Modelling and simulation of chemical industrial reactors

Abstract

The paper is focused on analysis, mathematical modelling and simulation of reactors which are used in the chemical and tanning technology. Material and energy balances are the key issues of mathematical models of chemical reactors and processes. The combination with chemical kinetics and transport effects an intellectual basis for chemical reactor design can be obtained. The contribution brings a special tanning facility - paddle tumbler which can be described as a type of rotary batch reactor and continuous-flow circulation reactor for the cyclohexane production. A mathematical dynamic model is derived and the optimal parameters were computed.