| Abstract: | The performance of an adiabatic MT reactor has been studied under various experimental conditions, using the reaction between hydrogen peroxide and sodium thiosulphate. Following the M-section, consisting of a CSTR, the T-section was made up of a large number of small stirred tanks in series. The same general condition for optimizing the MT model, that the reaction rate in the M-section be a maximum, is shown to apply when maximizing the conversion for a given residence time as it was shown previously to apply when minimizing the residence time for a given conversion. Very good agreement is shown between theoretical and experimental results, confirming the superior results often obtained with an MT combination as compared with those given by a stirred tank or a tubular reactor under similar conditions. Bi-stable steady states of conversion have been achieved and their effect shown on the performance of the combined reactor. |
