Abstract
Optimal steady-state temperature profiles for jacketed tubular reactors often exhibit a trapezoidal shape along the reactor, i.e., first an increase, then a constant part and finally a decrease (Smets et al. , 2002; Logist et al. , 2006&). The practical realisation of these reactor temperature profiles is complex given the (infinite dimensional) spatially varying jacket fluid temperature profile required for the constant reactor temperature part. Therefore, based on simulations this paper compares two practically feasible alternatives with a near-optimal performance. The first splits the jacket into a finite number of isothermal zones. The second considers a flow reversal strategy, which also induces trapezoidally shaped temperature profiles (Logist et al. , 2006a).
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