REACTORS

REACTORS:
A chemical reactor is an enclosed volume in which
a chemical reaction takes place. In chemical
engineering, it is generally understood to be a
process vessel used to carry out a chemical
reaction, which is one of the classic unit operations
in chemical process analysis.
 Types of Reactors:

• Catalytic plate reactor

• Polymerization reactor
• Rotating fluidized bed reactor
•Catalytic plate reactor:
A catalytic plate reactor has metal plates with channels or grooves
appearing in a crisscross manner. These channels typically have a
height in millimeters and catalyst thickness measured in microns. The
grooves are coated with a suitable catalyst and can be arranged so
that exothermic and endothermic reactions take place in alternate
channels. 
The heat transfer rates are very high through conduction.
Catalytic Plate Reactor
•Polymerization Reactor:
• A variety of polymerization reactors, including continuous,
semibatch, and batch reactors, are used in industrial polymer
manufacturing.
• Rotation is used to enhance polymerization reactions. Other
polymerization reactor designs also include agitation without
rotation in order to enhance heat transfer into and out of the
reactants. Agitation/ rapid mixing is used in the continuous
polymerization. The use of an agitator is claimed to have a
significant positive effect upon mixing, reducing residue formation
Polymerization Reactor
• Rotating Fluidized Bed Reactor:
Fluidized bed reactors are chemical reactors in which catalytic
particles interact with a gas stream that is fed from the
bottom, such that the mixture emulsion phase behaves as a
fluid.
In a conventional fluidized-bed, the fluidization takes place
using a process gas stream but in the rotating fluidized bed
reactor(Torbed bed reactor), the angled slots through which
the gas passes impart a velocity component in a
circumferential direction, causing the particles to move around
the bed, as shown by arrows.
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