Journal
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
Volume 66, Issue 1, Pages 111-114Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.10.014
Keywords
Kinetics Transient response; Thermodynamics process; Batch Time invariants; Detailed equilibrium
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- Ghent University [BOF/GOA 01GA0405]
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It is shown that equilibrium constants determine the time-dependent behavior of particular ratios of concentrations for any system of reversible first-order reactions. Indeed, some special ratios actually coincide with the equilibrium constant at any moment in time. This is established for batch reactors, and similar relations hold for steady-state plug-flow reactors, replacing astronomic time by residence time. Such relationships can be termed time invariants of chemical kinetics. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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