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CSTR Process Flowsheets & Simulations
Explore 2 validated, solved CSTR simulation flowsheets in MaximaLabs — real components: ethylene_oxide, water, ethylene_glycol, ethanol. Open any one directly in your browser.
Solved via: PENG-ROBINSON, NRTL.
Reference model
CSTR thermal runaway (Arrhenius exotherm)
Adiabatic ethylene oxide hydrolysis to ethylene glycol in a CSTR — the classic reactor-safety teaching case (Fogler). Solves to a safe steady conversion at the design feed temperature; switch to the Dynamic solve mode and step the feed temperature up a few degrees to watch the exotherm and the Arrhenius rate feed back on each other (thermal runaway), self-limited as the reactant depletes.
3 unit ops • PENG-ROBINSON
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