Length of Reactor

Volume of Cylinder given as:

2
V =πr L

Equating (12) to (11):

FN0 Xn
πr 2 H=
k 2 C N (1−X N )

FN 0 Xn
HR=
k 2 C N ( 1− X N ) πr 2

LR = Length of reactor (m)

Dimension of Reactor Head:

DR
LH =
2

D
R3
V H =π
12

Where VH = volume of reactor head (m3), LH = Length of reactor head (m)

Resident time Distribution (RTD) Space time ( τ ) :

VR
τ=
υ0

F N ,0
υ 0=
CN

Substituting (11) and (9) into (5):

XN
τ=
k 2 (1− X N )
Space-Velocity (s)

1
SV =
τ

Substituting (18) into (19)

k 2 (1−X N )
SV =
XN

Heat Generation Per Volume of Reactor

Q
q R=
VR

Q=( ΔH R ) F N , 0 X N

q R=( ΔH R ) X N k 1 C N (1−X N )

Heating Jacket Design

Mass Flowrate of Heating Fluid

Q
mW =
C pw ΔT

Where ΔT = T1 – T2

Jacket Dimension

Height of jacket:

HR
H j=
2

Let the pitch (Pj) between the spiral buffles be 0.2 m

Numbers of Spiracles:

Hj
N s=
Pj
Length of Jacket:

L j =N s πD R

Velocity through Channel (u):

mw
u=
ρA j

Film Heat Transfer Coefficient for the Jacket

Reynolds number (Re):

ρ ud e
Re=
µ

Prandtl Number (Pr):

Cpµ
Pr=
k
hj de
=0 . 02 Re 0 . 8 Pr
k
0 . 33

Where: ¿ ¿ ¿¿ ¿ ¿

Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient:

h j hd
U0 = h j + hd

Where:

1
hd =
fd

Mechanical Design Equations:

Stirrer Design

For this work, radial turbine stirrer with six blades is used for the two reactors.

Length of Stirrer (Lst): Lst = LR – C

 1 1
C= to D R
Stirrer Clearance (C): 2 6

1 1
to D R
Stirrer Diameter (DST): DST = 2 4

1 1
W= to DST
Stirrer blade-width (W): 4 6

1 1
B= to D
Wall baffles (B): 10 12 R

P
NP= 5
Power consumption (P)[10]: n3 D ST
ρ

Where N P =f ( Re, Fr , S1 −Sn )

2
nD st ρ
Re=
μ

n2 Dst
Fr=
g

When Re>300, Froude number becomes a factor to determine power consumption

NP P
m
= 5
Fr n3 D ST
ρ

a−logRe
m=
Where b

Further simplification can be made at low and high Reynolds number;

If Re<10; the flow is laminar and density is no longer a factor then;

NP
=k L
Re

If Re>104, the flow regime is transitional or turbulent and the power consumption is
independent of Reynolds number and viscosity is no longer a factor
 NP = kT

substituting (38) into (37):

5
st
P=k T ρD n3

Standard plate Thickness:

PR D R
t= +c
SE j −0 .6 P R