138 4 Dynamical Behaviour of Processes
0 500 1000 1500 2000
−1.5
−1
−0.5
0
t [s]
x
1
m
nonlinear model
linearised model
Fig. 4.12. Response of the tank to step change of q
0
where
t
- time variable,
c
A
- molar concentration of A (mole/volume) in the outlet stream,
c
Av
- molar concentration of A (mole/volume) in the inlet stream,
V - reactor volume,
q - volumetric flow rate,
ϑ - temperature of reaction mixture,
ϑ
v
- temperature in the inlet stream,
F - heat transfer area,
α - overall heat transfer coefficient,
ρ - liquid density,
c
p
- liquid specific heat capacity,
H
r
- heat of reaction,
ϑ
c
- cooling temperature,
ϑ
cv
- cooling temperature in the inlet cooling stream,
q
c
- volumetric flow rate of coolant,
V
c
- coolant volume in the jacket,
ρ
c
- coolant density,
c
pc
- coolant specific heat capacity,
k
0
- frequency factor,
g - activation energy divided by the gas constant.
Compared to the CSTR model from page 31 we included the equa-
tion (4.69) describing the behaviour of cooling temperature ϑ
c
. The state-
space variables are c
A
,ϑ,ϑ
c
, the input variable is q
c
, and the output variable
is ϑ. We assume that the variables c
Av
,ϑ
v
,ϑ
cv
are held constant and the other
parameters of the reactor are also constant.
The reactor model can be rewritten as