reactor, f. Polymer Reactor. Could anyone help me answer these? In particular, I would appreciate some guidance on the differences in their applications. Thank you! It’s not easy for us beginners with poor English to understand. :) This post was last edited by suiran983527 on 2009-3-27 15:14 ]
a Conversion rate reactor b Equilibrium reactor c Plug flow reactor d Fully mixed flow reactor e Gibbs reactor f Polymerization reactor
Thank you to the friend on floor 2. I can understand the names of these reactors, but I’m not sure how to choose one for specific applications. Could you give me some advice?
It depends on whether you are designing or calculating; it should be specified more precisely. For example, if it’s for calculation, then a conversion reactor can be used, as the conversion rate is known; designing it would be much more complicated, and I haven’t done any work related to this
Generally speaking, using PROII for reactor design is a bit inadequate; more specialized software is necessary in such cases.
Thank you, I just saw the issue with this reactor as well and I’m not quite sure about it. Thank you for your advice.