Abstract
We use a phenomenological model to study the effects of imperfect mixing in the continuous flow stirred tank reactor (CSTR). In the limit of an infinitely fast stirring rate (perfect mixing), macroscopic spatial homogeneity is achieved throughout the reactor. Of course, realistic stirring rates are necessarily finite, in which case, various mechanisms can give rise to spatial inhomogeneities which may not be completely eliminated by stirring (imperfect mixing). In this paper, we examine reactant streams in the role of breaking stirring-induced homogeneity, and, the consequent effects on the state of the chemical reaction. We find results similar to those presented in our earlier paper [1] where we considered a different mechanism in this role, namely fluctuations.
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