Aspect ratio and jacket zoning in reactor scale-up

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1998 · Chemical Engineering

OSTI ID:611533

Steve, E H

Part 1 showed how to adjust the aspect ratio to make the heat transfer area scale up at the same rate as the volume. Part 2 showed how to calculate temperature loads and times. Part 3 showed that segmenting the jacket with accompanying higher jacket flows can reduce the time to change the temperature. A question remains unanswered after those three articles. Can a process engineer use a combination of jacket zoning and aspect ratio adjustment to provide a scaled-up reactor that will perform temperature adjustment steps in the same time as the pilot scale unit? This fourth part ties the first three parts together to provide an answer.

• OSTI ID: 611533
• Journal Information: Chemical Engineering, Vol. 105, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1998
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
CHEMICAL REACTORS
JACKETS
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
HEAT TRANSFER
CALCULATION METHODS
EQUATIONS