AGUSTIN, LILY ANTONETTE A.

CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING

TYPES OF CHEMICAL REACTORS

 BATCH REACTORS
Batch reactors adopt batch operation, its character is to put raw material into the
reactor in one time, and finish reaction.After a certain time,batch reactors can achieve
a desired degree of reaction and dismount the entire reaction material,mainly include
the reaction product and unconverted material.

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 CSTR
Continuous stirred-tank reactors (CSTRs) are open systems, where material is free to
enter or exit the system, that operate on a steady-state basis, where the conditions in
the reactor don't change with time. Reactants are continuously introduced into the
reactor, while products are continuously removed.

ES-CSTR Plant in Langendorf (Germany)

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  PACKED-BED REACTOR
These reactors are tubular and are filled with solid catalyst particles, most often used to catalyze
gas reactions.

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reactor/

 DISTILLATION REACTOR

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 TUBULAR REACTOR

A tubular reactor used in the production of methyl 2-methylpropenoate. The reactor

is heated by high pressure steam which has a temperature of 470 K and is fed into
the reactor at point 1 and leaves the reactor at point 2. The reactants flow through
the tubes.
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  MOVING-BED REACTOR

This is an advanced biological reactor for aquaculture and aquarium wastewater treatment.
MAT Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR). Retrieved from:
https://matlss.com/technology/moving-bed-biofilm-reactor-mbbr/

 PLUG-FLOW REACTOR
Plug Flow Reactor, 243’ Long, 8” S40 CS Pipe, Biodiesel / Chemical Reactor

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 FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR

High temperature batch fluidized bed reactor

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Large Scale "Cold" Slurry Bubble Column Reactor

The reactor (column) is constructed from SS 304L, SCH 5 with a maximum pressure rating
of 10.3 bar (150 psig). The reactor inside diameter is 0.316 m and its height is 2.811 m. The
column consists of two parts provided with flanges. It is equipped with a six-arm spider type
sparger with 5 mm ID holes. There are two thermocouples and one pressure transducer on the
column itself.

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