The plug flow reactor model (PFR, sometimes called continuous tubular reactor, CTR, or piston flow reactors) is a model used to describe chemical reactions...
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In fluid mechanics, plug flow is a simple model of the velocity profile of a fluid flowing in a pipe. In plug flow, the velocity of the fluid is assumed...
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pipes or tubes (for laminar flow reactors and plug flow reactors) Both types can be used as continuous reactors or batch reactors, and either may accommodate...
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reactor (CSTR), also known as vat- or backmix reactor, mixed flow reactor (MFR), or a continuous-flow stirred-tank reactor (CFSTR), is a common model...
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studied in a laminar flow reactor. Chemical reactor Laminar flow Plug flow reactor model Turbulence Laminar vs. turbulent flow LEE, J.C.; R.A. YETTER;...
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Residence time (section Plug flow reactor)
dispersion model by Irving Langmuir in 1908. This received little attention for 45 years; other models were developed such as the plug flow reactor model and...
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processing industry. A packed bed reactor, which is similar to the ideal plug flow reactor model, involves packing a tubular reactor with a solid catalyst, then...
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PFR may refer to: Plug flow reactor model, a reactor simulation model Prototype Fast Reactor, a nuclear reactor at Dounreay PFR, Phosphate Flame Retardant...
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and reactors. COCO features a reaction numerics package to power its simple conversion, equilibrium, CSTR, Gibbs minimization and plug flow reactor models...
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RBMK (redirect from Light water graphite moderated reactor)
reactor") is a class of graphite-moderated nuclear power reactor designed and built by the Soviet Union. It is somewhat like a boiling water reactor as...
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Dispersity (section Effect of reactor type)
plug flow reactors depend on distance traveled in the reactor and its length. Since time and distance are related by velocity, plug flow reactors can...
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Mass balance (redirect from Mass Balance Models)
reactor Ideal tank reactor, also named Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) Ideal Plug Flow Reactor (PFR) The ideal completely mixed batch reactor is...
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Nuclear meltdown (redirect from Reactor meltdown)
of coolant pressure, or low coolant flow rate, or be the result of a criticality excursion in which the reactor's power level exceeds its design limits...
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reactor is a chemical reactor that belongs to the general class of multiphase reactors, which consists of three main categories: trickle bed reactor (fixed...
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SL-1 (redirect from SL-1 Reactor Accident)
crane. A supervisor who had been on top of the reactor lid was impaled by an expelled control rod shield plug and pinned to the ceiling. The release of materials...
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The High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) is a nuclear research reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. Operating...
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Attainable region theory (category Chemical reactors)
Continuous flow stirred-tank reactor (CSTR) and a Plug flow reactor model (PFR). Knowledge of the AR helps to address two areas in chemical reactor design:...
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the reactor based on high neutron flux, fast reactor period, high reactor exit fuel temperature, low heat exchanger fuel temperature, low fuel flow rate...
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Membrane bioreactor (redirect from Membrane bio reactor)
continuous stirred-tank reactor will not have as high pollutant conversion per unit volume of reactor as a plug flow reactor. The control of fouling,...
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Idaho National Laboratory (redirect from National Reactor Testing Station)
quartz models built to scale to study the flow of liquids inside and around objects with complicated geometries, such as the core of a nuclear reactor. The...
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water electrolysis, bubbly flow in nuclear reactors, gas-particle flow in combustion reactors and fiber suspension flows within the pulp and paper industry...
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Secondary treatment (section Sequencing batch reactors)
attached growth secondary treatment bioreactors are similar to a plug flow reactor model circulating water over surfaces colonized by biofilm, while suspended-growth...
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minute (gpm) to about half that flow. Not only does he throttle HPI, Frederick also lifts the plug at the bottom of the reactor coolant system to maximize...
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nuclear reactors. Heat and mass transfer between gas and liquid in chemical reactors. Slip ratio (gas–liquid flow) Slugcatcher Plug flow Two-phase flow Multiphase...
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Fluidized bed (section Basic model)
Reactor" (2012). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. Paper 1009. http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/1009 Cúñez, F. D.; Franklin, E. M. (2019). "Plug...
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nuclear reactor, that does not require any active intervention on the part of the operator or electrical/electronic feedback in order to bring the reactor to...
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to the pursuit of fast reactor science and technology, due to the vision of Vikram Sarabhai. Originally, it was called Reactor Research Centre (RRC)....
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The liquid fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR; often pronounced lifter) is a type of molten salt reactor. LFTRs use the thorium fuel cycle with a fluoride-based...
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interfaces that allow plug and play inter-operability between a given Process Modelling Environment and a third-party Process Modelling Component. The CAPE-OPEN...
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Protein precipitation (section Precipitation reactors)
approach plug flow as they move though the tubes of the reactor. Turbulent flow is promoted through wire mesh inserts in the tube. The tubular reactor does...
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