Direct determination of cyclic steady states of cyclically operated packed bed reactors

T.L. Noorden, van, S.M. Verduyn Lunel, A. Bliek

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    Abstract

    We study the convergence behaviour of cyclically operated reactors. Typically, the reactor will converge to a cyclic steady state. However, the determination of this cyclic steady state by dynamical simulation techniques may be so computationally inefficient that model equations need to be oversimplified. Several convergence acceleration techniques are studied and illustrated by two simple systems for pressure swing adsorption. We show that the largest eigenvalue of the Jacobian of the system can be used as a useful criterion in deciding which acceleration method to use.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationScientific Computing in Chemical Engineering II: Computational Fuid Dynamics, Reaction Engineering, and Molecular Properties
    EditorsF.J. Keil, W. Mackens, H. Voss, J. Werther
    Place of PublicationBerlin
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages311-318
    ISBN (Print)3-540-65848-3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1999

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