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Chemical Reactor Selection Guide

In chemical engineering, chemical reactors are vessels designed to contain chemical reactions. Reactors can be selected based on the process (e.g. batch, continuous, semi-batch) or phase (homogeneous, heterogeneous) of the reaction. Common reactor types include continuous stirred-tank reactors, packed bed reactors, trickle bed reactors, and bioreactors.

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Chemical Reactor Selection Guide

In chemical engineering, chemical reactors are vessels designed to contain chemical reactions. Reactors can be selected based on the process (e.g. batch, continuous, semi-batch) or phase (homogeneous, heterogeneous) of the reaction. Common reactor types include continuous stirred-tank reactors, packed bed reactors, trickle bed reactors, and bioreactors.

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Reactors

Definition: In chemical engineering, chemical reactors are vessels designed to contain


chemical reactions. Also referred to as a reaction vessel, the reactants contained are
substances that change form after a chemical reaction.

Types of Reactors:
Reactors can be selected depending upon following factors;

1. Process Based Selection


2. Phase Based Selection

PROCESS BASED SELECTION:

1) Batch process

Batch processes are suitable for small production and for processes where a range of
different products or grades is to be produced in the same equipment for example,
pigments, dye, stuff and polymers.

2) Continuous process:

Continuous stirred tank reactors are used for the manufacture of Ammonia.

3) Semi–batch process:

Semi-batch reactors are used for chlorination of a liquid.

4) Catalytic process:

Mostly followings are used;

 Packed bed reactors where solid acts as catalyst.


 Batch reactors are used where enzymes are involved.

5) Biological processes:

Bioreactors are used depending upon mode of operation.

Bioreactor may be classified as;


 Batch Reactor

 Fed Batch Reactor

 Continuous Reactor

PHASE BASED SELECTION

1) Homogeneous phase reactions:

 For gaseous phase:

Tubular reactors are used in the thermal cracking of petroleum, crude oil fractions to
ethylene and the thermal decomposition of dichloroethane to vinyl chloride.

 For liquid phase:

Batch or CSTR is used.

2) Heterogeneous phase reactions:

 For Solid-liquid Gas phase we can use;

1) Trickle bed reactors

2) Flooded reactors

 For liquid-liquid and Liquid-Gas phase we often use;


 CSTR
 For Gas and Gas-liquid phase we use;
 Packed bed reactors

3) Isolated elementary reaction or multi-step reaction mechanism:

Laminar flow reactors (LFR) are often used to study them.3 Gulfam Raza Haidery.
Batch Reactor

Bio Reactor

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