Types of Steady States of a Continuous Stirred-Tank Reactor: Liquid–Liquid Heterogeneous System

Abstract

The topology and stability of steady states of a continuous stirred-tank reactor were studied for a liquid–liquid heterogeneous system in which an exothermic reaction occurs. It was shown that the heat of the reaction, its energy barrier, and the mass transfer rate strongly affect the type of the structure of the emerging steady state, and the topological pattern changes through a series of degenerate steady states.