Characteristics and more of the reactors

Type of reactor
characteristics phases present use advantages disadvantages

Batch luquid and gas small productions, laboratory kinetic studies A single vessel can perform a sequence of multiple product affected by the cyclical
there is no inflow or outflow reactor, with a stirrer that homogenizes the mixture operations without the need to break containment nature
Stirred tank continuous flow reactors are normally applied in waste water
CSTR used to estimate key unit operating variables when a continuous stirred luquid and gas and solids treatment processes. CSTRs facilitate types of dilution which make them
tank reactor is used to achieve specified output. resistant to high pH and low pH volatile fatty acid residues. in flow and out flow, good mixing expencive, dificult cleaning

These reactors work in a steady state. That is, the properties at a given the tubular reactor (PFR) is used to model chemical
PFR Gas and liquid High conversion per unit volume, flexibility of
point in the reactor are constant over time. This model assumes ideal transformations of compounds that are transported in High operating costs.
operation.
piston flow, and the conversion is a function of position. systems that look like pipes

Article of chemical kinetics

Effect of water temperature on the reaction rate constant of pollutants in a constructed wetland for the treatment of swine wastewater

Temperature is an important factor in the processes that take place in biological systems. In wetlands, the pollutant removal capacity
is limited by environmental factors. The objective was to determine the effect of water temperature on the pollutant reaction rate
constant in a constructed surface flow wetland (HFSC) for the removal of pollutants in swine wastewater. The HFSC consisted of a
channel 9 m long by 3 m wide, covered with a high-density geo-membrane (4 mm). The HFSC bed consisted of a 30 cm layer of sand
and clay, with vegetation native to the study area. Twelve experimental runs were carried out between January 2014 and December
2015, with a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 10 days. The average removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD) was 75 and 74%, the
average removal of nitrogen (ammonium) NH3-N was 65 and 69%, while the total nitrogen (NT) presented average removal of 69
and 63%, while the removal of total phosphorus (PT) presented values of 75 and 73% in 2014 and 2015 respectively. The water
temperature during the experimental phase ranged between 13 and 22 ° C. NH3-N removal showed the highest dependence on
water temperature with values of R 2 = 0.8787 in 2014 and R 2 = 0.8957 in 2015.