Appendix

Experimental results for pilot scale reactor sterilisation trials.

t-statistics

M1
M2

Stirred
Unmixed

q
F

Time
(s)
0
60
120
180
240
300
360
420
480
540
600
660
720
780
840
900
960
1020

Stirred
tank bottom
18.01248875
24.22326591
28.74712351
32.34512021
35.32081056
37.88432747
40.07565434
42.18696654
44.13056464
45.88091606
47.48060732
49.10475151
50.58178373
51.95416153
53.19302765
54.47434009
55.64057124
56.74377834

Fluid mass Tank mass

(kg)
(kg)
low
high
21.1+/-0.3
6.5
20.8
21.4
20.5+/-0.3
4.2
20.2
20.8
The tanks were full of water during the trial
The heating fluid was also water
The tanks are cylindrical with height = diameter
Mass flow around coil = 7.8kg/min +/- 5%
Mass flow between tanks = 5.4kg/min +/- 5%
Heat capacity of tank materials = 1200 J/kgC
Ambient temperature was constant at 22+/-0.2 degC
Stirred
tank top
18.0395063
24.2253144
28.8023294
32.3117523
35.2529204
37.8657852
40.0903457
42.1688546
44.0959591
45.8998372
47.5093801
49.076781
50.5462391
51.8899098
53.2038685
54.4424316
55.6677026
56.6779225

T1
18.025997526
24.224290166
28.774726448
32.328436261
35.286865496
37.875056318
40.083000027
42.177910571
44.113261889
45.890376605
47.494993695
49.090766229
50.56401143
51.922035667
53.198448087
54.458385847
55.654136938
56.710850423

Unmixed
tank bottom
18.0518398
18.8189492
20.5820648
22.7983866
25.250123
27.7647702
30.184128
32.6010289
34.9357162
37.2020447
39.2091184
41.2302155
43.0752598
44.9178584
46.6256873
48.1385595
49.6488824
51.0574556

Unmixed
tank top
18.0258457
18.7537229
20.4921352
22.7328788
25.2543953
27.7590587
30.2006421
32.6282744
34.9787957
37.1840429
39.2049301
41.2816969
43.1370212
44.8943225
46.5489612
48.2109547
49.6357615
51.1126961

high

2.021075
low

UA
UA
246.38080566 243.3773

0.13
0.09

T2
18.03884
18.78634
20.5371
22.76563
25.25226
27.76191
30.19239
32.61465
34.95726
37.19304
39.20702
41.25596
43.10614
44.90609
46.58732
48.17476
49.64232
51.08508

low
0.1235
0.0855

Coil outlet Coil inlet

54.65627
56.94772
58.63129
59.91441
61.06555
61.94219
62.78512
63.56475
64.26501
64.90337
65.55299
66.12505
66.69225
67.14978
67.62152
68.0497
68.51271
68.95744

Tin
75.95626245

high
0.1365
0.0945

75.98715
75.97528
75.95573
75.90351
75.90218
75.9109
75.96744
75.98278
75.92202
75.96349
75.97823
75.96646
75.99256
75.94703
75.90662
75.94178
75.93033
75.99597

Tin
75.9372

UA
249.3652
249.0685
248.6526
248.4304
247.0282
248.7043
248.7931
248.7843
248.0354
249.1537
247.642
247.7872
247.4103
247.7773
246.6469
248.7952
247.4843
246.7506

UA
average
SD
SE
uncertainty

244.879
4.757896
0.743058
1.501777

Tin
average
SD
SE
uncertainty

75.94675
0.030127
0.004705
0.009509

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1140
1200
1260
1320
1380
1440
1500
1560
1620
1680
1740
1800
1860
1920
1980
2040
2100
2160
2220
2280
2340
2400

57.78484532
58.77708166
59.63398244
60.48629039
61.39974982
62.10773646
62.8463452
63.56462865
64.23438914
64.82332198
65.40676831
65.93100935
66.4576671
66.95018337
67.41913429
67.87948844
68.28094212
68.69656068
69.01517833
69.38250247
69.73049803
70.0930908
70.38193401

57.7055962
58.6967646
59.6711946
60.5684054
61.3973785
62.1536913
62.903901
63.5789626
64.2389179
64.7940671
65.4333952
65.9367953
66.5221346
67.0198954
67.4046906
67.8747076
68.3008385
68.7202371
69.0453909
69.3655726
69.7727184
70.0109807
70.3032916

57.745220769
58.736923111
59.652588541
60.527347885
61.39856416
62.130713873
62.875123074
63.571795617
64.236653543
64.808694533
65.420081734
65.933902311
66.489900842
66.985039409
67.411912443
67.877098031
68.290890299
68.708398888
69.030284611
69.374037536
69.751608229
70.052035733
70.342612822

52.4337458
53.6328892
54.8836173
55.9869993
57.1009234
58.0364373
59.0593324
59.9000654
60.7614678
61.5675839
62.3012706
63.0373334
63.731292
64.3556158
64.9883296
65.5474819
66.0440874
66.5230033
67.035514
67.5127242
67.8632627
68.340763
68.649936

52.4095287
53.6555127
54.8836674
56.007409
57.0280375
58.0996732
58.9957744
59.9211996
60.7911052
61.5483841
62.3504369
63.0755102
63.6781395
64.3554908
64.9862712
65.5505412
65.9956702
66.5973276
67.0723044
67.5002482
67.865403
68.3132269
68.6617779

52.42164
53.6442
54.88364
55.9972
57.06448
58.06806
59.02755
59.91063
60.77629
61.55798
62.32585
63.05642
63.70472
64.35555
64.9873
65.54901
66.01988
66.56017
67.05391
67.50649
67.86433
68.32699
68.65586

69.34211
69.68103
70.01159
70.36311
70.58603
70.94431
71.22147
71.48813
71.68991
71.90269
72.16945
72.36704
72.5526
72.73216
72.92598
73.02054
73.17369
73.37557
73.51598
73.64854
73.67165
73.82451
73.95631

75.90983
75.93364
75.9628
75.92288
75.9837
75.94647
75.996
75.97479
75.97449
75.97566
75.92916
75.90484
75.92671
75.94782
75.92179
75.90648
75.96564
75.93223
75.91327
75.90786
75.95197
75.92046
75.97893

243.8442
245.5716
246.6684
243.4718
251.1395
244.2664
245.8232
243.9917
246.7945
246.5466
240.6127
238.1247
240.4347
241.4769
235.7949
242.022
245.7345
237.3742
232.6622
230.5788
249.1518
240.1041
241.5411