Lecture

Membrane Reactor Design

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This lecture covers the design of membrane reactors, focusing on equilibrium conversion in PFR, system of ODEs to find conversion and molar flow rates, MATLAB plotting, and the impact of changing conditions on reaction curves. It also explores an analogy to everyday scenarios, such as separating ethanol and water. The lecture delves into setting up the system of equations for PFR, molar flow, conversion and rate profiles, and solving ODEs for different scenarios. It concludes with a discussion on the impact of component diffusion and the evaluation of constants for the reaction rates.

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