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Disadvantages
• High operating cost
• Product quality more variable than with continuous
operation
Sequential Batch Reactors (SBR)
Carbon Steel or
Stainless Steel
Reactors
Stainless steel reactors
for chemical plant
" Glass Lined Reactors"
Reaction Vessel (Reactor)
Continuous Stirred
Tank Reactors
(CSTR)
Characteristics
• Run at steady state with continuous flow of
reactants and products;
• The feed assumes a uniform composition
throughout the reactor;
• Exit stream has the same composition as in
the tank.
Kinds of Phases Present
• Liquid phase
• Gas-liquid reactions
• Solid-liquid reactions
Usage CSTR CEM MK II
.
Reactive Distillation - Heterogeneous
creating plug-flow conditions in reactors
Fixed bed reactors
Fluidized bed reactor